Census

[Pigwidgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., aichambaye at y... wrote:
> Hi Simon!
> 
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Pigwidgeon" <simon at h...> wrote:
> > Morning all,
> > This is a fairly UK centred post, but anyway.
> > 
> > Someone pointed out the annoying fact that I will need to fill 
out 
> > a census form. Who do these people think they are? 
> 
> They think they are bureaucrats.

Surely they do not think they are bureaucrats? They think they are 
doing a good and most useful job.


> > Do they not 
> > realise I can find enough distractions from my revision without 
> > having to answer questions about myself?
> 
> They've got NO idea! (We have a census too, and the form was nearly 
> 10 pages long.)

I am not sure how long it is. I think I may have to have a census 
filling in party. Gives us somehting to do one evening soon!


> > I am upset that all question 9 says is: There is no question 9.
> > Wonder why it walked off.
> 
> It doesn't like bureaucrats.... It doesn't like census forms       
> either. 

I tell you what I think of them soon.


> > Now when will my form arrive?
> 
> When the post office gets round to it?

They are hand delivered and so do not go through the post system. The 
forms are in this building, but have yet to be handed out. I am 
guessing they will be leaving it until Friday as we do not need to 
fill them in until Sunday.


> Heather M., hoping Simon is smiling, not steaming!

Smiling at the moment. Revision has been going well, if a little 
slowly. Steaming was the description of the cup of tea I had a few 
minutes ago.


Simon