Posted on 01/24/2010 2:36:37 PM PST by Hulka
Recently completed the census "long form" that includes demographic information. Sent it in.
Received this evening a call from someone saying they are from the Census and they are calling to verify information on the form.
I told the heavily accented mexican woman calling that I will not discuss personal information over the phone, that if they want to verify information they can do so by coming by my address and speaking to me directly.
She insisted I speak with her. I declined. She then said she can provide me a telephone number to call to verify she is with the census.
I said, no thanks, you could have easily set-up an "toll-free" number and again, I do not discuss personal information on the phone. I refused the number, as well, because I did not want to hunt for a pen and paper. It is Sunday evening, for goodness sake.
She said she was going to enter into my file that I am not cooperative and hung up.
These people, who the heck are they? Besides, it was clear from her accent that English was a second language to her.
(As a side-note, last year I was a victim of attempted identity theft and am very protective about my personal information.)
In the year 2010, I filled out the census form.
Several months later, a census worker came around to verify the info. I personally knew this worker and told her it was correct. She then left.
Side note: When I received the census form at the post office I noticed the trash can was full of discarded forms that people had tossed.
If there is a problem a census worker will visit. Do not trust ANYONE on the phone!
First mistake was in answering the census questions. You are not required to provide the government anything about you, except how many people live at your home PERIOD!!!!!
When they came to my home to get a GPS reading off my front porch, I ran them off my private property and told them never to come back and they have not!
Thanks for the comment. (Check the start date on this thread and read the ENTIRE thread).
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Why are you directing a post to me while quoting comments that I did not make? Other than the initial sentence the rest of the quotes have nothing to do with me.
(And check the start date of this thread and read the ENTIRE thread, please.)
CHILL OUT!
The ENTIRE post #121 is about what happened to ME back in 2010.
“CHILL OUT!”
Back at ya. . .
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