November 26th, 2015

The increasing urgency of a request to fill out a survey

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Here are some email messages I received from an automated system.

October 20: “This survey must be completed no later than November 14.”

October 31: “Reminder, this survey must be completed no later than November 14.”

November 12: “Final reminder, this survey must be completed no later than November 14.”

November 14: “Extension, this survey must be completed no later than November 19.”

November 19: “Final reminder, this survey must be completed no later than November 19.”

November 28: “This survey must be completed no later than December 16.”

I gave in and clicked the survey link.

The link was broken.

I guess the people running the survey said, “Gosh, we’re getting no responses. Let’s extend the deadline.”

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Category
Old New Thing
Topics
Non-Computer

Author

Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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