11/04 - Mutfruit Monday!

[DatJersey]

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[TotalBabe]

Title: Answer a survey about you | Accept Requester: Annamaria Bliven [A2M42I4RIEIJG7] Contact TV: No Reviews TO: No Reviews TO2: No Reviews Reward: 1.00 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 1 Description: Survey social media usage, communication habits, and career goals Qualifications: Location EqualTo US

HIT Time: 3:40

 

[TSolo315]

I was afraid that would happen on my second try and that I would have to bake a lot of bread and muffins ? I'm going to have to write little comments for the shopper on everything and they will hate me....

I like the color scheme you have going on with your avatar, name, and banners.

You should just keep the pumpkin cat forever

 

[afallstarxfall]

Title: Answer a 4-5 minute survey | Accept Requester: CIP [A1ECMMA9L8JTV5] Contact TV: [Hrly=$12.63] [Pay=Generous] [Approval=1-3 days] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=3.62] [Fast=4.13] [Comm=1.00] [Fair=4.50] [Reviews=27] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.66 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 1 Description: Answer demographic questions and give opinion about jobs Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 95; Location EqualTo US

 

[rsmath]

What world do you live in that they are $1.67 a lb? I'm online grocery shopping right now and they are $0.49 a lb. Sometimes I think on sale they even get quite cheaper than that.

The online delivery world. Gotta love reading the mice type on a lot of ads that mention online delivery or shipping and it usually says "prices in store may not be identical to the prices online". I definitely believe there can be a markup to help the store increase margins or to help defray the cost of picking, shipping or delivery those items.

Yes, $1.67 a pound is an excessive markup and a huge profit for the store as bananas are one of the most popular items sold in a supermarket. Also, in LucyO's case, how is one banana one pound if she ordered a pound of bananas and got one banana?

 

[mboone73]

In regards to the poll...

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[afallstarxfall]

Title: Online Food Ordering ($0.70) | Accept Requester: Zhen Yang [A1OGKXH8SY722Y] Contact TV: No Reviews TO: No Reviews TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.70 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 0 Description: An Online Food Ordering company would like to test its new website Qualifications: Not available from queue exports.

 

[rsmath]

Title: Qualification - Determine whether a table supports/refutes a claim | Accept Requester: Anonymous Collector [A1GR3E0DHYDPTL] Contact TV: [Hrly=$9.00] [Pay=Fair] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: No Reviews TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.06 Duration: 30:00 Available: 1 Description: Presented with a claim and a table, determine whether the table supports/refutes the claim Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThan 1000; Location In AU, CA, GB, US; TableValidationQualification DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 96

another qual from this requester - tables instead of images like the one from the other day

 

[desert13]

I love Alexandria. But why is it that every single one of her tasks at some point make me slightly afraid of other Turkers?

 

[afallstarxfall]

Title: Moral Decision Making (8~10 minutes approx) | Accept Requester: Brock Bastian [AB7F6PMGV5XY3] Contact TV: [Hrly=$14.15] [Pay=Good] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Excellent] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=3.41] [Fast=4.76] [Comm=4.24] [Fair=4.59] [Reviews=126] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 1.30 Duration: 3:00:00 Available: 30 Description: Answer a few questions about your behavioral tendencies and your views on social issues Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThan 0; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 99; Location EqualTo US

 

[LucyO]

The online delivery world. Gotta love reading the mice type on a lot of ads that mention online delivery or shipping and it usually says "prices in store may not be identical to the prices online". I definitely believe there can be a markup to help the store increase margins or to help defray the cost of picking, shipping or delivery those items.

Yes, $1.67 a pound is an excessive markup and a huge profit for the store as bananas are one of the most popular items sold in a supermarket. Also, in LucyO's case, how is one banana one pound if she ordered a pound of bananas and got one banana?

Some of the things are priced different, but most things are the same. If they pick up something different than what you thought you ordered, or did order, the price is adjusted when they charge you. The person buying the groceries for you, actually has to go through the line (well, they have their own line in some stores) and everything gets rung up and then charged. Then, they add the delivery and service and tip fees. So, I thought I ordered a pound or a bunch, but I was only charged for one lonely banana.

 

[rsmath]

Some of the things are priced different, but most things are the same. If they pick up something different than what you thought you ordered, or did order, the price is adjusted when they charge you. The person buying the groceries for you, actually has to go through the line (well, they have their own line in some stores) and everything gets rung up and then charged. Then, they add the delivery and service and tip fees. So, I thought I ordered a pound or a bunch, but I was only charged for one lonely banana.

oh, you had a "personal shopper" service. I thought you were using Kroger Clicklist or something where Kroger has employees that wander the aisles with blue carts picking things and then store them in a special room until you go to pick it up or they deliver it to you. They don't have to go to through the same checkout I do.

 

[Princess Gina Marie]

they look pretty similar on the outside (unless i've been doing something very wrong all this time)

if it's a labeling problem, could be someone else made them and the labeling person wasn't sure

if it's an instacart getting your groceries problem, sometimes they just rush and don't read

It was an "Oops, we're all out of pumpkin pies, but we substituted a sweet potato pie" situation, with the person who brought it out saying, "I figured it was the same thing"

 

[LucyO]

oh, you had a "personal shopper" service. I thought you were using Kroger Clicklist or something where Kroger has employees that wander the aisles with blue carts picking things and then store them in a special room until you go to pick it up or they deliver it to you. They don't have to go to through the same checkout I do.

I've been using Instacart. One of the stores around here uses their own staff for it, but most are local people doing it for extra money. I thought about doing it, but I hate shopping, even when it's for myself

 

[turkleton]

It was an "Oops, we're all out of pumpkin pies, but we substituted a sweet potato pie" situation, with the person who brought it out saying, "I figured it was the same thing"

Don't you guys technically live in what's considered "The South"? Shouldn't they know better?

 

[Trucker]

PE $28.89

Good Night All.

 

[cb456]

I love Alexandria. But why is it that every single one of her tasks at some point make me slightly afraid of other Turkers?

I don't see why everyone freaks out when I try to teach it that humans are robot food

 

[DatJersey]

Title: Guess the words! (~ 60 minutes) | PANDA
Requester: Jesse Snedeker [A1SYN8J5WSNRGW] [TurkerView]
Description: (~ 60minutes) You will read a short story and fill in words in sentences by guessing what comes next!
Duration: ~180min
Reward: $7.00
Qualifications:

• HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95
• Total approved HITs GreaterThan 50
• Location EqualTo US

HIT Time: 27 min, 56 sec
Catchability: Okay

This is still floating around. took me 40 mins though, not 28

 

[Princess Gina Marie]

Don't you guys technically live in what's considered "The South"? Shouldn't they know better?

Yes

 

[thismegan]

thank the U.S. Govt FDA that says pumpkin pie can be called "pumpkin" even though it's made with varieties of squash.

Spoiler: Boring FDAGovt Legalese Here about Pumpkin labeling

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After looking at different varieties of both Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita pepo, they can both look like regular orange pumpkins. I grew pumpkins before, and I can't really tell you which of those types I grew. What I got out of it was that pumpkins, like broccoli, are easy to grow in mediocre Los Angeles soil enriched with potting soil.