There's Just No Easy Way
To Earn Cash Is There?

After a discouraging phone conversation with my mom about being unemployed, I hung up in tears, feeling so low and worthless, I immediately called my sister to vent.  Hearing my frustration, she suggested maybe there was hope.  Her recently laid-off roommate had just found a way to make some extra cash…But, HOW? WHAT? WHEN? Her answer was unexpected:  By answering online surveys.  

 

Hmm.  Now this was something I hadn’t thought of before.  Was it possible? Could I really earn money, while answering a bunch of questions about myself?  After my sister confirmed that her roommate was getting legit checks in the mail, I decided to give it a shot.   

 

The first survey I tried was called $5 in 5 minutes.  Well seeing as I’m unemployed, as luck would have it, I just so happened to have five minutes- and, being completely broke, I could certainly use  an extra five dollars. 

 

At first it seemed like a really warped blind date- with a computer.  Mr. Mac was awkwardly asking me every (and any) thing about myself- and to be perfectly honest, in my opinion, some of those questions were a little intimate for a first date.  

 

For example, one of the first questions was:  How often do you  buy toilet paper and if, and when you do, do you prefer ultra-soft?  Well, first of all, who DOESN’T prefer ultra soft? Second of all, I was more disturbed, or maybe fascinated, by the fact that I could have also chosen the option:  I DO NOT EVER BUY OR USE THIS PRODUCT.

 

I’m sorry, but if you don’t ever buy, OR USE, toilet paper, AND you’re so broke you have to answer online surveys to make extra cash- your life must be a whole lot worse than mine.  And while I began to consider the idea that this ridiculous person might actually exist somewhere out there in this big, wide world, I have to admit, I kind of started to feel a little bit better about myself.  Maybe this wasn’t such a bad blind date after all.  

 

But like most blind dates, it quickly turned sour.  After asking me more questions about my heart burn remedies, how often I buy electronic tooth brushes, and if I plan on starting an insurance business any time soon, Mr. Mac crossed the line.   

 

Do you have a bladder leakage problem and if so, do you prefer thin or thick absorption protection?  

 

I ask you.  I.  ASK. YOU:  How do you bounce back from that one on a first date? He may as well have gotten wasted, thrown up in my purse, and then tried to give me a big, sloppy kiss afterwards.  

 

I finished the rest of the survey as quickly as possible (I wanted the 5 bucks after all that!), and then I clicked the “My Rewards” button to see how I could redeem the 5 dollars.  

 

But all it said was:  Thank you for taking the $5 in 5 minutes survey.  Your current balance is:  $0.00.

 

Just as most girls complain to their friends after a disappointing date, all I could think was:  I knew it was too good to be true.

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