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TomH1138

37 / M / Straight / Single

Riverdale, Illinois

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Dear Staff Robot . . .

Dec 4, 2009

I hate to say this, but you really don't work very well. In fact, as matchmakers go, you have the sense of, well, a machine.

Actually, that's not even accurate. A machine would go for the obvious; you go for the random and insane. Most of the "matches" in my Quiver are between 50% and 30%. I did get an all-time "high" once of 60%. Oooh!

I ask for Christians; you give me agnostics and astrologers. I ask for other people who don't smoke and rarely drink; you send me alcholics and three-packs-a-day people.

What criteria exactly are you using to make the selections for the Quiver? The people most likely to honk off the recipient?

Anyway, I'm not trying to hurt your feelings. I just think maybe you're in the wrong line of work. Have you considered auditioning for the Clone Wars cartoon? That show has lots of robots in it. Or if that's not your thing, I'm sure there's a video game company out there that could use a cute little robot as its corporate logo.

So please stop sending me such bad matches. I hope a different job opens up for you somewhere soon.

Best,

Tom

 

I hate to say this, but you really don't work very well. Infact, as matchmakers go, you have the sense of, well, amachine.

Actually, that's not even accurate. A machine would go for theobvious; you go for the random and insane. Most of the "matches" inmy Quiver are between 50% and 30%. I did get an all-time "high"once of 60%. Oooh!

I ask for Christians; you give me agnostics and astrologers. Iask for other people who don't smoke and rarely drink; you send mealcholics and three-packs-a-day people.

What criteria exactly are you using to make the selections forthe Quiver? The people most likely to honk off the recipient?

Anyway, I'm not trying to hurt your feelings. I just think maybeyou're in the wrong line of work. Have you considered auditioningfor the Clone Wars cartoon? That show has lots of robots in it. Orif that's not your thing, I'm sure there's a video game company outthere that could use a cute little robot as its corporate logo.

So please stop sending me such bad matches. I hope a differentjob opens up for you somewhere soon.

Best,

Tom

 

Dear Staff Robot . . .
An image of renaissgirl

you should know staff_robot reads the journals

renaissgirl commented on Dec 4, 2009

Maybe everyone matches poorly with you because you simply aren't meant to find love. :)

A former user commented on Dec 4, 2009

Tom (can I call you Tom?), perhaps OKCupid isn't the right site for you. As far as OKC users go, most are younger, "hip" in the bland sense of the word, and comparatively speaking, there aren't as many Christians on this site as there might be on say, match.com.

A former user commented on Dec 4, 2009

An image of sex_cells Why do people ever pay attention to their Quivers? Stop it. If you want to find high matches, go to Matches -> Match Search and put in whatever criteria you want.

sex_cells commented on Dec 4, 2009

An image of TomH1138 Renaissgirl: Good! I hope someone does read this. That software needs to be fixed. (Or is there actually a person behind the "robot"?) Despetit: Um, I hope that was intended as a joke. I have plenty of matches when I do the match searches. It's just the Staff Robot that doesn't do me any good. Imfarpaite: Again, I think from your perspective you think you're being nice, but you're the second person in this thread now that's tried to discourage me from using this service. In fact, I have gotten much better matches with OKCupid via the Match Search than I ever have with Match.com or any of the other crappy dating sites out there. The only thing I'm complaining about is the Quiver application. The Staff Robot just doesn't deliver good results. sex_cells: Thank you! That's all I'm saying, really. It was just a sarcastic joke aimed at the web software, that's all. I really don't know why other people are trying so hard to get rid of me. I must say, I don't feel inclined to write any more journal posts in the future, if this is the kind of reaction I get.

TomH1138 commented on Dec 4, 2009

An image of renaissgirl

We all complain. Staff Robot never listens. :'(

renaissgirl commented on Dec 5, 2009

An image of clerval_redux staff_robot is merely trying to expand your horizon

clerval_redux commented on Dec 5, 2009

An image of unquietplague you should try another site like christian singles or eharmony. guess what you aren't to find christians here. you will find them at church.

unquietplague commented on Dec 5, 2009

An image of jennlovedbyGod I had the same thought about the "robot" and "Quiver", and a couple of other ways they try to suggest people for me. Why don't they just use the criteria I've already given, &/or match percentages? It's kind of mysterious, isn't it?

jennlovedbyGod commented on Nov 28, 2010

Hey, ignore the responses. Apparently they didn't see a good man where they should have. Any woman would be honored to have a good Christian man. Trust me, its hard to find christians on any sights anymore much less in life. It seems they have lost the moralities and traditions that we value so much. Don't give up hope. The good girls are worth waiting for, well, at least thats what people keep telling me about the good guys. Hang in there and God bless.

A former user commented on Dec 15, 2010

An image of snsgprism The problem with Christians is that we often try and hide our Christianity to fit in, instead of standing up and out for what we truly believe. Tom, if you feel that you can find a match here, at church, or at the DMV and that is where you feel God is leading you, then FOLLOW THAT! Who knows where we will find the love of our life. I do know that sacrificing what you believe to as Clerval says "expand your horizon" is a slippery slope.

snsgprism commented on Dec 27, 2010