bilbobaggins
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Got a free pass to the BloatShow yesterday ( Friday ) and was pleased to be accosted by two young-and-lovelies, who were recruiting for some 'marketing survey'. My friends and I are easy meat, so were were ushered into a room in the Holiday Inn, to be interrogated by a psychologist and his familiar - who plied us with coffee and bickies.
Upshot was, we - and some other yotties who were beguiled - talked about our boats and 'why' for 40 mins, when The Professor thanked us and gave us each an envelope containing £20.
Seems the Hydrographic Office - after all this time, bless 'em - now want to know why we do it. Now, I'm not 'looking a gift horse in the mouth', but this is public money ( OK! It went straight to the Guinness stand ) and I'd have thot it would have been rather better spent on a questionnaire - paper or computer - to be completed by those who visit their expensive stand, with a free chart as the lure.
For those marketing wonks who read this, I spent £6 ( 2 x Guinnesses ), gained £20, and had 3 freebie gin-n-limes. Good show. Think I'll go back again tomorrow.
Upshot was, we - and some other yotties who were beguiled - talked about our boats and 'why' for 40 mins, when The Professor thanked us and gave us each an envelope containing £20.
Seems the Hydrographic Office - after all this time, bless 'em - now want to know why we do it. Now, I'm not 'looking a gift horse in the mouth', but this is public money ( OK! It went straight to the Guinness stand ) and I'd have thot it would have been rather better spent on a questionnaire - paper or computer - to be completed by those who visit their expensive stand, with a free chart as the lure.
For those marketing wonks who read this, I spent £6 ( 2 x Guinnesses ), gained £20, and had 3 freebie gin-n-limes. Good show. Think I'll go back again tomorrow.
