Ok, so we all know that my silly hubby likes to throw away all important stuff and keep the non-important stuff. So....when the 2010 Census Form arrived where do you think it went? Yes. The circular file.So.... of course the Census Gestapo had to come to our house while my silly hubby was at work. Imagine that! Why is it that I always have to take the brunt of his silliness?
So today while making lunch for the kiddos two ladies in two vehicles came knocking on the door. I actually was afraid at first cause there were two ladies in two big SUVs coming up to my house with clip boards, and they didn't look nice.
I answered the door and they immediately were happy that I answered the door. They said most people won't answer the door for them. Well I wish I hadn't. So began my interogation by the Gestapo!
They refused to let me fill out my own census form! "You won't print the letters properly." That was their reasoning! Well when someone basically tells me I am STUPID I take offense. I was schooled in one of the BEST school districts in the nation, have a college degree in journalism no less (maybe she thought I could only type and not print -- now it makes sense!), and now run my own business. Oh! And I homeschool my kids and last I checked they print pretty well themselves. So I think I print well enough to fill out a Census form.
I know by law all you need to divulge is how many people live in the household. She was not happy that I refused to give out birthdates. She had a form longer than the Sally Forrester Shopping Surveys! Did she really think I was going to answer all that? Uh, NO!
I did give our names and relations. When I told her one was my son she asked if he was a male. Last I checked a son is some one of the "male" species. She did the same with my daughter. "Is your daughter a female?" she asked. Are your kidding me?!? Who even asks that?
I was getting more ticked off by the moment. Especially with the other lady who stood there and just glared! What was my tax money paying her for? To help gang up on me? And why did they have to come in two vehicles? So they can both submit for the milage payback? WAKE UP AMERICA - the Census is costing us double because of nonsene like this.
So then she asked me what my race is. It's pretty darn obvious by looking at me. I said "I'm a regular American." She literally asked, "So do you think you are a caucasian?" Do I think I'm a caucasian!?!?!? I KNOW I'm a caucasian, and if you can't figure that out you've got a major problem!
It was when she asked me who my mortgage company was that I finally walked inside the house and slammed the door. I don't know what that was, but that was purely weird and harassing. And I'm still so stumped that we, as tax payers, are paying DOUBLE for this nonsense!
2 comments:
I am a Census taker. I wrote a much longer response, but suffice to say, they seem to have had the same training as I did. Bottom line, If you had sent in the Census form when asked you would not have had to endure a visit from a Census taker. In the form initially sent to your home, you could have included or omitted any information you wanted - without question. The Census in not related to the current administration - but the First Administration. Tax payer dollars are being spent on "silly husbands" if you want the truth.
Don't take offense with the printing of the letters. There's a bunch of weird stuff like that in training, including how to write numbers so a computer can read it. As for the second glaring lady, most likely she was a supervisor evaluating the other census taker.
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