I'm so pissed off at census worker!

[Jiro]

I think they're just intimidated by us.

we are Freddy Krueger's nightmare.

 

[Barbaro]

Douglas, that is bad. I believe this census worker was not trained well nor was she not really listening to trainers who trained her. I guess, she needed a temporary job to pay her bills? I am disappointed she did her job poorly, and my concern is it is possible she could have had submitted false information on the census papers.

Some people do keep talking after they tell them they are deaf. Strange. Almost two years ago, I was living in the apartment, inspectors from the city hall are required by law to inspect every apartment in the complex. I let three inspectors in after they knocked on my door first. This inspector kept talking too fast, and I told him to slow down, but he kept talking. I had to be blunt civilly, and told him again that I am deaf, and please talk slowly. He stopped talking, but other inspector talked slowly and clearly, which was a good thing. I surely hope this guy had learned a lesson from other inspector. Ha!

 

[whatdidyousay!]

You knew if you did not send your census back in the mail a census worker would be coming to your home! And it should had occur to you that the person most likely would not know sign language and would verbally ask you questions! So I do not see why you're so pissed off! I am pissed off that tax payers had to pay more money to send out census workers to people homes because they did not mail the form back! And since you are so uptight about having Black people coming to your home, this would had one more reason for you send ther form back in mail! I do not feel sorry for you!

 

[Frisky Feline]

we are Freddy Krueger's nightmare.

ha ha i ve been thinking to be a fredda krueger for halloween. I hope i can find a real long sweater that has red and brown. thats sufficent for me to dress up no problem. i dont want to buy the costume package. eww

 

[WeeBeastie]

You knew if you did not send your census back in the mail a census worker would be coming to your home! And it should had occur to you that the person most likely would not know sign language and would verbally ask you questions! So I do not see why you're so pissed off! I am pissed off that tax payers had to pay more money to send out census workers to people homes because they did not mail the form back! And since you are so uptight about having Black people coming to your home, this would had one more reason for you send ther form back in mail! I do not feel sorry for you!

Whoa... don't take it personally.

Not ALL homes were supposed to receive census forms in the mail. The Bureau actually planned to only personally interview certain communities. A smallish town near me was excluded from the mailings and lots of folks got worried about it and a Census Bureau person was interviewed on our local news in regards to this.

I still wonder if these were legitimate census workers. Refusing to show ID is highly suspect, as is leaving in a hurry.

 

[Juli-terp-to-be]

You knew if you did not send your census back in the mail a census worker would be coming to your home! And it should had occur to you that the person most likely would not know sign language and would verbally ask you questions! So I do not see why you're so pissed off! I am pissed off that tax payers had to pay more money to send out census workers to people homes because they did not mail the form back! And since you are so uptight about having Black people coming to your home, this would had one more reason for you send ther form back in mail! I do not feel sorry for you!

First off the OP said that they DID NOT receive anything from the Census Bureau. If they had they most likely would have sent it back.
PLUS, the way the census taker was acting was like the person could 'catch deafness' like it was a virus. IMO I think they did everything possible to communicate with the census taker but to no avail.

 

[Dixie]

I worked on the Census last year as an enumerator, our training was 5 days long, 8 hours a day for a total of 40 hours of training. (woopdedoo, right?) The enumerators are to have a US Census Badge, a US Census black messenger bag, and a piece of paper that explains why they are there and it is a confidentiality statement. If they have a vehicle there should be a paper in the rear window that says "OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT VEHICLE in large bold red letters. We never asked for SSNs or DLNs, it is not part of our job, nor is it any of our business. The training was amounted to our crew leaders reading from a book, verbatim, and little mini-quizzes along the way. We also received training on the tools for our job, (I used the HHC, a piece of crap thus they are now going back to maps and pencils). In addition to all of that we were given training on how to present ourselves to the public. We were to dress professionally, keep our vehicle looking neat as much as possible, and to always have our materials with us.
Census workers are not underpaid by any means, in our area they make $12/hour as an enumerator, crew leaders make $14 I think and it goes up from there. Believe me they are not underpaid. To me the job was easy and the money was good. I never once received a complaint. But then again I knew the languages for our area which is Spanish and English, so I could do my speel in either language.

I did have some confidentiality statements with the complaint number on it you can call (they even have TTY I believe) or you can file a complaint online. Let me do some searching and I'll bring it up for you.

If anyone has any further questions regarding census workers feel free to ask, I'll tell you as much as I know from my experience working on the Census.

 

[CJB]

First off the OP said that they DID NOT receive anything from the Census Bureau. If they had they most likely would have sent it back.
PLUS, the way the census taker was acting was like the person could 'catch deafness' like it was a virus. IMO I think they did everything possible to communicate with the census taker but to no avail.

We can make all sorts of excuses about how census workers are busy, but in the end, the census worker was completely in the wrong to treat the OP the way she did.

 

[LuciaDisturbed]

I don't open my door to any stranger, even if they had identification cards or badges or such (unless they are law enforcement people). I wouldn't open my door to any census worker because they are still a stranger to me and I do not feel comfortable having a person I do not know inside my home. I worked so hard to make my home a safe zone for myself and will not trust anyone I have never met in the past inside my home.

The OP shouldn't have mentioned the Census worker's race/ethnicity...it is not a necessary piece of information and it could be considered racism. I see no reason to tell the world what my Census worker's race/color/ethnicity is, unless he broke the law somehow and the cops wants to know what color he or she is (for identification purposes to find the person).

Anyway, I already filled out and sent my Census form out in the mail, so hopefully no one will come to my house to ask me to fill out the form.

 

[CJB]

The OP shouldn't have mentioned the Census worker's race/ethnicity...it is not a necessary piece of information and it could be considered racism. I see no reason to tell the world what my Census worker's race/color/ethnicity is, unless he broke the law somehow and the cops wants to know what color he or she is (for identification purposes to find the person).

Initially I wasn't sure whether to comment or not, because some people use race as an identifier just like deaf/hearing or woman/man but on second thought, she was already identified by as "woman" so the "black" wasn't necessary. Talking about a black woman and white woman might require saying "black" one for identification purposes but in this case it was a black woman and black man, so "black" wasn't a distinguishing trait.

 

[katz4life]

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.

Yes, I went over my deaf friends' residence on our same street after it happened and asked about the same Census workers that rang their doorbell but they said they didn't. Because my friends already got Census form in mail weeks ago and mailed back so Census workers stop by at each resident's house who haven't filled a form yet. That's what we think. Oh, it sounds like a good idea...I'll check it out on the computer at the library.

 

[Juli-terp-to-be]

We can make all sorts of excuses about how census workers are busy, but in the end, the census worker was completely in the wrong to treat the OP the way she did.

OK I meant that the OP did everything in their power to communicate with the census taker. Not the other way around.

 

[CJB]

OK I meant that the OP did everything in their power to communicate with the census taker. Not the other way around.

I know. We're agreeing here. :P

 

[Jason]

Ten years ago, a census worker came to my door to get the information, he was friendly and was kinda alert at same time he is double double checking if I did give him complete answers (normal questions). He realized we are deaf and didn't have a problem, all he did is show me the questions on the forms and I told him the answers, that's it. He was so polite and told me thanks then moved to next door. That is what I call appropriate behavior and forms. No personal information needed.

Now, this time, yes every resident are to receive the forms in mail. If no one sends it back with marked information, that resident will have a census worker on the way. I have sent mine, I have seen the census worker two days ago, he only went to the ones he was assigned to. He saw me outside talking to my daughter asking me if I know this people at the address who wasn't answering the door, I told him I have no idea and I don't live nearby. He told me thanks and left chuckling. at my sarcasm attitude. I have no problem with these people but if they are whacked out suspicious then I will make sure they are scared to stick around.

 

[Juli-terp-to-be]

I know. We're agreeing here. :P

LOL oops sry

 

[CJB]

LOL oops sry

 

[springtime]

Yes, I went over my deaf friends' residence on our same street after it happened and asked about the same Census workers that rang their doorbell but they said they didn't. Because my friends already got Census form in mail weeks ago and mailed back so Census workers stop by at each resident's house who haven't filled a form yet. That's what we think. Oh, it sounds like a good idea...I'll check it out on the computer at the library.

You might be able to get a blank Census form at your library, or a local community center. I've seen them.