this is weird

BWZN93

rizla01 wrote:

Cor Blimey.

Is that what they'd say about you.

You don't arf sound tasty! :j :j :j

Christ knows what they'd say!! I'd hope that this was the worst of it though!

Thanks anyway - made my day!!! :rolleyes:

fast_track

I work for the Office for National Statistics. Field interviewers would only knock on a neighbour's door if they thought the property was unoccupied. A full interview regarding employment, health, education and training would only be carried out with a member of the household. The information is confidential, not passed to any government department and is used purely for statistical purposes. Most importantly it bids down all the UK funding from the European Social Fund. It also provides the governments "preferred" measure of employment. The bank of England also consider the results when setting the interest rate. It is compulsory in most countries but not here. However, it is a matter of your civic responsibility to take part. However, you will never be asked to provide the interview for anyone outside your own imediate family unless someone in the household has difficulty in English and have agreed that an unrelated person acts as a proxy. If this happens again please inform the ONS https://www.statistics.gov.uk as anyone posing as a an interviewer undermines the entire statistics gathering process, are committing an offence and should be prosecuted (this is my personal view and I am not speaking in any official capacity)

Bossyboots

jw1096 has a good point when she says it could be debt collectors. That is exactly what happened to me although they did identify themselves as bailiffs. They wanted to know if my next door neighbours had a son called Mark and if he was living with them. I only told them I knew one of their sons was Mark but was not privy to their living arrangements and they would need to come back when the householders were in. Their son flitted from relationship to relationship, setting up home each time with his lady friend and occasionally nipping home for a few days so I didn't actually know if he had moved back at that stage although he had stayed there the previous two nights. I didn't figure it was my business to discuss this with the bailiffs though.

JasonW_2

Definitely sounds suspect, and glad you didnt tell them anything. Best not to get invloved, and its true you really dont know who your neighbours are or what they get upto behind closed doors! Ive been here a year and havent even seen my nextdoor neighbour yet, or heard any noise come to think of it. Ive seen their light on occasionally so there is someone living there. If I saw them in the street, I wouldnt even know.

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