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Originally posted by sligtlyskeptical
Census takers should be armed and ordered to shoot those that are uncooperative.If you don't want to stand up and be counted as an American then i wish you would move your asses to some other country. It is not COOL to shirk your responsibility as a citizen.
Originally posted by sligtlyskeptical
Census takers should be armed and ordered to shoot those that are uncooperative.If you don't want to stand up and be counted as an American then i wish you would move your asses to some other country. It is not COOL to shirk your responsibility as a citizen.
Originally posted by romanmel
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
To date I have had 5 visits from the Census Workers. Three of them were Census Takers; two of them were Census Supervisors.
I always enjoy speaking with them, as I am someone who always has lots of interesting things to talk about................
.............I smile, they smile, then they usually ask me how they can learn more about these things, and thank me, put away their clip boards, and go on their merry way!
I have really been enjoying the Census Takers so far! They have really been enjoying me.
Stand up and be counted that’s what I say…just do it in a fashion that works for you and not for them.
ProTrav, you are a piece of work! I love your style. I want you on my side when I face TPTB.
I remember a guy I once worked for who used to handle telemarketers by telling them he was really interested but had to put them on hold for just a bit. He left the on hold. He always said this hurt the telemarketer more than anything. Just take up their valuable time. Same way for BigGov census nazis.
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Originally posted by fatetwister64
"UPS receipt"
You used UPS to ship a census form? Didn't those have free shipping return envelopes?
Something smells fishy about this.
Originally posted by gunshooter
Originally posted by TarzanBeta
Wow.
It's amazing how a census can bring out the child in everyone.
What about butterflies and balloons?
is it childish to defend your property from psychos that leap walls and swear at you?
Originally posted by Sf18443
reply to post by gimme_some_truth
Well, the guy was trespassing. The OP has a gated property with intercom system. The Census worker should have rang the intercom at the gate, instead the "census worker" illegally entered this man's property by scaling a wall or whatever(aka trespassed).
Originally posted by gunshooter
is it childish to defend your property from psychos that leap walls and swear at you?
Originally posted by gimme_some_truth
Originally posted by gunshooter
is it childish to defend your property from psychos that leap walls and swear at you?
Is it childish to answer the door by saying they are trespassing and threatening to call the police on them before you even know what the person wants?
My point? Both were behaving like macho pig headed jerks. They were BOTH wrong.
Originally posted by hawkiye
Excuse me the guy was trespassing and tried to push his way in the house. Legally he could have been shot as a trespasser intending harm. The guy was asked to leave and he refused even after a police officer threatened to arrest him. And you think the OP could have handled it better...Sigh!
[edit on 19-5-2010 by hawkiye]
Originally posted by gimme_some_truth
Originally posted by hawkiye
Excuse me the guy was trespassing and tried to push his way in the house. Legally he could have been shot as a trespasser intending harm. The guy was asked to leave and he refused even after a police officer threatened to arrest him. And you think the OP could have handled it better...Sigh!
[edit on 19-5-2010 by hawkiye]
Well as I have said before he could have handled it better by not telling the guy that he is trespassing and threatening to call the police before he even has a clue what the guy wants......
I have said it before and I will say it again. BOTH were wrong. BOTH handled the situation as a child would, and BOTH could have handled it much much better.