In yesterday's post, a letter was delivered which was only VAGUELY like my name and address. Wrong initial, one letter different from surname, address a rare name applied to the road we live on. All this was hand written. There was no return address.
Fairly certain it was unlikely to be for me, I opened it and hoped to see a return or forwarding address, etc. It turns out it was from a market research company which had apparently carried out a research interview with "this person". Not me, I generally avoid market researchers and certainly hadn't taken part in a survey recently. They (the company) were asking them to complete another survey by answering more questions - this time about the first interview!
Now, as I see it, either the researcher made a hash of taking name and address details from their interviewee or someone answered the questions and gave false details, or the interviewer invented a client and the company bosses are auditing their own employees work.
Do I bother to return the envelope or just chuck it all in the recycle bin? I'm thinking the latter. So much for reliable market research surveys!
Fairly certain it was unlikely to be for me, I opened it and hoped to see a return or forwarding address, etc. It turns out it was from a market research company which had apparently carried out a research interview with "this person". Not me, I generally avoid market researchers and certainly hadn't taken part in a survey recently. They (the company) were asking them to complete another survey by answering more questions - this time about the first interview!
Now, as I see it, either the researcher made a hash of taking name and address details from their interviewee or someone answered the questions and gave false details, or the interviewer invented a client and the company bosses are auditing their own employees work.
Do I bother to return the envelope or just chuck it all in the recycle bin? I'm thinking the latter. So much for reliable market research surveys!