In
February I get a call and say, yes, I’m interested.
I
get an email a week or so later and go online to fill out forms. Lots and lots of detailed forms. These take a few hours to complete. I’m asked for three references.
My
three references are called and are questioned about me, my experience, my
skills, and my character.
I
get a call telling me to come downtown to fill out more forms and get
photographed and fingerprinted. This
takes another four hours.
This
week my three references get a form they must complete about me. This form asks if the information I previously
provided (name, employment record, etc.) is in fact accurate.
My neighbor (someone I rarely speak to) calls me. She wants to know what the official form she received from the government about me is all about. Seems they want to verify that I live where I say I live. Unbelievable.
My neighbor (someone I rarely speak to) calls me. She wants to know what the official form she received from the government about me is all about. Seems they want to verify that I live where I say I live. Unbelievable.
Today,
I take the wrong subway, switch to the right subway, and then get off at the
wrong stop. This takes over an
hour. I get to the right place, wait ten
minutes, and then, with four others, raise my right hand and, “ swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic..." Gee, I hope this doesn't mean I could end up in North Korea.
So I do all this, not to become a federal judge. Not to be
installed into the military. Not to
become a US Citizen. Not to become a
member of the FBI. Not to serve on a
jury. No. All this to become a $16.90/hour
part-time-temporary- field representative for the US Census Bureau.
There
must be a better way. I only wish I could
find it.
Be careful!
ReplyDeleteThis is EXACTLY how they get "volunteers" for Korea!!