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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

You know what's not fun?

Coming home for lunch and finding a little note hanging on your front door knob.

This one specifically stated that the water company had come by to visit, but since they didn't find anyone at home that they had turned off my water.


TURNED OFF MY WATER.

posted by claire at 2:39 PM

12 Comments:

  • oh how wonderful!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8/29/2006 2:53 PM  

  • M - Truly, isn't it?

    By Blogger claire, at 8/29/2006 2:57 PM  

  • Gah! Claire, you can come here and use my water... it's included in the rent. In fact, I try to use extra water whenever I can.

    By Blogger Jess, at 8/29/2006 5:01 PM  

  • go out on your back stoop

    *soaks large sponge in water and winds up for the pitch*

    By Blogger FirstNations, at 8/29/2006 8:23 PM  

  • jessica - don't take it for granted! thank your apartment company everday for the wondrous gift that is water. you just don't know how wonderful it truly is, until you have to start thinking about bathing out in the back yard in the puddles.

    first nations - thanks, ma'am. luckily when i got home, all was ok again. *tosses sponge thataway*

    By Blogger claire, at 8/30/2006 10:08 AM  

  • where we live all the utilities go through the city, and if you dont pay up, you get a nice bright red notice on your door. second day of the month you can drive around town and see whos been naughty and whos still got lights.

    By Blogger FirstNations, at 8/30/2006 2:21 PM  

  • Gah, what a pain. Our water was once shut off in Florida. Apparently Mom thought she had sent out the bill on time. The water company thought differently. Asshats.

    By Blogger Christine, at 8/30/2006 6:53 PM  

  • LIPA, KeySpan, LIWA all Suck!
    Come to think of it, so does the sheriff's dept.

    By Blogger Orelinde_03, at 8/31/2006 9:24 AM  

  • I just love how utilities companies assume that customers are home during normal working hours, just waiting for them to drop by.

    Don't even get me started on the cable companies and UPS.

    Glad your problem was fixed so quickly.

    By Blogger Da Nator, at 8/31/2006 11:30 AM  

  • christine - asshats, indeed. we had a billing "issue", too. The "issue" was that they have been sending their bills to the wrong address for a long time and haven't gotten paid. Apparently you don't have to pay your water bill for over a year before they turn off your water.

    orelinde - yeah, well...

    da nator - gah! the cable company. we have the cable company voice system and they haven't been able to figure out why we suddenly don't have voicemail anymore. stupid utilities. hate them.

    By Blogger claire, at 8/31/2006 12:22 PM  

  • Oh, and FN - that sounds great. kind of like a monthly christmas morning.

    By Blogger claire, at 8/31/2006 12:23 PM  

  • Oh...Oh..OH! Don't even get Ida started on Cable company voice issues. When we first got the service, had all the little perks that went with it. Now, sans call waiting we have NOTHING!

    NOTHING!!!! And no help is in sight at all. I can't believe this has gone unspoken between us!

    By Blogger Orelinde_03, at 8/31/2006 1:06 PM  

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