None of the Above

I receive a weekly eZine in my email that always includes a poll question. Recently the Poll Question was: How many hours of sleep do you average per night?

The multiple choices were:

    [ ] less than five,
    [ ] five,
    [ ] six,
    [ ] seven,
    [ ] eight,
    [ ] nine,
    [ ] ten,
    [ ] more than ten.

A week later, the results of that question were posted and it seems most of us get 6 or 7 hours of sleep every night. No surprise.

There are times when I am a little frustrated with the Poll Question because the multiple-choice answers don’t include my best answer. A few weeks later the Poll Question was: If you could travel through time, would you rather visit the past or the future?

    [ ] Past
    [ ] Future
    [ ] I don’t want to travel through time

My immediate thought was, “I AM already traveling through time,” but this answer was not available.

My next thought was, “I already exist in the past and in the future. Travel through time??” This answer was not available either.

And my third thought was: “Nah…I really want to travel to Now. The Forever Now.”

None of my choices were on the multiple-choice list.

I would have liked the answer choices to be expanded—maybe like this: If you could travel through time, would you rather visit the past or the future?

    [ ] Past
    [ ] Future
    [ ] I don’t want to travel through time
    [ ] I am already traveling through time
    [ ] Time travel? I already exist in the past and in the future.
    [ ] Nah, I prefer to visit the Forever Now
    [ ] I think ‘time’ is an illusion so travelling through ‘time’ is a fantasy
    [ ] ______________________________

I guess I could have chosen to not respond.

Who makes up these questions anyway?

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