I was talking to my neighbor the other day. In contrast to my own actions, he had dutifully sent in his census paperwork. Difference being that his wife is Mexican.
Turns out that a week ago two ‘census people’ (who knows for sure; I wasn’t there) came and were asking a throng of additional questions. For reasons of which I don’t have all the details, he sat and spoke with them for an hour.
I told him matter of factly that I’d have told them to get bent, forgetting that I didn’t return jack re census (I know for a fact that census workers visited my neighbors at the time and they got their obligatory ‘2 person’ count for our household).
In light of reports of these ‘vaxxer’ people going door to door, I’ve reconsidered my response in this case, choosing instead to ask leading questions borne of a supposed ‘uninformed person’ and let them dig a hole...all on camera.
I can’t wait, because once I let them believe that they convinced me without the obligatory ‘informed consent’, the trap springs, soiled pants to follow.
I’m ready & waiting...but I seriously doubt that they’ll go rural. Here’s hoping that I’m wrong :)
this is typical and “random” it has been going on for a long time.
I was subjected to the the enhanced census a few times, but I decided not to comply.
I have some detailed pictures of the notes taken etc.
I knew they would harass the neighbors who lived behind me so I printed out a copy of the questions and apologized in advance if the census people should come and bother them.
they told me the next day there was no way they would answer those questions, and I certainly should not have to.