Isn't One Date Nerve Racking Enough?

With all the conveniences being made for fast-paced people these days (ie drive through ATM's, pre-cooked bacon and scheduled C-Sections so you can fit your child's birth into your day planner), here is speed dating. This is where a bunch of people meet at one place and have a series (the one I looked at had 25) of 3 minute meetings with strangers. In this time (only three minutes remember) you make a decision if you would like to see them again. Now, unless this person can't string a sentence together and has only one tooth, how can you fairly decide whether they are worth more of your time or not? It's not like they're going to tell you the negative things about themselves; these (as we all know) are found later.

For anyone who has been on a blind date, they know that dating is sort of an uncomfortable thing - It's like a grab bag (or a box of chocolates); you just don't know what you're gonna get. Most of the time you get the chocolates that you don't really care for and usually throw out after you've eaten all the good ones. The only upside is that you get 25 first meetings over with in one shot - No need for outfit changes or stressing that you will be stood up. Maybe by the time you get to #25 you will have mastered your pickup lines...