Back to the Census: I had an perplexing experience.
I came home to find one of the "I was here; please call me" notices. I called, the young woman said she had left 8 notices at my house. I said, well, I only got one today. She insisted she had left 8.
She looked around for a few minutes trying to find something--finally, she said she would do the interview. I answered her questions, very easy, just took a few minutes. No problem.
Two days later I come home to find another notice, from a person who identified himself as the "Crew Leader". I said I was already interviewed by (and I gave her name). He said, really? He looked around for a few minutes and found the file; it said she had left 8 notices, but never received a phone call.
I said well, I wrote down her name; and I answered all her questions; and she verified how I spell my name.....
I asked him why they were doing personal interviews instead of mailing forms. He said because they had gotten such a dismal return from 32459 when they did the census 10 years ago!
I was left wondering on whose form she wrote the original interview information....