I’ve chronicled my exploits with the water company a bit earlier, but to sum up: we didn’t get a bill for the first four months we were in this here new house, and then they shut us off, and I had to pay $29, presumably the debt owed, to get it back on.<\/p>\n
So, I had pretty much assumed that $29 for four months would be about the right amount. I’ve never had to pay for water, I have no concept of what it costs if it doesn’t come bottled from the grocery and labeled NAIVE backwards.<\/p>\n
Recently, we received the bimonthly bill… for $222! Shocked, I put it on my little bill keeper thingy, and went into denial for a couple weeks.<\/p>\n
Then tonight, I started going through the monthly bills, and paid the $222 through online billpay.<\/p>\n
But when I got to the bottom of my bill stack, there was a late notice from the water company. (I was, in fact, 4 days late as of today). But the odd bit is, the bill was for $146!<\/p>\n
So confused. So very, very confused. <\/p>\n
I’m gonna go get me a divining stick and start diggin’ a well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve chronicled my exploits with the water company a bit earlier, but to sum up: we didn’t get a bill for the first four months we were in this here new house, and then they shut us off, and I … Continue reading