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[hatman]

"You know, Fred, there are a lot of people out there who simply refuse to take our surveys."

"Yes, I had noticed that. What about it?"

"I worry that it skews our results. If certain kinds of people are more or less likely to take our surveys..."

"Ah, yeah. I see what you mean. We need to find out more about these people..."

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"Hello?"

"Hi, we're doing a survey about people who refuse to take surveys. Would you mind answering a few questions for us?"

"No, not at all."

"Damn. Well, thanks anyway."

Comments

[schnuffichen.livejournal.com]

Lol - this so reminds me on my favorite mistake when talking to anglophone people.
"Would you mind shutting the door?" - "Sure..." ;)
So, yeah, it's quite common :D

[pgwfolc.livejournal.com]

Well, there's that, too. But that wasn't the point of this one.

Problem here is that they're trying to find out about the people who don't respond to their surveys. So when the person says they're perfectly happy to answer the questions, that automatically means that it's not the person they're looking to ask.

[schnuffichen.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, right ;)
You see, it's getting a bit late on me.

Anyway, I like that one :)

[pgwfolc.livejournal.com]

NP. Know the feeling. And glad you liked. :)