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UGetPaid

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Funny survey questions...
« on: January 17, 2018, 08:59:11 am »
Things that make you go "hmmmmm..."


I completed a survey earlier today and one of the demographic questions asked me for my "five digit zip code" and then below that it said: "Please be specific"


So how exactly does THAT work?!?   ;D


I understand "please be specific" when a survey asks an open ended question, but you really cannot be vague when giving your zip code!  I suppose I could have been more specific in giving the +4 digits after the zip code, but the question specifically asked for five digits!!!


LOL! What other non-sensical or "well... DUH!" survey questions have you come across?  (Or if you like, explain to me how I could have been un-specific in my response to this question). I think there have been other similar threads like this in the past, but I decided to start a new one rather than seek out an old/abandoned one!

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2018, 09:16:45 am »
I like some of the ones about gender:
Are you
male
female
non binary....wtf is non binary?  :party:

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2018, 10:21:41 am »
That's funny, I think they want to know very specific where you live

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2018, 04:04:08 am »
Some zip codes have a four digit number after the five digits to speed up processing, they only want the first five digits.

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2018, 08:02:38 am »
it says they only want the five digit zip code so how much more specific can you get... I also like when they ask your age and then say not to give you a range... like I wouldn't understand what age means and give them 18-99 for it  lol

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2018, 04:26:43 pm »
it says they only want the five digit zip code so how much more specific can you get... I also like when they ask your age and then say not to give you a range... like I wouldn't understand what age means and give them 18-99 for it  lol

some surveys do ask for ages in ranges though like 18-24 or 50-59 versus just 19 or 54

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2018, 08:25:04 am »
Some surveys are detailed and ask for alot of personal info.

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2018, 01:51:41 pm »
It is funny some of the questions that are asked.  Sometimes I just close the survey out if the questions get too ridiculous or too personal. 

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2018, 03:41:03 pm »
I did a survey yesterday and one of the questions it asked me was "when was the last time you carpeted your ceiling"  I guess they wanted to make sure I was paying attention LOL.

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2018, 08:20:26 pm »
A lot of times, I have to guess at what they want and if it ask the same question as if I had not answered, then I just close it out and not do it.
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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2018, 05:14:20 am »
I don't try many surveys, but when I do, I always shake my head at being asked the same question multiple times.  I am guessing it is to weed out those who are not paying attention, but I think I can remember I'm female and wouldn't screw that up.

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2018, 06:21:45 am »
Curious questions are fine.  Just if you ask me A BUNCH of question, pay me!

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2018, 09:08:01 am »
some times the questions are meant to show if your paying attention.

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2018, 08:59:33 pm »
My absolute favorite question is "Have you ever been involved in an accident that resulted in your death?"

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Re: Funny survey questions...
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2018, 06:34:29 am »
I just got another one earlier this morning on another survey site.  It asked me to pick the item which has the closest relation to a lemon and my choices were: Shoe, Onion, Lime, Car.  I so much wanted to select car, but I decided to pick the answer they wanted.  Good thing I went with my head instead of my heart because it ended up paying out $1.07 for just a five minute survey! And that site doesn't give out penny DQ bonuses either!

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