Tue
Oct
28
When someone has wronged you, how important are the following things? Rate on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being not important, 5 being very important).
- An apology
- Acceptance of responsibility
- Expressing an understanding of how the person hurt you.
- A desire to not repeat the behavior
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Mon
Oct
27
Who are the worst drivers in San Francisco?
- Taxi drivers
- Muni drivers
- SUV drivers
- Luxury car drivers
- Cars-with-spinny-wheels drivers
- Anyone in the Richmond/Chinatown
- Anyone driving a large truck with either a flag or McCain sticker
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Fri
Oct
24
(Note: This is not a PC poll.)
Which of the following personal tragedies or difficulties trumps all others in this election?
A) Down’s syndrome baby (5 mos. ago)
B) POW in Vietnam (41 years ago)
C) Wife and daughter killed in a car crash (36 years ago)
D) Grandmother (who is the inspiration for political career/life of service) becoming gravely ill (week before the election)
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Fri
Oct
17
When a regular citizen (like Joe the Plumber) asks an important or provocative question of a presidential candidate or through some other simple action becomes a significant figure in an election, what do you think the campaigns’ responses should be?
- Milk it for all its worth. he put himself in the spotlight. Besides, the gloves are off.
- Use the example as a way of attacking your opponent, then move on to something else.
- Let it slide. He didn’t ask to be in the public eye. The Constitution still grants us the right to privacy, right? Or did Gonzales redact that?
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Wed
Oct
1
Imagine that you are standing at the altar, about to marry the man or woman of your dreams. Your future spouse has one of the following three ailments during the entire ceremony. Which would be the most difficult for you to endure?
- Atrociously bad breath
- Horrendously bad b.o.
- Horribly bad gas
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(Credit to Andrew Mager for this one. Please make the appropriate language adjustments for your sexual orientation.)
You have five men/women in front of you. One of them is going to be your husband/wife. All of them are brilliant, they all make great money, and they are excellent in bed. But each one has an addiction.
- video games
- tobacco and alcohol
- porn
- NASCAR
- flirting with other women/men
Which one do you pick?
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Fri
Jun
6
Scenario: The aliens who are about to destroy the earth (who also happen to be very good cooks) are allowing you your choice of your final meal. The only catch is that it has to be served in bar format. Which of the following bars would you choose:
1) Biscuit bar
2) Baked potato bar
3) Bloody Mary bar
4) Chili bar
5) Dessert bar
6) Burrito bar
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Tue
May
20
Two questions for this poll.
- On what number date do you think it’s OK for the girl to pay?
- When do you think it’s OK to go dutch?
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Mon
May
5
The scenario: You have a crush on a coworker. You’ve hung out a few times, but always in groups. You want to start up a one-on-one dialogue that may, ideally, lead up to you asking her/him out on a date.
Rate the following methods of communication on a scale of 1 to 5, 1=inappropriate, 5=totally appropriate:
A) Company email
B) IM
C) Facebook wall (note: She/he is a part of the company network and counts coworkers as her friends)
D) Direct Twitter (assuming you’re both on Twitter)
E) Text
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Thu
May
1
The scenario: Your girlfriend/boyfriend has invited you for a weekend at her/his friend’s cabin, with all her/his friends. Which of the following best describes how you would act?
- Hang back and see how/where you can fit in to the existing group.
- Pitch in and make an effort to be the “helpful, nice girlfriend/boyfriend” to make a good impression.
- Get totally wasted because you feel so awkward.
- Stay attached to your g-f/b-f’s arm the entire weekend.
- Focus on being social and spending time with each of her friends to get to know them better.
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