The Survey Says….
I remember an occasional survey call in the states…they would ask you one or two questions about a product, or elections and that would be it.
Israeli surveys turned out to be something different altogether. I have received two or three where they said it would take 5 or 10 minutes, and 25 minutes later I’d still be talking to them. You might ask why I would continue, and there are two answers, one is that I’m too polite, and two that I started it because I wanted to improve my Hebrew.
On survey I had got me so disgusted that I promised never to do a product survey again. They asked me about which commerical for hummus or chicken or something I preferred, and I told them I didn’t have a TV. They responded with, “Well, if you did have a TV, which commercial would you preferr!” This continued for several questions, and they didn’t like the answer that the Humus I buy is the one which is on sale.
Today I actually had a survey I appreciated. Apparently the city of Jerusalem is surveying immigrants about the services the city offers, and about how we feel integrated into the city. They asked me if I knew about different department which are supposed to be servicing immigrants. Although I knew of a few of them, I must say there are too many organizations which are not centralized, so it is impossible to get the services you need! They also asked me to rate my Hebrew speaking/reading/writing/comprehension on a level of 1-10. I rated my writing at only a 3 (ten is best) and my speaking at 7. I put my reading at 7 as well and comprehension at 8. I know I probably underestimated my writing, but I still don’t write checks, without asking my husband how the different numbers are spelled, or looking it up in a dictionary!
I know arba has an alef and an ayn..but which is where???
