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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Census 2010
I was left a "Sorry I missed you" note from Sherry Osman, a Census worker on our fire-ravaged and boarded up home.
Now, I had waited and waited and waited for the census documents to show up for this address--the mail situation is another story entirely--but it never came. I was going to do my civic duty and return the form marked "vacant" as I had filled out the Census form where we are currently living and mailed it back already.
Again, I did my civic duty by calling Ms. Osman at the number she left to explain the situation, and here's how that conversation went.
Call 1: "Sherry Osman, there's no one here by that name." When I explained the vacant property, "oh, you need to call the 800 number [1.866.872.6868] and give your information over the phone." And then he hung up.
Call 2: "Is Sherry Osman a field worker?" I responded yes and again explained the note and vacant house. So, it turns out, Ms. Osman was supposed to leave the phone number to her direct line, not the main switchboard number. Second, she wrote the wrong hours of operation on my "Sorry I missed you" note. But I was assured that Ms. Osman would return a total of 5 (FIVE) times before marking my house off the list. "But," I explained, "I'm trying to avoid that--what with my taxes paying for her trips and all." "Yes, I see," he stammered.
So the short of it is, there's no way to reach Sherry Osman at the number she left for me: 716.923.9011 and no one apparently knows how to get in touch with her. I'm going to mark up the "Sorry I missed you" note and mail it back to their general office.
Now, I had waited and waited and waited for the census documents to show up for this address--the mail situation is another story entirely--but it never came. I was going to do my civic duty and return the form marked "vacant" as I had filled out the Census form where we are currently living and mailed it back already.
Again, I did my civic duty by calling Ms. Osman at the number she left to explain the situation, and here's how that conversation went.
Call 1: "Sherry Osman, there's no one here by that name." When I explained the vacant property, "oh, you need to call the 800 number [1.866.872.6868] and give your information over the phone." And then he hung up.
Call 2: "Is Sherry Osman a field worker?" I responded yes and again explained the note and vacant house. So, it turns out, Ms. Osman was supposed to leave the phone number to her direct line, not the main switchboard number. Second, she wrote the wrong hours of operation on my "Sorry I missed you" note. But I was assured that Ms. Osman would return a total of 5 (FIVE) times before marking my house off the list. "But," I explained, "I'm trying to avoid that--what with my taxes paying for her trips and all." "Yes, I see," he stammered.
So the short of it is, there's no way to reach Sherry Osman at the number she left for me: 716.923.9011 and no one apparently knows how to get in touch with her. I'm going to mark up the "Sorry I missed you" note and mail it back to their general office.
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