Posted on 07/11/2015 7:39:18 AM PDT by Enlightened1
An East Dallas woman is outraged after she claims one U.S. Census worker showed up at her door for a housing survey and would not take “no” for an answer.
Sonia Platz said the worker went as far as to camp out in her yard as she waited for Platz to change her mind.
“She’s ringing the bell, knocking on the door. And I’m like, ‘I don’t want to participate.’” Said Platz The East Dallas resident said it started with a series of three letters from the U.S. Census Bureau. A few days later after receiving the third later, a census worker showed up. Her husband verbally declined.
But a few days later, a different worker showed up at their home and would not leave according to Platz.
“That is a whole, other level. That’s not following up. I felt like she a part of the mob,” said Platz.
The census worker sat on the bumper of her van for the next 30 minutes. Sonia said the worker would only get up from the back of her van every few minutes to see if she had changed her mind about taking the housing survey.
“Some people were stunned. Some people couldn’t believe it. They were kind of shocked like, ‘that can’t be a true government census bureau worker,’” said Platz.
It was a real federal census worker according to the regional office that covers Dallas. A supervisor confirmed more than 100 other workers are out in the area conducting the same work. The regional office said employees are encouraged to be “pleasantly persistent” and never take “no” for an answer at first.
Platz said it is not a good look for a government agency that survives on voluntary participation.
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This is trespass. Why didn’t the homeowner call the police?
The driveway on a single family home is considered private property, correct? If so, I believe some Mossberg persuasion would’ve been in order. I’m ashamed of these Texans for not exercising a RIGHT to do away with someone requesting voluntarily-provided information.
Sprinklers
Dogs
Shout in their face
Call the cops
Training for future 0bama Brownshirts?
Sitting on my car would have totally been the last straw for me.
Get in ... drive off.
They want to check if there is any white privilege at the house...
Call the cops? That’s like picking up a gun before you know one end from the other. These days, you don’t.
The census worker sat on the bumper of her van for the next 30 minutes.
Hard to tell whether this means the census worker’s car or Sonia’s car.
TC
Dial 911.
I would tend to think it was the homeowner’s van in her driveway.
The worker could just sit in her own car if she wanted.
I had a busted assed one here over the winter. I had the sub freezing cold working in my favor though. LOL
Are they starting the 2020 census early?
Getting ready for HUD’s new neighborhood social re-engineering
In lieu of getting my gun to force her off my property...my water hose has a nice range...
It is a gubment worker... she gets paid no matter what she does. Sit or walk, it is all the same to her.
I won’t participate in any census save for lawful enumeration of the population each 10 years.
They have a census, a farm census, a business census and now a housing census? Um... NO.
A good reason not to answer the door.
Time to wash the car.
From what I remember, Census workers have been repeatedly warned NOT to trespass, because to do so, was putting them ‘on their own’.
I figure a Model 15 shoved in a nostril might just give the poor misguided worker a very clear definition of what might happen to a trespasser.
BTW: I WAS the Office Administrator for the Census 2000, in Portland, OR.
You silly, silly FReeper... that box comes PRECHECKED on the form.
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