The National Bitter Melon Council: Meyers-Bitter Survey

Meyers-Bitter Survey

Have you ever wondered exactly what your bitterness level is? Take this survey to find out. By answering these yes or no questions, you will receive the NBMC bitterness acronym. To find out more, go to the Meyers-Bitter Survey New Research Initiative page.

Thank you for taking the survey, and have fun!

Note: All questions are mandatory.

*Enter your name (real or otherwise) as you would like to see it in your survey results.

*Do you always say what you believe in?

*Do you think that everyone should be able to belong?

*Do you think you are bitter?

*Is it important to know why things went wrong?

*Are results more important than relationships?

*Can good lighting make everyone look beautiful?

*Does it bother you if your produce is imported from outside the United States?

*Do you have things that you wish you could do over again?

*If you eat something and don’t like it, will you try two more bites just to see?

*Is it better to know who is to blame even if you know you cannot fix it?

*Do pigs and Bitter Melon go together?

*Do you think all mascots are male?

*Are other people beautiful?

*If you didn’t get the reaction that you were looking for, was it still worth the effort?

*Do you consider that openness is the key to happiness?

*Are you willing to work with someone whom you don’t fully understand?

*If you order a new dish at a restaurant and don’t like the flavor, would you still feel satisfied with your choice?

*If you tried selling a product to your customers and nobody bought it, was it still worth the effort?

*Is failure always an opportunity to grow?

*If somebody else’s "ugly" garden trellis is obstructing your bay window view of the ocean, would you ask them to remove it?

*Do you take it personally when there is bad weather?

*When somebody lets you down, do you still like them?

*Are recipes more important than results?

*Do you "eat your beet greens"?

*If something gets sweeter with age, will you wait until that happens?

*Is work not work when it is fun? (translation "Can work be fun?")

*If you can’t understand someone, is what he or she has to say still relevant to you?

*Is it okay to work on something that you don’t fully understand?

*Do you like to work collectively?

*Do you start projects before you know their importance?

*Are spontaneous discoveries just as important as those made with lots of effort and thought?

*Do you think definitions should only come from the dictionary?

*Do you think everybody has something good to contribute?

*Do you measure success based on tangible results?

*Is it worth it to walk a half mile just to pet the baby pigs?

*Would you ever eat a green egg?

*Is bitter better?

*Is difference better than similarity?

*Is it okay to create new meanings and call them definitions?

*Do you think that art is necessary to the community?

*Do farmers’ feelings affect the taste of the produce that they grow?

*If you go to a restaurant, do you order something you’ve never had before?

*If you were a chef, would you take the time to work with a new flavor that you think your customers won’t like?

*Does research always require measurable fact?

*Do you tend to follow a recipe?

*If you have one chance to make an impression, do you tell them what you have done rather what you are going to do?

*Do you ever run out of ideas?

*Do you like the color green?