I sure wish you could just leave stars on amazon and ebay seller reviews without also having to leave a comment. I got nothing to write worth reading. The thing showed up! How does saying "the thing showed up" help anyone
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This is your opportunity to prove how mundane and useless it was to ask. "10/10 it is a widget" or "it sure widgets as you'd expect". I might be a chaos goblin.
I have a file on my desktop that says "It showed up within a reasonable timeframe, in the correct number of pieces. Thumbs up." and I copy/paste it whenever I have to leave a review on a site that won't let me just pick a number of stars.
I remember being asked to do a survey and could not imagine anyone being able to tell you the difference between being "satisfied" and "very satisfied" with a filter changer. They changed my filter! They didn't irreparably break my car! There's not a lot of gradation there!
Look, I recognize that there's a degree of logistical expertise and artistry in almost EVERY professional endeavor, but I am not equipped to recognize or discuss those degrees
I don't do stars. If you're grading 1-5, then "goods as advertised, sent on time" (my standard comment) is a 3. 4 is better than expected (eg a used item in better condition than it looked), 5 is extraordinary (eg hand-delivered in a postal strike). But vendors think 5 is a minimum; so I don't play.
I don't play for things. For human service workers, where bosses or contract managers see results and expect 5s, I'll give 'em 5s (with the occasional 4) to help them keep their jobs.
Gotta balance out folks who will leave one star just because the place was out of vanilla syrup or whatever.
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Gotta balance out folks who will leave one star just because the place was out of vanilla syrup or whatever.
I hate the stupid system, but I also want to help keep corporate offices from breathing down my fellow workers' necks.
And a more normal distribution.
🌟 Would not do again
2🌟Would, if no alternative
3🌟Unremarkable but okay
4🌟 Better than you'd expect
5🌟 Would go out of my way to do again.