Mr bob_turner_aragorn235@zmail.com,Assistant SecretaryDepartment of Citizen's Affairs, Canberra2 February 2065
Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to your Parliamentary Report on Gamification. I particularly appreciate the opportunity to gain 1000 extra citizenship points with this submission. I hope my feedback will help you improve the experiences of Australian citizens as they Play The Game.
I think Gamification has had nothing but benefits for Australians. I had a doctor's check-up this week and received 500 point bonus! I've just switched to regular bran from the dried fruit cereal each morning. I know the fruit cereal is worth 50 more points because of the heart benefits, but I've discovered that if I have regular bran and a bowl of fruit then I can accumulate 300 points for breakfast each day.
I had to replace my toothbrush because the chip stopped registering whether I was brushing for the required three minutes to achieve 60 dental points each morning. They gave me the points for the days I missed though.
The 400 points I get for taking public transport to work each day cancels out the 400 point penalty I take for working more than an hour away from home. I've considered your suggestion to move closer to the city, but the apartments there are so much smaller than the ones in the suburbs. I don't think I could ever get used to sleeping in a cupboard, even if I would get a 150 point bonus each day for saving on heating bills.
I have taken to reading government news releases each morning. My colleagues didn't know that you got ten social awareness points for clicking on each report. If you read ten reports, you can actually get more points than you do participating in the morning exercises.
Speaking of social awareness points, I'm not sure they're working properly. A homeless man came up to me the other day and asked for some bus money. I explained that I couldn't help him out because I only donated money through registered charities, where I could get a monthly point bonus. He yelled angrily at me and walked away.
I think you need a way to make it beneficial for people to help out homeless people on the street. Maybe you could give us 40 points