• Netsurf and the census

    From Chris Evans (CJE/4D)@21:1/5 to URL:mailto:harriet@bazleyfamily.co. on Wed Apr 7 12:37:16 2021
    In article <ead3951659.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>, Harriet Bazley <URL:mailto:harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:
    On 1 Apr 2021 as I do recall,
    Chris Newman wrote:


    [snip]


    The wife did hers then got a letter saying she hadn't finished &
    submitted hers. She was sure she had so perhaps with so many millions trying to do it, the system didn't register her final click.

    The man I spoke to implied that there had been a very large number of
    people ringing up in a panic because letters had been sent out to say
    that they hadn't submitted their census entries, and the telephone
    helpline has a recorded message on it saying 'if you are ringing up
    because you have received a reminder, please ignore it' -- or words to
    that effect!
    I get the impression that their first attempt at an 'online' census was
    not exactly trouble-free....

    Not a first attempt. Last time I filled mine in online and kept the paper
    copy I'd been sent filled in as a copy. I know someone who says last time
    they weren't sent a form just a web link.

    I do wish they'd allowed for a copy to be kept, even if it was just selected
    on screen and put on the clipboard. I think one 'checking page' had most information but it didn't have middle names.

    Chris Evans

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