Re: “..............One thing here - make sure that the census taker shows ID and is legit. You never know who is knocking on your door these days.”
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That’s why we never open the door or even acknowledge the bell or someone knocking — we can see the people outside and if we don’t know ‘em, we keep quiet until they leave.
Some guy with a clipboard came knocking the other day... I didn’t answer; call me paranoid, but I don’t open my door to strangers.
I wonder if he was a census dude...?
He wasn’t dressed well enough to be another visitor from the local LDS church.
That’s why we never open the door or even acknowledge the bell or someone knocking — we can see the people outside and if we don’t know ‘em, we keep quiet until they leave.
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That used to be SOP at our home unless we were expecting a package or friends, but here in Albuquerque people started ringing the bell or knocking and then kicking your door in if you didn’t answer - even with an alarm system and signs posted saying such. APD suggested that people open the door or ask a question like ‘who’s there’ to let them know someone is indeed home. When they were getting responses from people they’d leave. So I started saying ‘just a minute’ or ‘who’s there’ and suddenly no one is there. Makes me glad we signed up not for your typical alarm system but for a company that has armed ex-PD driving around the city all day - average response time 10 minutes vs. hours for PD.