How dumb are Americans really?
By laglen
@laglen (19759)
United States
March 18, 2010 5:49pm CST
So my kid needed some retail therapy today so we went to a local shopping center. I noticed a new store front.
A Census Form help center. A place to go filling out your name and date of birth. Ours came in Spanish too. How can you not write your name and date of birth? Thankfully the office was empty, I had to check. Does your town have a handy office like this?
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9 responses
@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
18 Mar 10
I don't go out shopping much at all, so I've not seen anything like this but it wouldn't surprise me.
I hate to admit but I got to laughing when I read about it.
However, I know several people personally that can't read or write so would need this service.
Marsha
@Savvynlady (3684)
• United States
19 Mar 10
First of all, you say you had to go for some retail therapy? I can't do that as much. Then about the census, they just started putting those in the mail last week so everyone can get them this past Monday. I am supposed to be working for them soon but they haven't called yet. hopefully soon. And the place is for those who probably aren't literate enough to do it for themselves I suppose
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@Savvynlady (3684)
• United States
19 Mar 10
No, they haven't called yet but I am hoping that they would soon.
@oneidmnster (1385)
• United States
19 Mar 10
How dumb are Americans?Can you say Obama?
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@spalladino (17891)
• United States
19 Mar 10
Maybe it's a just a way to put some more people to work. I have to force myself to believe that instead of believing that there are people too stupid to fill out that form. Of course, there are those who are really, really lazy....
@hofferp (4734)
• United States
19 Mar 10
I'm not aware that we have a Census Form Help Center. What a waste. The census guy came to my house and hand-delivered my form. I live 30 minutes out of town. Why not just mail it to me? So as long as he was here, I should have asked him for help filling out the form.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
18 Mar 10
I thought that all legitimate Americans already had a number from birth (which also told the Powers that Be what your name is, when you were born, where you were last known to live and exactly how much you have earned in your life as well as how much you had contributed to the Social Good, when you were last at a PETA (or other anti-social) gathering and even, perhaps, where you shop and what sites you visit on the Internet.
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
18 Mar 10
Oh my goodnes. YOu are kidding right? Our tax dollars hard at work huh? More waste.
Maybe it could be for handicap people. I dont think the Census comes in brail for the blind...so maybe they have to set them up for people who need help filling out the Census because of handicap issues.
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@BlueGoblin (1829)
• United States
18 Mar 10
I meet dumb Americans everyday. I try to stay home to avoid them as much as possible.
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