If a census enumerator knocks on your door, no one answers, and the unit does not appear to be vacant (the unit contains furniture, curtains, dogs barking like crazy and pissing on the carpet, etc), the enumerator is to leave a Notice of Visit with his name and telephone number. Ideally, the resident will then [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Today I received a package from Jerkcity (the most awesome comic strip on the Internet). Unopened box (address label tastefully typeset in Comic Sans; shredded by USPS) Packaging material consisting of a page from the San Jose Mercury News and a big piece of heavy paper A bunch of stuff, catalogued below: An Atari 2600 [...]
I’m from the government and I’m here to enumerate you
Posted: 29th April 2010 by strom in 2010 CensusThis week, I’ve been training as an enumerator for the 2010 U.S. Census. Essentially, this means I’m going to be knocking on doors and asking people the basic set of questions that are on the census questionnaire. It seems like it’s going to be an interesting job; if nothing else, it beats sitting around at [...]