Tuesday 16 October 2007

Best job in the world

So yesterday i got paid $50 to eat 3 pieces of KFC chicken...no it wasn't a bet...it was for a market research company.
Gavin at work had sent a email round where we answered a few questions, then the next day i was asked to attend, luckily so was Lyndon who i sit next to and is a connoisseur or fast food like myself.
We turned up salivating at the thought of bucket full's of free chicken, and it was one of them "doctors waiting room" situation's. No one making eye contact with each other let alone chatting, apart from me and Lyndo's acting like a couple of kids waiting to go on the Nemesis! Whilst watching the group before us, i was noticing people nibbling away at their samples as if they were a judge on MasterChef 2007 with mutli accented Lloyd Grossman. NO your eating KFC now eat it like you do in their blue plastic sh!t heap "restaurants" and woof it down in 1 whilst stuffing as many fries in your gob as you can. Then force it down your gullet with a mouth full of drink!! (is this why i have heartburn/reflux problems maybe...)

Our turn arrived and we were given a 20 page questionnaire to complete as we ate, 3 fillets of chicken later and questionnaire completed we were done (and so had they been) as i collected my envelope with the cash in, i held it in the air and said "easiest fifty bucks iv ever made" (not including the time i was short of cash for a taxi down Oxford St...we don't talk about that).

One question for each fillet was: Would this product replace an existing product you eat at KFC.
ANSWER: Are you kidding, Zinger Tower Burger Everytime!

Turns out they don't have Zinger Tower Burgers in Oz, so after explaining to all who would listen around the table about the Zinger Tower i had converted a few people just with my description of it. So in the Any other comments section, we all added Bring the Zinger Tower to Oz! Finally as we pulled out of the business park, Lyndo's pointed out the KFC across the road...weeeellll 3 bits is never enough is it, so we pulled and ordered a burger each just to finish us off.
Currently looking for market research involving any of the following:
Weston's Cider
Powerade
Yoghurt
Boag's Premium Larger
Breakfast bars
Milkshake's


Adios,
The Colonel

1 comment:

Mr Axl said...

You lucky sod.

And nice move with the ol' tower burgers promoting.