Have you had a giant catfish offer you free ice cream today?
If you fill out a brief survey in the Student Center consisting of approximately 10 questions about catfish, you can receive your tasty treat.
Not that the 6-foot bottom-feeder dressed in a sailor's outfit isn't creepy, but using this eerie figure to push individuals to give his (her? / its?) company information is a bit biased.
Dangling free food in front of college kids can be a dangerous task. A broke college boy will do anything to fill his stomach.
Signing up for credit cards at Dominoe's for a couple of pizzas, joining all the church groups to have a steady Wednesday dinner or timing it just right at the donut place in Haley to get the leftovers.
Checking a couple boxes about "fill in the blank" is an easy obstacle to have a quick hunger satisfaction.
On a short walk from the office to the Chik-fil-A line and back, I was asked six times if I would like to fill out the survey by the three same people.
No.
I would not provide sufficient, educated answers about catfish for you.
I didn't even know there were convenient store catfish to begin with. I'm not even sure what classifies a catfish as the "convenient store" brand.
It's not the content of the skewed study as much as it is the process they are going about getting it.
I was reminded of SGA campaign week.
The catfish is the SGA candidate and the PR people shoving paper at you in every direction are the top 5.
"Have you voted today?"
"Have you talked about catfish today?"
They even give you candy if you respond.
If the campus is opening up the doors to this type of soliciting, what is going to be next?
Honestly, I'm not really sure what can top professional convenient store catfish surveying.
We are bombarded enough as it is with the on-campus groups and organizations going to class and on our breaks, let's keep the creepy catfish away.
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