I’ve written on here before about filling out surveys.\u00a0 Well, I still recommend filling those things out.\u00a0 Over the years, I’ve gotten John Deere toys, John Deere caps, free oil changes from the auto dealer, hotel bonus points and other obscure crap.<\/p>\n
A couple of months ago, I filled out a written survey for some Texas Tech student doing graduate work.\u00a0 The survey was a butt load of questions about ag-ed\/FFA in our school.\u00a0 It probably took me 5 minutes to fill out.\u00a0 I put it in the postage paid envelope and mailed it back.\u00a0 Done.<\/p>\n
This week, I received a letter that explained the survey.\u00a0 They weren’t just surveying ag teachers, they were also surveying responses online versus mail.\u00a0 AND if survey response rates increased by being offered $2.\u00a0 What?\u00a0 Wait?\u00a0 $2?<\/p>\n
I did the mail in deal for free.\u00a0 Who gives a rat’s ass about $2?\u00a0 Obviously a higher percentage of people.\u00a0 The letter showed that Survey return rates were higher for the ones that were offered $2.\u00a0 Mail-in vs. online results were similar.<\/p>\n
To keep all things equal, since I did the survey for free, they sent me (and others) a $2 bill in the mail for the effort.\u00a0 Cool!\u00a0 It’s been a year or two since I saw a $2 bill in circulation.<\/p>\n
Several decades ago, I judged a county hog show.\u00a0 It was a bad-ass show.\u00a0 Lots of OKC premium sale pigs in the show.\u00a0 At the end of the show, the county agent asked me if I was fine with a cash payment for judging.\u00a0 “Sure.”\u00a0 He then handed me the damndest roll of $2 bills.\u00a0 I forget the actual story but it was something along the lines that between the county commissioners and the fairboard, nobody trusted anybody to sign a check, so they did everything in $2 bills.\u00a0 Whatever works.<\/p>\n
It was fun to open a letter with a $2 bill.\u00a0 At least it wasn’t a $3 bill.\u00a0 I’ve never seen one but…..I guess they are different.<\/p>\n
At 8:53 am, I finished up this mornings’ ass-kicking.\u00a0 My ass was the one donated for the kicking.\u00a0 Snow & then winds made some drifts.\u00a0 I had to first thaw out the intake line for our tankless water-heater.\u00a0 Then, I had to dig pathways through drifts for doe goats to get to feed\/hay and water.\u00a0 Then deal with a bull that doesn’t care what the weather is doing, he was out and didn’t want to go back in.<\/p>\n
Survey says….I should have had a dispersal earlier in the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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