# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 351
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7004 "2023-09-27T21:26:51Z")
Proud to be in the 9% of poll respondents who are current union members! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7005 "2023-09-27T21:41:24Z")
I’ve never been a union member; but I’ve worked at least one place that could very much have used one. Most of my life I’ve been self-employed, though. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7006 "2023-09-27T21:57:16Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Proud to be in the 9% of poll respondents who are current union members! Union Strong! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7007 "2023-09-27T22:39:21Z")
Hoping to get a union job next year. (Mostly hoping to get the job, but mildly happy there’s a union attached to it.) ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7008 "2023-09-27T23:56:55Z")
Was in a union when I worked in a supermarket for seven years. Would I join a union now? Yes, I would. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7009 "2023-09-28T04:16:07Z")
Lord Lucan? I know two of them: Lord Lucan – British cavalry commander at Balaklava. Lord Lucan – Few-times-great-grandson of the above, who disappeared in the '70s after the murder of his children’s nanny. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7010 "2023-09-28T04:50:25Z")
I joined the clerical workers’ union (affiliated with the teachers’ union) as soon as I became eligible. I’d always wanted to be a union member! After reading the responses with definitions of “extrovert” and “introvert,” I went back and changed my response. I’ll talk to anyone; conversation comes very easily to me, and once I get past my social anxiety, I can have a good time socializing. But I by far prefer being alone, and I need frequent time away from other people in order to recharge. I used to donate blood every 8 weeks, and I participated in a study that collected plasma from people with vitiligo one summer. But I’ve always had really difficult veins, and when I had emergency hernia surgery a few years ago, the anesthesiologist who was finally able to start an IV around the scar tissue told me I should consider preserving my veins for my own future use. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7011 "2023-09-28T12:00:55Z")
I’ve never been in a union. I asked my gf and she’s never been in one either. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7012 "2023-09-28T12:56:12Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Was in a union when I worked in a supermarket for seven years. Would I join a union now? Yes, I would. I worked at a supermarket for 10 years, late 1970s to early 1980s, and was in a very strong union. Our wages were, for that time, very generous. For a period of time I had more money than I knew what to do with. I remember just sticking $100 bills in an envelope in my dresser. It was nearly impossible to get fired. I knew a guy who came in late and drunk to his midnight shift. The door was locked and nobody heard him knocking on the glass, so he kicked the large glass window in. He was terminated, but the union got him his job back after a couple weeks, with back pay. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7013 "2023-09-28T13:01:17Z")
I cleaned salmon for a summer in Ketchikan Alaska whn I was 16. We were members of the Longshoreman’s Union. Made good money that summer. Good over time and double time rules. I was also a member of SEIU when I was a public defender. (the hourly rate was probably lower than cleaning fish) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7014 "2023-09-28T13:06:22Z")
Total whiff on the composer poll, but again the poll maker left out the NOTA option… Last category of note that we haven’t done yet would be artists (painters/sculptors). ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7015 "2023-09-28T13:13:27Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > u I found the spoiled cheat sheet on the literary characters interesting. I had read a number of those books. I guess I just don’t remember names. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7016 "2023-09-28T13:43:15Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Total whiff on the composer poll, but again the poll maker left out the NOTA option… Oops - sorry about that. Was so focused on doing an alphabetical list that I forgot the NOTA. How has anyone not heard of Vivaldi? _The Four Seasons_ seems to be ubiquitous. I’m just surprised, is all… > [@Procrustus](#): > > I cleaned salmon for a summer in Ketchikan Alaska whn I was 16. I know Ketchikan from _The Young Pope_. It did not make it look appealing. > [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve never been in a union. I asked my gf and she’s never been in one either. Not in a union but my spouse did a stint as treasurer of the union for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7017 "2023-09-28T13:50:55Z")
There you go. NOTA option sorted. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7018 "2023-09-28T13:50:58Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I know Ketchikan from _The Young Pope_. It did not make it look appealing. It’s a mixed bag. Some beauty, a lot of rain. In those days, pretty rough around the edges. I wonder if all the cruise ship traffic has changed things. Back in1976, we got maybe 2 ships per summer. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7019 "2023-09-28T13:51:50Z")
Well, TYP portrayed it as “blizzardy wasteland”. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7020 "2023-09-28T14:01:34Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > How has anyone not heard of Vivaldi? Come to think of it, I don’t know who Antoni **a** Vivaldi is. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7021 "2023-09-28T14:02:36Z")
Oh FFS 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7022 "2023-09-28T14:28:34Z")
I need a union option for “I’m retired but worked union jobs.” No Dieterich Buxtehude or Karol Szymanowski? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7023 "2023-09-28T14:42:46Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Well, TYP portrayed it as “blizzardy wasteland Not even close. Spruce trees, mountains, and on the coast. Not much snow. Could be rainforest though [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=350) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=352)