Styrofoam in electric bills?

SamIam · 11-04-2009, 06:44 PM

I got an electric bill filled with styrofoam today. No there was nothing in there requiring protection - just a notice that my bill is late. Not my fault, the bill was supposed to be covered by a third party agency last month. Why include the styrofoam? Isn't the threat that winter is coming and I will freeze my tush off if I don't pay good enough?

Cloud · 11-04-2009, 07:14 PM

it's for insulation when they shut your heat off.

ZenGum · 11-04-2009, 08:01 PM

Maybe they hope that making the envelope bigger will cause you to pay more attention to their bill.

skysidhe · 11-04-2009, 08:32 PM

I chuckled out loud! You have got to be teasing Sam.

Call the company and ask. I'll wait.

Shawnee123 · 11-04-2009, 09:25 PM

So, was it like slabs of styrofoam, or those peanut looking thingys? I think the difference is important, as to their motive.

This thread cracks me up and it only just started!

lumberjim · 11-04-2009, 09:38 PM

does anyone else get the urge to mail random stuff to random people?

get out the phone book, pick a name, mail them some dirt.

ready....go.

Cloud · 11-04-2009, 09:41 PM

not me. screwing with the mail is taken very seriously

Shawnee123 · 11-04-2009, 09:42 PM

Newman.

lumberjim · 11-04-2009, 10:04 PM

bwak!

Cloud · 11-04-2009, 10:07 PM

pick your battles, baby

SamIam · 11-04-2009, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skysidhe

I chuckled out loud! You have got to be teasing Sam.

Call the company and ask. I'll wait.

I kid you not. The bill had 3 pieces of peanut type styrofoam in it. I'm certainly calling the company, because a local bureaucracy was supposed to clear all this up on the 16th of last month. I even have the official notification from them. Maybe the peanuts represent sour grapes since they couldn't make me pay twice on the same bill.

ZenGum · 11-04-2009, 10:20 PM

Maybe it means "pay up! We've got you by the nuts!"

Cloud · 11-04-2009, 10:39 PM

Chaos in the Mailroom!

Elspode · 11-04-2009, 11:32 PM

My ex boss and I used to take sheet lead and put it in the "Business Reply Postage Paid" junk mail envelopes and mail them back so they recipient would incur overweight fees.

11-04-2009, 06:44 PM	#1
SamIam Say! I like green eggs and ham! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: One step away from the Land of Enchantment Posts: 447	Styrofoam in electric bills? I got an electric bill filled with styrofoam today. No there was nothing in there requiring protection - just a notice that my bill is late. Not my fault, the bill was supposed to be covered by a third party agency last month. Why include the styrofoam? Isn't the threat that winter is coming and I will freeze my tush off if I don't pay good enough? __________________ "Our life is what our thoughts make it." - Marcus Aurelius

11-04-2009, 07:14 PM	#2
Cloud has doubts Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA MTZ (GMT-7) Posts: 6,291	it's for insulation when they shut your heat off. __________________ Boredom is for extroverts. blog:www.piercedconsumer.com

11-04-2009, 08:01 PM	#3
ZenGum Putting the fist in pacifist. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 5,326	Maybe they hope that making the envelope bigger will cause you to pay more attention to their bill. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-04-2009, 09:25 PM	#5
Shawnee123 aaaaachoooo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: OH Posts: 15,923	So, was it like slabs of styrofoam, or those peanut looking thingys? I think the difference is important, as to their motive. This thread cracks me up and it only just started! __________________ The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. Walt Whitman US poet (1819 - 1892)

11-04-2009, 09:38 PM	#6
lumberjim classicman likes boys Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Right Where I Want Me Posts: 16,103	does anyone else get the urge to mail random stuff to random people? get out the phone book, pick a name, mail them some dirt. ready....go. __________________ football pool

11-04-2009, 08:32 PM	#4
skysidhe Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,160	I chuckled out loud! You have got to be teasing Sam. Call the company and ask. I'll wait.

11-04-2009, 09:41 PM	#7
Cloud has doubts Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA MTZ (GMT-7) Posts: 6,291	not me. screwing with the mail is taken very seriously __________________ Boredom is for extroverts. blog:www.piercedconsumer.com

11-04-2009, 09:42 PM	#8
Shawnee123 aaaaachoooo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: OH Posts: 15,923	Newman. __________________ The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. Walt Whitman US poet (1819 - 1892)

11-04-2009, 10:04 PM	#9
lumberjim classicman likes boys Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Right Where I Want Me Posts: 16,103	bwak! __________________ football pool

11-04-2009, 10:07 PM	#10
Cloud has doubts Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA MTZ (GMT-7) Posts: 6,291	pick your battles, baby __________________ Boredom is for extroverts. blog:www.piercedconsumer.com

11-04-2009, 10:20 PM	#12
ZenGum Putting the fist in pacifist. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 5,326	Maybe it means "pay up! We've got you by the nuts!" __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-04-2009, 10:39 PM	#13
Cloud has doubts Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA MTZ (GMT-7) Posts: 6,291	Chaos in the Mailroom! __________________ Boredom is for extroverts. blog:www.piercedconsumer.com

11-04-2009, 11:32 PM	#14
Elspode O'er ripe and manky Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 11,735	My ex boss and I used to take sheet lead and put it in the "Business Reply Postage Paid" junk mail envelopes and mail them back so they recipient would incur overweight fees. __________________ Peas and Logic, Patrick We are the other people...you're the other people, too. - FZ

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