Originally Posted by
ksandness
Since I'm a self-employed Japanese-English translator, I tell people what work I do, but that usually leads to a standard list of questions that I'm tired of
The same thing happens to me...I work for the only TV ratings service in the United States, so I invariably get the same list of questions. How do you measure all those people (long explanation)? Do the people being rated know they're being "watched" (yes)? Can I be a Nielsen family (no, unless you're randomly selected)? Why did you cancel xxx show (we don't cancel shows, networks do)? It gets a little tiring, but I enjoy teaching, and my business is interesting to those on the outside so I usually don't mind.