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[42itous]

I just spent 17 minutes on the phone with a kid who[se employer] wanted to know every last detail of my grocery-buying habits. I had answers for most of his questions -- unlike past surveys which have wanted to know about my coffee-drinking habits (of which I have none) and my movie-watching habits (of which I have precious few) and my commercial-viewing habits (which are statistically insignificant). He seemed slightly stymied by having to type "farmers' market" into the field "Where do you buy most of your fresh produce?"

For the record, I was chopping vegetables for black bean salad, so it's not like I was just sitting there as I rated the relative merits of Trader Joe's seafood versus Whole Foods'.

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[mercurysparkle.livejournal.com]

Did he have a choice for "I grow my own produce" ? I'm really good at growing tomatoes, butternut squash and peppers. If I had to survive on my own planting skills though, we'd be in trouble!

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I could have said anything -- it sounded like he was filling in a blank field in a form on a computer. And indeed, I do grow a bit of produce...

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

I haven't been called for a survey in years. They still do that?

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Apparently so! And if I have the time, I generally enjoy answering them. This one got tedious, though.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

I was called again in 2012 for the exact same survey (by the same kid?), and answered it in similar fashion, but this time I was lazing in my red corduroy chair and Kyle was smirking at me in the background.