As of late, it seems like everyone I know is in love with Cha Cha, the magical text-and-answer site previously referred to on this blog as the “greatest invention of the texting age.” Send any inquiry to 242-242 and you will get a reply within minutes from a (human, not computer) texting specialist. It’s great for solving bar bets, random curiosities, and going over your pre-assigned limit of text messages on your cell service plan.
Furthering my curiosity for Cha Cha I joined numerous friends who have signed up to work (and get paid) by answering the slew of endless, most likely intoxicated, questions they receive. Just go to their site, sign up, take a very easy test, and that’s it. That’s what I did!
Except, well, I failed the fucking test.
Evidently I am not capable of answering a text message from a random drunken stranger. And, to be honest, it hurts. It hurts so bad. Not the rejection (I’m quite used to that by now), but the fact that deep down I know I’m amazing when it comes to texting drunk people. It’s what I was put on this earth to do. But after this searing rejection from some faceless internet company, I just don’t know what to believe anymore.
I hate Cha Cha.
Sorry, Ezra. Not everyone is cut out to answer questions like, “How can I get a girl to lactate?”
And yes, according to one of my many friends now signed up to be a Cha Cha Guide, that was an actual question.
You should just post your own phone number here and get Blogtown readers to start texting you instead of Cha Cha.
Q: “Why does Alison Hallett hate Cha Cha so much?”
A: “I have no idea how that’s possible? Cha Cha rocks! Poor Alison!”
Poor Alison, indeed.
I will now repost my deal-breaking Cha Cha experience:
While you got practical, if somewhat uninspired, advice to “how can I get a girlfriend?,” my EXTREMELY HYPOTHETICAL query of “How can I get a boyfriend?” got the response:
“Instead of focusing on ‘getting a boyfriend,’ how about seeking out people whose company you enjoy? Be yourself and be confident!”
???!!!!
Cha Cha can suck it.
They only pay ten cents per answer, or so I understand. Seems like it wouldn’t be a very fun job for that pay.
It’s not a matter of the dimes, it’s a matter of the pride.
Allison: Maybe you should ask how you can get TWO boyfriends?
I’ve been a ChaCha guide since yesterday (and, yes, someone really did ask me how to make a girl lactate) and I’ve quickly learned that it’s a LOT more fun (and profitable!) to do at 3am when everyone is just drunk and/or lonely (myself included on both counts) than at 2pm when people need actual information that you have to, you know, search for.
My first ChaCha query, which sold me immediately: “Should I buy boxers or briefs?” “If you are trying to get someone pregnant go for the boxer, you’ll need the room to breathe. If its just you & an active life, brief.”
Needless to say, I stocked up on boxers. Watch out uteruses of the world, I’m makin’ babies!
“You will need to find 2 boys you would like to date. You can do this by participating in social events & meeting new people.”
Why is everyone so impressed with this?
10-20 cents per answer? And their website says that it works out to $3-9 per hour. Sounds like another virtual sweatshop to me.
Oh, but it’s great fun being a ChaCha Guide if you enjoy answering the same questions about whether Michael Phelps or the Jonas Brothers have girlfriends over, and over, and over, and over again. And the late Saturday night “Why is Brett such a colossal douche bag?” queries are just comedy gold…or so the 13 year olds who send them seem to think.
It can be tedious, but overall it’s good brainless fun with the laptop while I watch Tivo’d Daily Shows and make a few bucks.
Oh, but it’s great fun being a ChaCha Guide if you enjoy answering the same questions about whether Michael Phelps or the Jonas Brothers have girlfriends over, and over, and over, and over again. And the late Saturday night “Why is Brett such a colossal douche bag?” queries are just comedy gold…or so the 13 year olds who send them seem to think.
It can be tedious, but overall it’s good brainless fun with the laptop while I watch Tivo’d Daily Shows and make a few bucks.
Gee sounds like fun, but wait; to get “paid” you have to – complete a W-9 form so you can be paid -. Whether this is a legitimate site or not this is the latest variation of an Internet based ID theft scam. Get a “work at home” web-based “job”, all you have to do is provide your SS#, name and address
how could you have possibly failed the test? did you use wikipedia as a source?