I received a phone call earlier today from someone who stated she was hired by the Census Bureau to determine if people lived at certain properties. She was at the property gate at the moment.
My lease property line is heavy brush and the gate is locked with a case hardened lock and chain. For various valid reasons I have my phone number on the gate, under the No Trespassing sign. (Please do not ask me my valid reasons, that's not the point of the post.)
So knowing that, I told her that no one lived on that property. She said thank you and have a nice day.
Now, a couple of hours later my skeptical self is asking myself questions. If they really wanted to know if someone lived there, why not just use satellite imagery? Oh - wait - there is an old very small house on the property. Well then, why not use 911 services to see if there is a valid address for the property? Couldn't they contact the tax appraiser to determine if someone lived there?
Then my other self says, "who in the world would try to impersonate as a Census Bureau employee and what could they possibly gain with that information?"
Yes, I'm schizophrenic and so am I.
My lease property line is heavy brush and the gate is locked with a case hardened lock and chain. For various valid reasons I have my phone number on the gate, under the No Trespassing sign. (Please do not ask me my valid reasons, that's not the point of the post.)
So knowing that, I told her that no one lived on that property. She said thank you and have a nice day.
Now, a couple of hours later my skeptical self is asking myself questions. If they really wanted to know if someone lived there, why not just use satellite imagery? Oh - wait - there is an old very small house on the property. Well then, why not use 911 services to see if there is a valid address for the property? Couldn't they contact the tax appraiser to determine if someone lived there?
Then my other self says, "who in the world would try to impersonate as a Census Bureau employee and what could they possibly gain with that information?"
Yes, I'm schizophrenic and so am I.
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