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General Category => General Talk => Topic started by: FQGamer on March 07, 2009, 11:30:59 pm
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So a couple of days ago I recieved a phone call offering me a job with the census. No it wasn't a random call, I had actually applied about a little over a month ago maybe and I took a test and passed...I don't know how anyone can't. Anyways, I start training for being a census enumerator, I go to peoples homes and ask them about their family, who lives with them, and if they own their home and shit like that. They pay 11.50 an hour to do this and you work somewhere between 20 and 40 hours a week, pretty much to your flexibility and reimburse you for gas.
Has anybody else gotten into this or thought about doing it? It's too late to apply now, but this could be interesting. It can finally get me out of that bk job I always bitch about because once its over I can go back to the telemarketing place and get 40 a week again. I couldn't go back before because I quit about 5 minutes before my shift.
I won't lie my imagination ran wild with this. Horny single moms anyone? but anyways this could be a pretty different experience. Looks good on a resume im sure.
Thoughts?
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good times, good pay, you get to talk to creepy people you've never seen before...
...hell i'd pick up chicks with the job. find yourself a looker, make sure she isn't wearing a ring, slip her number
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my old sociology professor way back in community college told us stories about working with the census and said it was a boring job but he got to take as many smoke breaks as he wanted
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make sure you under represent minorities, especially black folks
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my old sociology professor way back in community college told us stories about working with the census and said it was a boring job but he got to take as many smoke breaks as he wanted
looks like someone's trying to cover up his fun times with horny housewives.
dude, i'm sure if you've got an open mind you'll find it to be interesting and maybe just damn good fun.
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My mom and sister did this yeah I guess it's interesting.
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make sure you under represent minorities, especially black folks
do the opposite of this. then the news "according to the recent census, america is 97% black. with 3 billion in Xcityx USA."
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11.50's not bad at all, especially with the hours they give you. Do they do this door-to-door research every year, or is it every few years? As a college student next year, I might be interested in something like this.
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i was about to get a door to door job as well but it was for raising money for the sick kids foundation. same wage as yours. In the end I declined because I put myself in the peoples position. I really hate when random people ring my doorbell and ask for useless shit. "would you like to donate" "can you fill out this survey" "can I ask you a few questions" "is your refrigirator running". With that I declined. imo it is as bad as being a telemarketer calling random numbers. I hate those calls so i'd never call anyone for that specific thing.
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I see what you mean Brown but the census is pretty different than those types of things, at least.
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11.50's not bad at all, especially with the hours they give you. Do they do this door-to-door research every year, or is it every few years? As a college student next year, I might be interested in something like this.
the census is once every ten years.
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I know that -- I was wondering whether they'd wait every ten years to do door-to-door research. Then again, if they did research every year they might as well pass the census every year.
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This sounds like it could be a lot of fun. It's not at all like a door to door salesman/charity collector, since this is the CENSUS. Just make sure you look presentable and not like a criminal in any way, otherwise old ladies just won't answer their door.
I guess if you like walking and talking to new people then you'll like this! My mom also did the census and she mostly thought it was boring, which I'm sure it will be after awhile. But 11.50 ain't bad at all, and most jobs are pretty stupid, so at least you get to... see new places?
It also depends on the weather where you live. Hopefully it won't be freezing rain the whole time!
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the census we have is just a form sent to our houses to fill out...you actually send people to interview MILLIONS of people?
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Everyone knows we still use Herman Hollerith's tabulating machines still (or just IBM computers (same thing))
We have to take the punch-cards to all the houses to have them punched.
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you should do the census wearing a bellaclava.
"how many people live here?"
"what is the annual household salary?"
etc.
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why couldn't you just say ski mask? you made me google / wiki that because I didn't have knowledge
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I was at a highway reststop the other day and there was this guy with his pants pulled up tight and a tshirt tucked in deep that said "Census 90" and i thought "hahaha a census t-shirt that is so dorky."
I'm guessing he worked for it now..
He still looked funny.
Also, census means redistricting and electoral college vote reallocation right? Sounds.. fun!!
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the real issue is she massacred balaclava, but yeah you should know what a balaclava (or balaclava helmet) is. although I find the british tend to say balaclava/b. helmet and americans say ski mask so???
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ski mask i think goggles.
BALACLAVVA is such a wonderful word i never miss an opportunity to say it.... and spell it wrong.
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i have a job working with census data! i do redistricting.
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the census we have is just a form sent to our houses to fill out...you actually send people to interview MILLIONS of people?
well the problem is that while a lot of people are pretty good about those forms, many don't fill them out (so you basically go hunt them down and compel them to take it) or do not have an address to get them mailed to. that's where the field people come in.
i took a stats class last semester that talked a lot about the census.