I need a diplomatic soltuion to a little problem - Page 6

xoxoxoBruce · 10-20-2005, 12:21 PM

Elspode · 10-20-2005, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

My current trash collection people are incompetent. At first they were incompetent because they couldn't remember to pick up my trash. Now they are incompetent because they remember to pick up my trash but forget to bill me. I like this second version of incompetence very much.

My newspaper route person is incompetent in a similarly cool fashion. I've been getting the paper for over 12 years now without a single bill. I have decided to treat it as a littering problem which I choose not to report.

lumberjim · 10-20-2005, 12:50 PM

heh. i got free electric ( well, nearly free ( just the charge for off peak which i didn't have anything hooked up to) )for over a year. then one day they started charging me again. whew. then i moved. nyuk nyuk nyuk

Clodfobble · 10-20-2005, 01:01 PM

We had accidental Cinemax for free for about 6 years when I was a kid. Not that I was ever allowed to watch it.

BigV · 10-20-2005, 01:30 PM

When I was a kid, I had a paper route. I gained a lot from that job, but it wasn't money. Mostly I gained self knowledge, especially the fact that I not a morning person and that I like an occasional day off. I also learned that at 13-14 yrs old, I had no head for business. I was in the postition of buying the papers wholesale from the Sun-Telegram for about a dime, and then selling them to my customers on my route for quarter. But it always seemed like my bill from the paper exceeded my collections each month (which I also hated doing, and the tips sucked.)

Without question, somebody is paying for that paper. Poor sap.

10-20-2005, 11:06 PM

I've got free cable. I got fed up to here with Adelphia and cancelled the cable almost a year ago now. They stopped billing me, but I still get 100 channels that I never watch.

elSicomoro · 10-20-2005, 11:07 PM

I didn't pay for any of my long distance phone charges when I lived in Maryland (one year). I even tried to fix the problem twice to no avail.

10-20-2005, 12:21 PM	#76
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	__________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-20-2005, 12:50 PM	#78
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	heh. i got free electric ( well, nearly free ( just the charge for off peak which i didn't have anything hooked up to) )for over a year. then one day they started charging me again. whew. then i moved. nyuk nyuk nyuk __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-20-2005, 01:30 PM	#80
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	When I was a kid, I had a paper route. I gained a lot from that job, but it wasn't money. Mostly I gained self knowledge, especially the fact that I not a morning person and that I like an occasional day off. I also learned that at 13-14 yrs old, I had no head for business. I was in the postition of buying the papers wholesale from the Sun-Telegram for about a dime, and then selling them to my customers on my route for quarter. But it always seemed like my bill from the paper exceeded my collections each month (which I also hated doing, and the tips sucked.) Without question, somebody is paying for that paper. Poor sap. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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10-20-2005, 01:01 PM	#79
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	We had accidental Cinemax for free for about 6 years when I was a kid. Not that I was ever allowed to watch it.

10-20-2005, 11:06 PM	#81
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	I've got free cable. I got fed up to here with Adelphia and cancelled the cable almost a year ago now. They stopped billing me, but I still get 100 channels that I never watch.

10-20-2005, 11:07 PM	#82
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I didn't pay for any of my long distance phone charges when I lived in Maryland (one year). I even tried to fix the problem twice to no avail.

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