Just stop talking to him on the phone...if he calls don't answer the phone....IGNORE HIM...COMPLETELY...
Ask them to hi-light the part of the Constitution that gives census workers the right to harass U.S. citizens with probing questions that are none of their business.
(d) Without regard to subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the Secretary, in the year 1985 and every 10 years thereafter, shall conduct a mid-decade census of population in such form and content as he may determine, including the use of sampling procedures and special surveys, taking into account the extent to which information to be obtained from such census will serve in lieu of information collected annually or less frequently in surveys or other statistical studies. The census shall be taken as of the first day of April of each such year, which date shall be known as the “mid-decade census date”.
US Code, Title 13, Chapter 7, Subchapter II, Section 221:
(a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best of his knowledge, any of the questions on any schedule submitted to him in connection with any census or survey provided for by subchapters I, II, IV, and V of chapter 5 of this title, applying to himself or to the family to which he belongs or is related, or to the farm or farms of which he or his family is the occupant, shall be fined not more than $100.(b) Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a) of this section, and under the conditions or circumstances described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is false, shall be fined not more than $500.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no person shall be compelled to disclose information relative to his religious beliefs or to membership in a religious body.
If not, find it and then do that to the census worker.
I then proceeded to lie on every answer,she knew it too. Her face went from pale to crimson.
When she left,I said,"Have a nice day.";)
When the last census came around with a bunch of questions about home ownership and crap like that I told the census worker that I would only answer them if it meant that there would be a new property qualification for voting. They left me alone.
Next time he contacts you, ask for the name and number of the director of his department. Tell him if he doesn't give it to you, you will go to the press and detail the harrassment you've been experiencing.
Eliminate landline phone, go cellular only....move, leave no forwarding address.
Once you figure out how to get him to leave you alone, let me know so I can tell these F'ing Satellite Dish people to quit robo-calling me every f'ing day.
Everytime he calls hang up on him. If he shows up at your door, slam it in his face. If he refuses to leave, turn on the yard sprinklers.
Everytime he asks you a question on the doorstep give him an answer and then start contradicting and arguing with yourself. Say things like, "Quit telling me what to do!", "No, I won't do what you say!", "I told you I wouldn't do that again!", and "No! I will not invite him into the house, like the others!"...Then ask him real nicely, "Won't you come in please?".
Answer the door naked and invite him in.
If you can't get rid of him, just have some fun jerking him around (such as)...
Tell him you can meet with him, but your so busy it will have to be at a certain place and certain time, then give him some random address in a particularly rough part of town... of course you never show up...
Talk to him on the phone as if you have a hearing problem / mental disorder / short term memory loss. I.E. Let him run through his entire spiel then Yell WHAT !?! WHAT !?! I DIDN'T ORDER ANY PIZZA !!
Meet with him and then sit their with a doll in your lap. Any questions he asks hold the doll up to your ear and nod as if the doll is talking to you, then say something like, "Sally says she can't talk to strangers..."
Many of us resent the growth, and hence the intrusion, of big government. That being said the responses telling you to blow them off are offered, obviously, in sympathetic jest. No one here truely counsels law breaking, even in minor forms. Such playful posts shouldn't be construed that way as that is against the guidelines and practices of the site, and certainly against what is generally understood.
Just tell him that if he expects your cooperation--EVER--that he'd better come back with a court order, because otherwise you're not answering any questions. Then start singing brash showtunes like Hello Dolly.
He'll leave you alone.
Eat his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.