Gah, Im sure alot of people on this board hate those annoying clipboard people as much as I do, walking down fargate is akin to logans run at the moment... but this isnt my gripe.. OH NO!

I was gleefully minding my own business in Meadowhall friday when all of a sudden a line that id never expect to hear in there is uttered at me..

"Can I ask you to participate in a surv..." (she never finished) because I instantly said "ERM!? No thanks" then scurried off into Debenhams.

They've invaded Meadowhall!

Took them long enough to realise that it's a lot warmer in Meadowhall, and you don't get rained on!

Originally posted by Snook
Took them long enough to realise that it's a lot warmer in Meadowhall, and you don't get rained on!

Yep but they still get sworn at I bet :D

One caught me outside the Winter Gardens, and I clearly had my music on loud (with earphones none the less) so I shouted "earphones!" at him, he was still there on the way back down and he asked me AGAIN, so I shouted back "Still got earphones in!" and walked off :lol:

The clipboard brigade have to be one of the greatest nuisance of our days... that and random people knocking at your door asking to sponsor whatever. :rant: If I want to participate, I'll volunteer, until then leave me alone.

meadowhall????? have they got in there now???? i thought they had banned any kind of that stuff there!
i only go to meadowhall on the odd occaision nowadays but have always been happy in the knowledge that i wont get 'clipboarded'

is there no escape???????:o

I once knew someone who was determined to do as many of these surveys as possible and give skewed results each time. Not bad enough to get the questionaire thrown out during validation but bad enough to give incorrect guidance to the company that requested the surveys.

I have continued with this mission.....:)

SO if the world suddenly gets flooded with Broccoli and Cauliflower flavoured soft drinks, it's all my fault...;)

I do the odd survey - I usually find that being scrupulously honest will screw the process up because the questionaires are often badly designed and can't cope with slightly different answers. So they have to fudge your answers to fit....excellent! :)

And the last time I did one I got 2 quid for ten minutes sitting and talking!

Joe

I must be one of the few people who doesn't actually mind doing it!! I usually stop unless I am in a hurry.

Recently I got £10 for tasting some cereal bars and another time I got £30 for giving my veiws on Gas sales people who door knock asking you to change supplier!!

It usually takes a few minutes of my day and can often be nicely rewarding!!

I did once get £5 for looking at humorous Birthday and Christmas cards, some of them I saw a few months later in the shops, I also got £10 for tasting chocolates. They do ask for your details so I give my mates address so he gets all the junk mail;)

Once I was in town on Fargate and this woman asked me some questions about alcohol, e.g. what do you drink, how much a week, then she asked me to sign up to some program asking how old I was?

I said 17 and she said "oh, I'm sorry you have to be 18"

Thanks for wasting 10 minutes of my life....

How much do these clipboard people get paid?

I usually stop and answer their questions if I am not in a hurry... and sometimes they give vouchers or gifts for answering a few questions or eating samples of food and comparing them. I don't see why people object to them... they never pester me if I say I'm in a hurry.

Im sure its getting worse! I popped into the city centre at lunch time to go to the bank. As i walked down passed GAP down to where they are building the new H&M I could see a line of them.

Not one, not two, there must have been about a dozen off them! It was like running the guntlet!!! I put my head down, but still a women says excuse me can u spare a minute! So i briefly said I'm too busy! I got caught on the way back up too!!!

Originally posted by IanMitchell
I said 17 and she said "oh, I'm sorry you have to be 18"

Thanks for wasting 10 minutes of my life....

That's my main tactic lol. (I'm in Portsmouth at the mo and there's even more here, or at least they're more 'concentrated'!) I just tell them all I'm 17. Works fine now cos I can pass for it, but anyone should try it, are they really going to argue with you lol?

I must say I once got clipboarded on Fargate and enjoyed every minute og it.:D
I was asked to go to the Victoria hotel drink 3 pints of larger and tell them what I thought about each one. But thats not the best bit , they paid me £10 for doing it. Since at the time I was just thinking about going to the pub hey what did I have to loose .:thumbsup:

If you want to get rid tell them that you work in marketing or marketing research. The sponsors of the survey won't let them interview for fear of you stealing their trade secrets. Works (almost) every time! :hihi: