There must be something about my address as it keeps getting selected at random for various surveys. Firstly there was the housing condition survey, where the council seemed to think that private property was any of its business and wanted to poke about inside. They were told very firmly where to get off. Then there was the ONS wanting to poke about into our personal lives. They tried two years in succession before getting the message.
Now, upon arriving home from France I have a letter from the NHS telling me that I’ve been selected for their health survey. They want to know the ins and outs of every from blood pressure weight, height, eating and drinking habits and so on. Yes, yes, I know, this is an opportunity to inject a little poison into the system, but, y’know what? I really cannot be bothered to spend the time – and, the important bit here, none of this is any of their business. I am not a part of their collective and wish to keep my personal and private information, well, private. So, again, they will be told firmly and politely that I will not be taking part. At this rate of luck, I should be doing the lottery…
Welcome to my world…
I have been selected by the Cypriot government to be audited for a mandatory energy survey on my house to be completed between 01 September and 31 December (letter dated 10th October)…
But I don’t live there anymore, I have rented it out. You can imagine how complex this is…
But Longrider, you could have loads of fun with this.
Self identify as an attack helicopter, weight 4 tons. quote hydraulic pressure for blood pressure etc etc.
Just a rather obvious way off telling them to get lost, but you can some fun at their expense.
Yeah… Tempting though that is, I just can’t be bothered.
+1
Winding them up is fun a few times, then becomes boring. “Microsoft” scammers a case in point.
Ignore. If challenged, say the letter never reached you. Rinse, repeat. It isn’t a compulsory survey after all.
It’s a face to face interview and if one agrees, poking and prodding by a nurse.
Funny how my diary seems to fill when these things turn up….
Nah, I just dropped them an email simply telling them that I am not going to do it.
“I am not a part of their collective and wish to keep my personal and private information, well, private” – why I didn’t return last census and judging by observing “door knocker reminders” and chatting around 1/3 of white middle class didn’t.
Anything you say will be used as evidence for more state control and higher taxes.
The only fact you can obtain from the results of a survey, is that the questions were answered. Not necessarily correctly, or accurately, just answered.
And the twonks in authority use this to form policy. Cretins!
In the last couple of days, I’ve received a number of calls from the NSW Department of Health, which is odd as I live in Queensland and have never lived in NSW. Bizarrely, the calls do not ring and go straight to message bank, but the callers do not realise this. Consequently, I’m left a message along the lines of: “hello, I’m Richard from the NSW Department of Health, how are you today? …….Hello……Hello”
Unfortunately, the calling number is not displayed so I cannot block it.