I had the bad luck to be selected by the Census Bureau for an in depth household consumer survey. They wanted to see all of my monthly bills, my bank records, records of my ATM withdrawals, and an accounting of how I spent every dollar. They told me in one of their letters that they were from the government and they were there to help me (thank you ghost of Ronald Reagan). There is no end to what information the Census Bureau wants. Of course, when they came pounding on my door I asked for search warrant and told the woman to “f#&* yourself”. They finally left me alone.
I keep a baseball bat next to my front door for just those kind of occasions... I first use it to point out the shovel next to the garage and mention that since I got the bucket on the tractor I don’t use the shovel as much as I used to.
Good for you. What was the reaction of the census taker?
“[...] They wanted to see all of my monthly bills, my bank records, records of my ATM withdrawals, and an accounting of how I spent every dollar. [...]”
Are you serious, or being sarcastic?