Posted by Susan47 on January 16, 2005, at 6:07:31
In reply to Can't Sleep - Terrible., posted by Susan47 on January 16, 2005, at 5:53:47
At the end of the test the last page says you're finished now, you've completed this part of the process, now you have several choices. You can phone somebody from the room you're in (if phone is available) to come and get you. You can go and find somebody. Or you can sit and wait.
Next the screen says, Don't leave the machine or touch the keyboard or you may end up erasing your test results and you'd have to take the test again.Am I insane? Well I came up with a solution that worked very well but when the woman came in I showed her the screen I was sitting at. Instead of answering, she was carrying a piece of paper that said I wasn't allowed to talk to anybody about the test, I wasn't allowed to write any of it down, (I'd been doing just that!!!) and she said I was supposed to have been given that paper Before the test was taken. I want to say here that she also expressed surprise when I showed her the last screen, as though she'd never seen it before and didn't know if its contents.
The firm was a large U.S. firm. I know this was a psychological game, the whole thing. I don't trust large firms like this, and now I know why. I would like to say that store will never Ever see me in it again, as a customer or otherwise. I hope that's true. They played with my mind, and they play with the minds of employees and customers every day. It's called Retail. It all sounds so innocent, but every time you fill out a customer survey or a product survey, you give ammunition to those who WILL take advantage of you.
I had the worst nightmare in years tonight, and it's because of that test. Before bed, I'd been reading about global warming and the U.S.'s intractability over their energy policies and their refusal to see the light, as it were. And Canada is just as bad, going to sell large volumes of natural gas to the US for "emissions credits". Hah. Credits my @ss. There should be no such thing. I'm so ashamed of humanity.
Mind game-playing is big business. BUt it hurts people like me.
I know this might sound confused to those who don't understand. But believe me, it's as real as this computer.
poster:Susan47
thread:442685
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