The Secret Life of A Census Worker
THE BELOVED CENSUS......Hi, hope you're doing well and being nice to the poor hot, sweaty, thirsty, tired Census worker who is only very
temporarily employed by and sworn in to protect your information, and therefore a part of the US Government.
Actually, many of the people I have met as a Census worker have been very nice. One woman went off on me,
accused me of harassment and then answered all the questions---go figure....another person does not trust
the Government and after talking with him for 20 minutes, I have to say he has good reasons to be
disappointed and distrustful. With the current people in power---who knows...
The questions really and truly only takes about 5 minutes to fill out if you have a small household. I think because it officially arrives (preceded by an official post card letting you know that it was coming) and it looks like it's several
pages long and probably boring, people tend to avoid the whole thing.
When ours arrived, my husband put it aside for a couple of weeks & finally handed it to me to take care of---
I sat down outside and expected it to take a while----but I was done in about 5 minutes. It's only like 10 questions.
No big deal! Nothing to be afraid of. Plus, you don't have to give any answer you don't feel comfortable with.
Here's the thing---your Enumerator, as we are officially called, should hand you a sheet that tells you that it's
law that you have to take the census & the info is protected and only released in 72 years (by which time I
guess they think you won't care). It was mandated to be done every 10 years at the beginning of our great nation.
This is the 23rd one.
THE MAIN thing is, if you get the Notice of Visit, please just call your person & do the interview on the phone
or schedule time to do it in person. I AM IRRATIONALLY HAPPY whenever I get one of those calls!!!!!!!!
When ours arrived, my husband put it aside for a couple of weeks & finally handed it to me to take care of---
I sat down outside and expected it to take a while----but I was done in about 5 minutes. It's only like 10 questions.
No big deal! Nothing to be afraid of. Plus, you don't have to give any answer you don't feel comfortable with.
Here's the thing---your Enumerator, as we are officially called, should hand you a sheet that tells you that it's
law that you have to take the census & the info is protected and only released in 72 years (by which time I
guess they think you won't care). It was mandated to be done every 10 years at the beginning of our great nation.
This is the 23rd one.
THE MAIN thing is, if you get the Notice of Visit, please just call your person & do the interview on the phone
or schedule time to do it in person. I AM IRRATIONALLY HAPPY whenever I get one of those calls!!!!!!!!
Why you may ask. Because that means I don't have to go back there. So, I'm pleading with you,
PLEASE just make the call and let's finish here. And remember that we didn't make up the questions,
we just have to ask them. We're just nice (mostly) regular people like you.
PHOTIP: Ramp up your marketing so you can sell more pictures and you don't have to work for the Census.
Actually, I'm glad to have the chance to make some extra money.
Blessings!
My art show on 24/7
Posted by Pamela at 5/10/2010 7:39 PM 
Categories: Personal
Tags: Title 13 US Government protected 72 years Census
Categories: Personal
Tags: Title 13 US Government protected 72 years Census
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