I'm so pissed off at census worker!

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This black woman came by when my bf's dog barked and alerted me to the door (I quickly knew it would be a Census worker) she came by at my front door house just 20 minutes ago. The aunt and I are the only ones being present at home. I opened the door and I would desire to fill out questionnaires she was going to ask me. I told her that I'm deaf and asked her politely about paper and pen to communicate. She continued talking and repeatedly asking question that I didn't fuckin' understand. I repeatedly told her that I'm deaf and please have her blank papers and pen she were holding them to it for workpapers. She told me to ask that woman inside the house (she saw her right thru the window) to help me, I was like, "she's also deaf". The black woman was like, "oh, I'm sorry just forget it, have a nice day" and walked away from me. I was so furious, I said to her "where do you think you are going? I'm trying to talk to you, you come back here!" She just glanced at me and continuing to walk away to the next couple doors. I went back inside, grabbed a paper and pen and went out to try figuring what her name is, I didn't have time to glimpse her uniform ID and ID number that was hanging around her neck due to that I was being distracted by my bf's dog and aunt who was standing behind me. There was another black man Census worker approached me and tried to talk to me. I told him the same thing that I can't hear so I wrote to him asking what this lady's name and he asked me what's wrong. I explained to him shortly and he didn't answer my question about her name. They just hurried to the car and drove away. Whoa, what the heck was that all about? All I was trying to do was to get her name and ID number to file a complaint report for U.S. Census officials.

This is my first time experience to have a Census worker to show up at my place. I don't know what to think or what were they thinking...the family here and I haven't gotten anything yet from U.S. census to fill out and mail back. Few of my deaf friends already got them weeks before.
 
I was lucky to get mine in the mail. If you can find how to contact the census office in your area, they should know who is on your street to interview people and then you can report the way the worker treated you.
 
that sucks. well perhaps they drove away out of fear since you were being hostile to them in their eyes :dunno:
 
Douglas said:
They just hurried to the car and drove away. Whoa, what the heck was that all about? All I was trying to do was to get her name and ID number to file a complaint report for U.S. Census officials.

This is my first time experience to have a Census worker to show up at my place. I don't know what to think or what were they thinking...the family here and I haven't gotten anything yet from U.S. census to fill out and mail back. Few of my deaf friends already got them weeks before.
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I would contact both the local police and the Census Bureau. We had a similar situation locally where fake Census workers were knocking on doors and asking for personal info not needed for the census (names, SSNs).

Maybe these were just lazy Census takers, but maybe not...
 
Jiro,
I wouldn't know...maybe they had never been affiliated around a deaf person before or whatnot but it's still no excuse. Thought they should know better than that in a professional way with their job. Paper and pen won't do a harm. Geez! There's about 100 or more hearing impaired/deafies living in my area. That doesn't make sense. Or maybe she was freaked out by the aunt that may look like a zombie.
 
We got the paperwork in the mail, but MIL's handwriting was not clear and she completed all the forms as it is her house. They came by to double check some answers. I was the one who answered the door and they were very polite. We sat down on the patio chairs and I had my netbook with me and we were able to get it all done. She commented that I was the first deaf or hard of hearing person she has spoken with (to her knowledge) and was pleased to know that we were able to work out a viable solution with the communication gap. I spoke, she typed in her questions.

Being that there are too many instances where a person is not given credit or recognized for doing good work, I made sure to get her identifying info and let the Census Bureau know. She typed out her info and allowed me to take a picture of her ID badge with the webcam. I got a real nice letter back from the Census Bureau thanking me for taking the time that I did.

Could be that you had a worker who really didn't like what she was doing and just didn't want to be bothered. :hmm:
 
:roll: I hate when people give up on communication, especially when you explain how simple it really is.
 
CJB said:
:roll: I hate when people give up on communication, especially when you explain how simple it really is.
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Don't see how it could be, but if this was directed at me, We didn't give up on communication, I couldn't read her lips and we went with the next best thing.

If your comment wasn't regarding me, then I apologize for taking it so.
 
KristinaB said:
Don't see how it could be, but if this was directed at me, We didn't give up on communication, I couldn't read her lips and we went with the next best thing.

If your comment wasn't regarding me, then I apologize for taking it so.
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I think it meant the census worker running away after Douglas said just write it down.
 
KristinaB said:
Don't see how it could be, but if this was directed at me, We didn't give up on communication, I couldn't read her lips and we went with the next best thing.

If your comment wasn't regarding me, then I apologize for taking it so.
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It was directed at the census worker.
 
Census workers are assigned residences by address. Contact the local census people and find out who is assigned to your address. Then, report the woman.
 
I know that those workers are trained before they start the surveying. I wonder if dealing with people who are deaf/hoh/ or have other communication barriers is part of that training?
 
You posted 3 times about a census worker being Black . Would you had said anything the person race if they were White! Why are telling us the person was Black , do you think you would not have been as pissed off if the person was White!
 
whatdidyousay! said:
You posted 3 times about a census worker being Black . Would you had said anything the person race if they were White! Why are telling us the person was Black , do you think you would not have been as pissed off if the person was White!
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haha, I was thinking same thing, but oh well
 
its too bad. I wouldn't want to be a census worker anyways. It would mean having to deal with mean dogs, mean people, trudging through redneck yards, or facny yancy yards, meeting with unknown murderes, rapists, unknown registered sex offenders, etc.

This kind of meeting of these people can darken your views on life, being cynicle and stuff.
 
Douglas said:
Jiro,
I wouldn't know...maybe they had never been affiliated around a deaf person before or whatnot but it's still no excuse. Thought they should know better than that in a professional way with their job. Paper and pen won't do a harm. Geez! There's about 100 or more hearing impaired/deafies living in my area. That doesn't make sense. Or maybe she was freaked out by the aunt that may look like a zombie.
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understandable. maybe they're impatient cuz they're tired and underpaid. I mean after all.... they've got hundreds of people to process, right? and plus you chasing after them and stuff... that would spook them! maybe they were trained to avoid all kind of conflict at all cost??? :dunno:

Census Worker are treated like IRS agent - unwelcome and uninvited :lol:
 
The census workers, unlike the IRS people, are not trying to take your money. :lol: They only want name, age and race at a given residence. The government has collected this information since 1790. Those of us who enjoy genealogy are grateful for the information, even though the old hand-written records are hard to decipher.
 
Douglas - can you tell me what town (Rochester NY?) this was in? I can get you the contact name of whoever is responsible in that town and you can tell them about what happened.

Normally census takers (enumerators) are trained but its only a few days - maybe a week - I'm not too sure. So it's possible they were trained in how to communicate with others in different languages. I don't really know what the Local Census Offices train their enumerators with - I'm only at HeadQuarters. But I can get you the name of the right person to report your complaint to.

You have to remember - it's not just census takers - a lot of people are like that when it comes with handling deaf people. I think they're just intimidated by us.
 
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