1/30 - Threaded Thursday!

Matt [ASG8WWXORCBYO] Two-part Survey, Part 1 of 2. Possibility to win a $20 bonus for completing both parts(~ 12 minutes) - $1.00 | PANDA

Good

Unrated

Unrated

$11.25 / hour
00:05:20 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:
One writing prompt.

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: one minute ago)
Qualifications: Exc: [195014-194425] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs >= 50; HIT approval rate (%) >= 98; Location In US;

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Matt [ASG8WWXORCBYO] Two-part Survey, Part 1 of 2. Possibility to win a $20 bonus for completing both parts(~ 12 minutes) - $1.00 | PANDA

Good

Unrated

Unrated

$13.04 / hour
00:04:36 / completion time

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Pros:
Bubbles with a writing section. (Writing section is timed for 4 minutes but, if you complete it sooner, you can advance)
Follow up next week

Cons:
Writing
Collecting a bonus is probably highly unlikely

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: one minute ago)
Qualifications: Exc: [195014-194425] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs >= 50; HIT approval rate (%) >= 98; Location In US;

To read Matt's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

he's a horrible person

amirite?

 

For fear of him being a meanie and taking away my badges...I'll just say I am disappointed in him.

 

I can see you too are a member of the @ThisPoorGuy fan club.

 

Rail Gatech [A1ODJKW5IQ6QXT] Assisting a robot in a household task - $5.00 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated

$37.27 / hour
00:08:03 / completion time

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Pros:
A fun, well paid task.

Cons:
The robot is slow.

Catchability: Okay (HIT Last Seen: 31 minutes ago)
Qualifications: Total approved HITs > 100; Assisted Robot DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) > 95;

To read Rail Gatech's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Katharine Rendle, PhD [A1GAPL49QZQBRJ] Answer a survey about cervical cancer screening to help improve public health messaging - $5.00 | PANDA

Unrated

Unrated

Unrated

$27.40 / hour
00:10:57 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Okay (HIT Last Seen: 18 minutes ago)
Qualifications: Masters Exists ; Location EqualTo US;

To read Katharine Rendle, PhD's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

So what's the deal with writing out actual 'checks' to pay your supermarket bill?
I've been wondering about this lately. Is there any real benefit at this point, or is it just force of habit?

 

Well, most older people switched from cash to checks (really older people) just like my age range switched from checks to debit card/online bill pay etc... Personally I think it's just what they know and feel comfortable with.

 

Thanks! I figured that was it, but I can't help going 'what the heck' every time I see it.

 

This reminds of a time I was at Wal-Mart with my grandmother many years ago. She was notorious at getting the names wrong on checks (even our birthday checks) and sure enough she made it out to Wall-Marts. The cashier made her rewrite it and oh boy she was not happy about that. Luckily we made it out eventually but it was always an um interesting experience when she pulled out the checkbook.

 

I worked at a Super K mart (they don't even exist anymore) when I was 16. These little old people would hand me their checks and ask me to fill it out for them. Drove me batty. Eventually we got checkwriters and they just had to sign it.

 

Positly [A20SRJ4UG9W0H0] Short survey on social issues (~3 mins) - $0.30 | PANDA

Unrated

<24 hours

Unrated

$7.30 / hour
00:02:28 / completion time

Approved! ​

Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Impossible (HIT Last Seen: 3 hours ago)
Qualifications: cfa323c1d4442a1b603ec1ba54680868d1242090 DoesNotExist ; 80412233201bcb15666b2ac446860a99b1c3bf42 DoesNotExist ; 799ea5dfa364efa477b02b12fce61a3b19f7f6eb DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs >= 500; HIT approval rate (%) >= 96; 34ee50c9eacb4e076cedf82013242ddbbbff8013 NotIn 0; Location EqualTo US; ab5c70a2a750f5b115e550db4b754b92dfd32213 DoesNotExist ;

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osman sabri [A35KKYJ61YBC2Q] A Survey on Foreign Policy - $1.10 | PANDA

Unrated

Unrated

Unrated

$10.18 / hour
00:06:29 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Impossible (HIT Last Seen: 61 hours ago)
Qualifications: Total approved HITs > 100; Masters Exists ; HIT approval rate (%) > 95; Location EqualTo US; Completed My Survey Already DoesNotExist ;

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So you got birthday checks made out to 'Coffee Bowl'?

 

Pretty much. Me trying to cash that check:

 

That's ok...my dad always called me Stacy. He didn't stick around long

No sadness folks, I never liked him. I just still think it's kinda funny.

 

Ouch! I'm ashamed of myself for how amusing I thought that was.

 

made me lol!