A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-fffff....
Posted on 06/12/2010 12:11:16 PM PDT by sfimom
Ok FReepers, I came home today to find a note left by a census worker stating that they would be coming back within a day or two to complete my census interview despite the fact that I sent in my form the day I got it. I'm looking for creative ideas to answer her questions and generally mess with her.
I already completed the damn form thanks for the advice though :)
Amen, I agree with you. This is just the beginning. The Regime wants to decide who lives and who dies. Sound familiar like perhaps Germany 1933?
Love it! Of course, I’m waiting for the birthers to pop into the thread and declare Walken not eligible because his parents were immigrants...;)
oh my gosh, i don’t even know what the other person is talking about. I know what you’re talking about, you are talking about purposely being cruel to someone just trying to do their job. There is an absolute way you can communicate your displeasure over whatever it is you disagree with the census. I worked for it, and I still only filled out 2 people live here, and I put American as our nationality. The rest I put as “refused to answer”
It’s not really a big deal - I just don’t think there’s a reason to be rude to a census person who probably doesn’t even like what they are doing, but need to pay their rent or other bills.
Your true character shows and you’re training your kids how to respond by your actions.
The census itself is not immoral.
Then please try to be understandable in your digs, because so far you’ve just been about as interesting as a gnat.
Yea, that would suck the life out of the party.
Could you go with the whole witness protection program thing? Get your neighbors nervous? Leave the gun, take the cannoli?
I disagree that I am being cruel to someone ‘just doing their job’.
I look at it as having a bit of sport with someone that harassed my minor daughter when told that I was not home and to go away.
You’d never know this is a conservative forum by the way most people respond to the census. I’m as concerned as anyone about how all the information is used, but it’s really easy to just answer “I don’t want to answer that one.” or say “10 people live here” and close the door. I don’t understand wanting to be mean like this.
Why is your minor daughter answering the door? Why didn’t she close the door when she realized what was being asked?
What if it had truly been a bad guy with murderous intent instead of a government worker wanting to know how many people lived there?
You don’t understand being tired of being harassed? Ihave been harassed for over a month by phone. After coming back from a quick grocery run I find out from my sitter that a government worker was here harassing my child asking questions after being told to leave? Perhaps you need more than therapy.
We sent our forms in, too, and despite that had not just one but two census workers pounding on our doors and banging on our telephone!! Here’s my theory, and why don’t you ask your census taker about it? My theory is that these part-time workers have found ways to create work for themselves by destroying some of the forms so that they get some work hours out walking the neighborhoods and asking the questions. There has been a lot of talk over the hiring of these part-timers, and the Census worker who came to my door complained that this work was the only job he had and it didn’t have enough hours to make ends meet.
For whatever reason, your address is marked as not having completed the form. Data entry error, lost bag of mail, form damaged during processing ... who knows. Sure it is a royal PITA and you already did your duty once. However, as long as you are on the non-response list, someone will be sent out to make sure you and yours are counted and the cost will ratchet up. Please don’t take it out on the census worker. Most are dedicated and not a few of them are Veterans.
A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-fffff....
My daughter answered the door because the sitter was busy with another child. When I am not home the door is kept locked and she thought that it was me coming back. The worker started firing questions at her. She DID shut the door. Had it been a murderous guy at the door my dog would have proceeded to rip out his throat while my oldest son got the shotgun. Thank you for your concern :)
Oh, my, I just remembered—we were flying the Gadsden flag—wonder if that was why these two Census workers claimed we hadn’t sent our forms in—thought they had a “live one” for sure!
Raise the drawbridge and fill the moat with snakes.
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