Focus Group Schmocus Group

[littlebitca]

Reasons why I will never be in a focus group:

TV ad:

It's not your clothes...
it's not your neighborhood...
it's not your car.

It's your watch that tells the most about who you are.

So, if you've met me in RL, and you can't remember what kind of watch I was wearing, does that mean about what you know about me? And if I was wearing the 'wrong' watch, do you have to defriend me now? What if I wasn't wearing any watch at all?

Oh, and if you wear the advertised watch? Does that mean you're some loser who thinks your character is best expressed by wearing some stupid watch? What if you bought it before the commercial aired?

Buy the watch? Why? Is it a good watch?

Comments

[delle.livejournal.com]

were you wearing a watch? I was much more interested in talking to you, finding out about you, as opposed to judging you by some silly fashion accessory you may or may not have been wearing.

[bhadrasvapna.livejournal.com]

I was much more interested in the perfect people who aren't shallow enough to realize it's their good looks.

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

I haven't worn a watch in my entire adult life. They chafe. Plus, clocks? A totally fascist concept that attempts to regiment, and by doing so, control *time*, which is just a doomed idea before it begins. Time passes, we grow old, we die. Watches aren't going to change that.

So why bother?

Hey! Where's that focus group? I want to torment them with philosophy.

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

Heh. The only time I ever take off my watch is when I shower. And back in high school, when I wore a cheap waterproof digital watch, I often didn't even do that. What does that say about me? Especially since it doesn't seem to have much effect on my punctuality?

So I don't think it's what kind of watch you're wearing that matters, but how you wear your watch and how you deal with time. *shrugs* Probably put more thought put into that than the TV ad deserved. Heh.

[ladystarlightsj.livejournal.com]

I totally have to defriend you now because not only can I not remember what watch/if you were wearing a watch, but I don't wear a watch.

Which clearly says that somewhere there's a watch with my name on it in a bar, slamming back rum&cokes and saying 'Hey, listen to this, willya??".

Yis.

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

I too don't remember what sort of, if any, watch you were wearing, but I do suspect that there's some sort of clock gizmo on the laptop you constantly hide behind.

[ashenmote.livejournal.com]

One of my childhood heroes was a cartoon baboon that had _several_ wristwatches. And that's pretty much all I can remember about him. Clearly, that proves them right and makes me part of their focus group.
Some day I might even spend money on a watch. Maybe. One never knows.

[hebrokeaway.livejournal.com]

I would probably sleep with someone with a nice watch, but not that brand.

[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

Can a watch be good? Is there an evil watch? Ah, the puzzle of the watch world...
I wear a watch, but only because people seem to expect me to get places on time. Doesn't always work, I'm afraid.

[anomster.livejournal.com]

That was on TV? Gee, it sounds like a lot of emails I've been getting lately. Well, I don't remember what kind of watch you wore when I met you, so that must mean I have no idea who you are!...yeh, that makes sense.

"Is it a good watch?"?? Silly 'Bit--what does that have to do w/anything? @>) And on focus groups, I think I might like to be in one sometime, just to skew their results.

BTW, that's a cool icon. Oui, vraiment fou. And quite a diff't. take on coke-bottle glasses....

[ann1962]

You were not wearing a watch in NYC. And I have the most vague recollection we once talked about wearing watches, maybe in NY. Is that right?

[cosmorific.livejournal.com]

What if I forgot my watch that day? Does that mean I don't exist?