Fathers Day FAIL

By Ken Y-N ( June 18, 2012 at 00:22) ? Filed under Polls, Rankings

It?s Fathers Day today in Japan at least, so to celebrate let?s look at a survey from goo Ranking into Fathers Day failures.

Demographics

Over the 19th and 20th of April 2012 1,092 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.5% of the sample were female, 11.3% in their teens, 17.0% in their twenties, 28.4% in their thirties, 25.5% in their forties, 10.2% in their fifties, and 7.7% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

My parents don?t believe in either day ? I?ve only ever once sent my mother flowers that I won in a prize draw at a supermarket. However, my parents-in-law do, and for reasons I?ll not really go into, we have to buy both a present on each of the days?

Anyway, beer seems the simplest choice?

Ranking results

Q: What Fathers Day failures have you had? (Sample size=1,092)

Rank	?	Score
1	Forgot the day completely	100
2	Sent him something that didn?t fit with his hobbies	26.9
3	Meant to give him a phone call, but forgot all about it	24.2
4	Sent him shoes, clothes that were the wrong size	15.8
5	Had a row with father on the day	13.5
6	Ordered up something nice and early, but just before Fathers Day I saw something better	9.1
7	Spent far, far too much money	7.1
8	The item I ordered turned up on a different day from Fathers Day	6.1
9	Gave the same present as someone else in the family	5.7
10	Sent him something he already had	5.4
11	He found out that I?d skimped on spending for his present	4.4
12	He opened up his cake box but it had got bashed about in transit	3.0
13=	He found out that I?d given the present intended for him to someone else	2.0
13=	I sent him the same thing as I?d sent an earlier year	2.0
13=	I had another appointment on the same day	2.0
16=	I got his name wrong on the letter, card I sent	1.3
16=	I hurt his pride by giving him money	1.3
16=	I got a return gift before I gave him his	1.3
19=	I went and said ?Best wishes for Respect for the Aged Day?	1.0
19=	I buttered him up far too much	1.0

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