The Survey and The $2 Bill

February 1, 2008 12:57 AM

I got a letter in the mail today from St. Jude inviting me to join a "Long Term Follow-Up Study." Basically, I fill out some release forms and they send me some questionnaires to complete about long-term side effects that may have been caused by my treatment.

And for my trouble, they included a nice, crisp $2 bill. I have no idea why, but I find that bizarre. It's probably standard for these sort of studies and surveys and whatnot, though. I wish more of my mail came with free money.

I'll have to put that with the $2 bills I got as change from some dealer at Anime Weekend Atlanta.

Also, they keep calling the study "LTFU." I wish there was a "Short-Term Follow-Up Study." Heh.

Comments

Here's your $2, now shut up.

Der Klown • February 1, 2008 09:24 AM
Interestingly, $2 aren't really all that rare (in that there are still plenty of them around). The problem is that people keep thinking "OMG THIS IS RAREZ!" and putting them away somewhere, out of circulation instead of spending them.

Which is probably just as well, since paper money has a short lifespan when it's in circulation. Besides, actual cash is obsolete.