Valentine’s Day’s lows and highs

By ( February 14, 2009 at 23:38) · Filed under Polls, Rankings, Silly

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Hearty Warmy chocolatesToday is Valentine’s Day, so let’s have a look at two silly wee surveys from goo Ranking, asking women what they find tough on Valentine’s Day, and what differences they notice in men on or just before Valentine’s Day.

Demographics

Note that the obligatory chocolates for everyone in the office are basically a chore rather than an expression of gratitude, as with many other situations where gifts must be passed, the feelings of thanks have disappeared to be replaced by just a sense of formality.

For your enjoyment, here is a recap of the Valentine surveys I’ve looked at over the years:

Oh, and Watashi to Tokyo had a list of men’s favourite everyday chocolate snacks.

Heart Warmy picture from Robert Sanzalone on flickr.

Ranking results

Q1: What do you find tough about Valentine’s Day? (Sample size=520, women)

Rank   Score
1 Paying for loads of obligatory chocolates 100
2 Preparing “section head chocs”, “department head chocs”, etc, lots of different grades of obligatory chocolates 52.1
3 Being pestered for chocolates by someone who I didn’t plan to give to, but he expected to get some 50.4
4 Listing up everyone to give chocolates to 33.6
5 Wrapping chocolates neatly 31.1
6 Choosing presents other than chocolates 27.7
7 Fighting through the crowds at the chocolate shop 26.1
8 Putting everything into bags to pass to people 22.7
9 Being too busy to go to buy chocolates 22.7
10 Getting round to passing out the chocolates to everyone 20.2

Q2: What behaviour in men round about Valentine’s Day do you find entertaining? (Sample size=520, women)

Rank   Score
1= A bit more tension in the air than usual 100
1= Fishily kind 100
3 Restlessness 93.2
4 Pretending not to notice as the chocolates are being handed out 66.7
5 Being overjoyed even though the chocolates are obligatory 65.8
6 Coming into work just a bit smarter than usual 55.6
7 Even though they usually don’t eat sweets, declaring their love of chocolates 50.4
8 Hanging around work, school until late 49.6
9= Getting depressed to not receive any 47.0
9= Even for work tasks, responding keenly when called 47.0
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