Getting To Know You

Well it’s been a while, I think we should get to know one another a little better if you’re comfortable with that. As I’m not entirely sure how many of you there are, or if you would get along with each other, it’s probably best if we meet in private, and it’s so much more romantic. I would like to propose an intimate little question and answer round, rather like speed dating without the wine. Or the other people nearby. Or the timed conversation. Or the awkward silences.

It’s probably more like a questionnaire. In fact I think we’re pretty safe in calling it that.

I had an epiphany a few days ago a little like the one with the carrot, when I suddenly realised that the internet is actually a big place, full of people, and that many of them are happy to share their opinions on stuff. It seems odd that I never thought of it before, being as I spend so much time playing with it, but I never did. Let’s move on.

The survey is to try and work out if we are heading in the right direction. There is great sagging question that we need and answer for, sooner rather than later, and it can be phrased like this: Are we doing it right?

There are lots of complicated answers, many of which involve levels of introspection that might cause permanent damage, but the bottom line is that if people will buy it, it’s right. I hasten to add that’s not the only factor, but no matter what else we do, we need to make money rather than lose it, and I’m almost certain people-buying-stuff is fairly critical to that process.

I have had a little think over some questions, we talked it through over dinner last night, and we have come up with some questions that will hopefully point us in the right direction. I’ve never written a survey before, and discovered it’s actually quite hard to come up with questions that don’t either limit the answer or point in one specific direction. Just as an example, one of the questions that I was planning to add, but eventually dropped in favour of something else was

What is your favourite street food?

I had then listed a couple,

hog roast

hotdog

chirros

And then rather lamely trailed of with the “Other – please state” box.

There are probably more types of street food than I’ve had hot dinners, and although it would be interesting to find out, I have no idea how we could use the information, as even if we surveyed a hundred people we might still not get more than a few percent of any one kind, in fact the list would just keep getting longer, and either way we don’t cook a random selection of those foods, we cook the Jabberwocky Street Food as seen only in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Sometimes also toasties.

So I have had a stab at it, and if you have nothing better to do it would be amazing if you could fill it in. It’s all clicking, no typing unless you really want to, because I have the attention span of a three year old and don’t blame anyone else for being the same. You can find the survey here, and don’t forget that if all of you want a free haiku, I will never get round to working out the results.