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Title: census workers!
Post by: akaJudge on June 04, 2010, 12:20:17 AM
I stopped at Starbucks on my way out of town last weekend, and there were census workers taking up TWO tables, having pushed them together to accommodate their round table discussion.  There were at least 10 of them, and not one Starbucks purchase could be seen on the table, NOT ONE!  Sickening.  I love little Best Show moments like these.
Title: Re: census workers!
Post by: DoodleJump! on June 04, 2010, 12:18:05 PM
I guffawed loudly and drew looks of consternation when, during our district census meeting, a lady suggested we start meeting in PANERA. I met with my leader afterward and told her we must avoid this at all costs. She agreed.
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Post by: robertc on June 04, 2010, 08:07:59 PM
During last weekends thrift-store crawl I noticed that every store had at least a handful of 2010 census hats. The shame is palpable.
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Post by: Jixby Phillips on June 07, 2010, 06:19:44 PM
I was in the pool
Title: Re: census workers!
Post by: Jixby Phillips on June 07, 2010, 06:26:05 PM
I only wanted to get my avatar working again. rip suburbanalcuts.com

my heart was broken when I applied to be a census worker and I got a phone call basically telling me they were canceling the entry exam session I was supposed to go to because they simply already had enough people apply already. Luckily I got a job working at a famous cave run by racists instead.

Now I post on this message board for a living! Isn't that great?
Title: Re: census workers!
Post by: Sarah on June 08, 2010, 07:31:07 AM
There are worse fates.
Title: Re: census workers!
Post by: it'sdevin on June 08, 2010, 05:15:58 PM
As a fellow census worker, I am happy to report that, in Wilmington, NC, our census office rented out meeting rooms to hold training sessions. And our crew leader actually has an office!! And the one time I met a fellow census worker at an eating establishment, I actually BOUGHT SOMETHING. I hope other census offices will follow our example.
Title: Re: census workers!
Post by: DoodleJump! on June 08, 2010, 08:49:12 PM
As a fellow census worker, I am happy to report that, in Wilmington, NC, our census office rented out meeting rooms to hold training sessions. And our crew leader actually has an office!! And the one time I met a fellow census worker at an eating establishment, I actually BOUGHT SOMETHING. I hope other census offices will follow our example.
Woot woot, Devin! You and me both, kid.
Title: Re: census workers!
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on June 09, 2010, 03:31:01 PM
i applied to be a census worker, skip the exam because i was having a bad day+it was raining.  they called me for a week, begging me to apply for the job. 

listen, i love memphis- midtown, memphis- but i'm no dummy; you couldn't pay me enough to send me out into the field aka "the hood" (which they were going to do) to count heads.