Engagement ring survey in my office

[rockzilla]

So, a few of the guys in my office were having a discussion about engagement rings (not sure why) and of course, since we are in the data gathering and anlysis business, they decided to do a web survey of our office...

They just sent out a powerpoint presentation with the results (dorky, yes - and it appears they have too much time on their hands). Here it is...

 

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[urseberry]

Thanks Rockzilla! This is very funny. I can''t read the Y-axis labels on the first chart, though. Are they in carats or thousands of dollars? And what was the average expected value for men and women?

 

[zoebartlett]

That''s great! It''s clear that they''re interested in the topic and that, yes, it is dorky.

Actually, I just described the survey to my FI and he had to come analyze it himself (he''s a data analyst).

 

[rockzilla]

Sorry..in order to shrink it down to fit, I think I lost some of the resolution...

The axis is in $...it goes from $0 to $50K..the average line for guys was like $8.7K and for the girls was $6.6...

Interesting though how they grouped the guys on the left hand side as "Not ready to propose" and "Overly sentimental"

I think it might be more accurate to put "Not dating" and "dating someone seriously"

 

[Selkie]

That''s hilarious! How funny that guys are expecting to pay more than women are expecting to receive, I would have guessed the other way around. Or am I reading that wrong? I especially like the equivalent value slide.

 

[Steel]

Very funny....

I thought it was interesting to see the slide which compared the cost of the ring to ''real life'' men toys. Interesting, becase when us ladies are waiting for a proposal and our intended buys a stick of gum we can tend to think...well he clearly isn''t saving if he is buying ''X''! hahahahha So True!

Men - step away from the computer games, alloys, weekends in Prague with the ''lads'' or anything that isnt milk and bread; cause you don''t need it. Just buy the blooming ring!

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[gwendolyn]

Ahahahah, my friends at home are totally like the guys in your office!! Hilarious, thanks for sharing!

 

[starryeyed]

Too funny Rockzilla! I can''t believe they had the TIME to put this together - shouldn''t they be out shopping for rings instead??

 

[DMBsGirl]

lol, hilarious! must not have been a busy day at work

 

[HeartingDiamonds]

Tee-hee, very cute!

 

[gailrmv]

Rockzilla, do you work for a consulting firm? Cool presentation!

 

[DiamanteBlu]

LOL! That was great!

 

[Maisie]

Great fun!!