And it's come to this

By jingo(ism)!

MegaCorpUSA runs a weekly poll on the company intranet. It's trite and easily overlooked. But the most recent asks which nation will win the most medals at the paralympics. Usually these polls attract about 3000-5000 votes, so this one's at an early stage, but of 175 people we seem to have a distinctly deluded majority. Presumably these are night-shift workers, who're either tired or simply just not that bright.

image of pie chart indicating that 60% of 175 people think that the USA will win most medals at the 2012 Paralympic Games
image of results table showing USA in sixth position and with 64 medals to China's 159

A recent intranet poll asked which sport should next be included in the Olympics. The majority vote was for softball. Isn't that like rounders, a girls' game?


The final results are in, and 63% of my colleagues are deluded. They had the chance to redeem themselves, but the saps flunked it.

image of pie chart indicating that 63% of 1682 people think that the USA will win most medals at the 2012 Paralympic Games
image of results table showing USA in sixth position and with 98 medals to China's 231