http://www.cousinagamfhein.net/archives/36 Stories someone told about somebody Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.cousinagamfhein.net/archives/36/comment-page-1#comment-7 Frank Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:29:31 +0000 http://www.cousinagamfhein.net/wordpress/2006/02/18/marion-coady-and-the-old-people/#comment-7 Marion, It was great to read your story and if I can spin off course for a moment, that storytelling syndrome, affliction, whatever, still seems prevasive in Cape Breton. I sit on the regional health authority and this winter we commissioned an in-depth health survey. The contracted company had some apprehensions since we wanted them to interview roughly 3000 people across Cape Breton, reflecting the age and gender demographics of the island. The questionnaire they were to use would require approximately 30 minutes with each person being interviewed. This month we received a report that the survey is virtually complete and the information is being compiled. They also reported that in the thousands of phone call made they had experienced no hangups, and no eff offs. Sixty percent of the people fitting whatever category they were concentrating on that day agreed to the survey despite the time involved, and the frustration for the surveyers was that when asking a health question where the answer was A, B or C, the person interviewed had clarification questions of his or her own, and an explanation of why they were asking the question "because one time, I was in Sydney...." and out came a story. The average interview, the marketing company reported, lasted 55 to 60 minutes because they couldn't get those storytelling Capers off the line. Frank Marion,
It was great to read your story and if I can spin off course for a moment, that storytelling syndrome, affliction, whatever, still seems prevasive in Cape Breton.
I sit on the regional health authority and this winter we commissioned an in-depth health survey. The contracted company had some apprehensions since we wanted them to interview roughly 3000 people across Cape Breton, reflecting the age and gender demographics of the island. The questionnaire they were to use would require approximately 30 minutes with each person being interviewed.
This month we received a report that the survey is virtually complete and the information is being compiled. They also reported that in the thousands of phone call made they had experienced no hangups, and no eff offs. Sixty percent of the people fitting whatever category they were concentrating on that day agreed to the survey despite the time involved, and the frustration for the surveyers was that when asking a health question where the answer was A, B or C, the person interviewed had clarification questions of his or her own, and an explanation of why they were asking the question “because one time, I was in Sydney….” and out came a story.
The average interview, the marketing company reported, lasted 55 to 60 minutes because they couldn’t get those storytelling Capers off the line.
Frank

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