#189 — What’s Bugging You?

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In late 2009 Consumer Reports evidently ran out of new products to test. What other explanation could account for their decision to conduct a phone survey to find out what annoys people the most?

The answer to that question is obvious.

Phone surveys….except that wasn’t one of the things they asked about.

The researchers called people and asked them to rate their level of irritation at common annoyances. The scale ran from 1 (“it’s all good”) to 10 (“you die now!”) I can only imagine how the calls must have gone.

“Hello. This is Consumer Reports and we’d like to ask you about the things that annoy you.”

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Notes:

• My thanks to Stephen Jarvis for his affirming comments on Memory Laps and Confidence Man.
• Thanks, too, to Andy for his help in correcting a typo.  You’ll find more about Andy at:
  http://www.beinghumancast.com
• A quick shout-out to a couple of other web media producers Ian Peaston (http://www.elucian.com/) and Chas Hathaway (http://chas.willowrise.com/)  Unlike me, both of these talented gents produce music as well as written material.  I’m very, very jealous.