Reviews
My #DIETY am I tired of being asked to leave a review!
I went to dinner with friends and was asked three days in a row to leave a review.
I ordered takeout online for the kids and received two emails in less than 24 hours asking me to leave a review.
The most egregious ask of all has to be the review I was asked to write about my voluntary participation in a PLS study at the hospital. I have been asked no less than THREE times to answer this questionnaire. What, praytell, would I be reviewing? My own ability to do the 6 minute walk test? How many sit-to-stands I can do? It’s out of control.
I also know that anything less than 5 stars may as well be a failing grade for corporations but how did we even get here? The black-and-white nature of our “winner takes it all” culture has sucked all of the nuance out of everything.
[Don’t even get me started about the server who kept apologizing for their crappy service (and it was mediocre), then spinning the point-of-sale machine towards me with the “20% tip” option pre-chosen. I never tip less than that anyway but I was tempted to finagle the machine back to a 0% after that stunt]
