The Stupidity Census Is In Full Swing

Every year, residents receive a town census that they have to fill out and return. The department that receives these is located in the same office as us, but we have separate windows and counters separated by a wall.

Each window has the name of the department directly above where you stand, so there is one for “Town Clerk.” The census is mailed in an envelope with “Town Clerk” on it. There is a return envelope included addressed to “Town Clerk.” The census itself has a note that says, “Return to the Town Clerk,” on it in bold. I put a box on the counter in front of the “Town Clerk” window with a sign saying, “Place census in this box,” in large, 96-point, bold red font.

My window is not the “Town Clerk” window.

I still have at least twenty residents a day come to my window and give me their census. I don’t know how to make it clearer.