Not out of line at all, Aims.
Giles: Helping out with the dishes makes me feel useful. Dawn: Wanna clean out the garage with us
Saturday? You could feel indispensable.
'Dirty Girls'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Sparky1 - Apr 18, 2008 11:36:15 am PDT #5392 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Aims - Apr 18, 2008 11:37:00 am PDT #5393 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok, I didn't think so, but he got kind of shirty with me! Like if I had just called up calling myself the landlord, he wouldn't have an issue giving me information! Hmph.
Yay validation.
Sparky1 - Apr 18, 2008 11:38:04 am PDT #5394 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
I'd ask for him to fax me a letter on county letterhead before I release any info.
And then I'd call the county office back through the switchboard to make sure the person who wanted the information actually worked there - not just call the number he gave me.
erikaj - Apr 18, 2008 11:39:54 am PDT #5395 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
ABSOLUTELY. Of course, I think everyone is trying to con me, first. Too much L&O at a formative stage, maybe.
Miracleman - Apr 18, 2008 11:40:39 am PDT #5396 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
A "caseworker" just called me asking for the address of one of such tenants, yet I don't have his name anywhere on my paperwork or in my tenants file. It wasn't out of line of me to ask the caseworker for some sort of proof that he is my tenants caseworker before releasing the address, right?
You are absolutely in the right, Aims. Without verification of identity and authority, to give out such information could be construed as a violation of the Privacy Act.
Cashmere - Apr 18, 2008 11:44:08 am PDT #5397 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
He could be a collection agent, a PI or some unsavory character looking to settle a debt. Like erika, I have seen too much L&O.
Double check, there, Aims. A legitmate person wouldn't get techy over you wanting verification of who they are.
erikaj - Apr 18, 2008 11:50:51 am PDT #5398 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
My upstairs neighbor got very put out with me once cause I wouldn't let a guy come in while I was here alone to turn the water off. Hey, if I guessed wrong, I'd get rolled out in a tarp. Personally, I'd rather be a bitch, right?
Aims - Apr 18, 2008 11:51:35 am PDT #5399 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
And then I'd call the county office back through the switchboard
I did this right after I hung up with him, and he is a caseworker there. But still - could be a con!!
hippocampus - Apr 18, 2008 11:53:23 am PDT #5400 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
And then I'd call the county office back through the switchboard to make sure the person who wanted the information actually worked there - not just call the number he gave me.
exactly.
And getting shirty is par for the course if it's someone posing as someone else especially. what do they care if you think badly of "their" organization? Ditto what Cashmere said.
and if it is legit? their bad for not having a clue. not yours. It's not your information he's asking you to share. it's someone else's.
Ginger - Apr 18, 2008 11:53:37 am PDT #5401 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The scene of the person getting the address from landlord is usually followed by the scene with the yellow crime tape and the murdered family.
eta: I hate it when I hit post and then see the glaring error in the the post.