South Lorne Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 ...spoke to someone today who has been chased three times for his census form although he prepared it a week ahead of the 27th March Census Date and posted it on the morning of 28th March....is anyone else having this trouble ...?....the chasers earn £7.80 circa per hour plus costs e.g. telephone calls etc...I sent mine by internet so they can't claim non receipt...I have the receipt.....easy way for inefficiency to breed and costs to multiply.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krackersdave Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 And to think they said this country doesn't do stimulus spending... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number79 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 ...spoke to someone today who has been chased three times for his census form although he prepared it a week ahead of the 27th March Census Date and posted it on the morning of 28th March....is anyone else having this trouble ...?....the chasers earn £7.80 circa per hour plus costs e.g. telephone calls etc...I sent mine by internet so they can't claim non receipt...I have the receipt.....easy way for inefficiency to breed and costs to multiply.... .....easy way to keep the unemployment figures down imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Yup got a call yesterday, posted last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 .....easy way to keep the unemployment figures down imo. ...yes ...people chasing their tails......and getting paid for it....with our money ...this could have been going towards reducing the deficit....and: Guidance on how to complete the 32-page form has been translated into 56 languages while advertisements are being broadcast on ethnic minority TV channels and leaflets distributed to shops, mosques, churches and temples. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8339114/UK-census-expected-to-cost-nearly-500m-due-to-translation-fees.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Someone knocked on the other day and asked if I remembered getting a big form to fill in. I did. Had I filled it in? no. Was I going to be filling it in? no. Why? Cos he's done it on the t'internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 ...spoke to someone today who has been chased three times for his census form although he prepared it a week ahead of the 27th March Census Date and posted it on the morning of 28th March....is anyone else having this trouble ...?....the chasers earn £7.80 circa per hour plus costs e.g. telephone calls etc...I sent mine by internet so they can't claim non receipt...I have the receipt.....easy way for inefficiency to breed and costs to multiply.... post office seems to be having problems currently with the volume AFAIK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number79 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 ...yes ...people chasing their tails......and getting paid for it....with our money ...this could have been going towards reducing the deficit....and: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8339114/UK-census-expected-to-cost-nearly-500m-due-to-translation-fees.html yes but at least this way they are not claiming benefits and some of the money is recovered as tax whereas if they were left unemployed they would probably be costing us even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Guidance on how to complete the 32-page form has been translated into 56 languages FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Bear Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 post office seems to be having problems currently with the volume AFAIK They certainly were when I posted ours (Monday after census Sunday.) Postbox was too full to take anything else - had to hand it in at the P.Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 They certainly were when I posted ours (Monday after census Sunday.) Postbox was too full to take anything else - had to hand it in at the P.Office. ...sounds like a complete mess ...with costs being ramped up due to inefficient processing ....certain organisers need to be sacked .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Perhaps if it was a two-page form, many more would fit in the system. I had a card through the door today. It's filled in, but not yet posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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