Styrofoam in electric bills?

SamIam · 11-04-2009, 05:44 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, 06:14 PM

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

ZenGum · 11-04-2009, 07:01 PM

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

skysidhe · 11-04-2009, 07:32 PM

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

Call the company and ask. I'll wait.

Shawnee123 · 11-04-2009, 08:25 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, 08:38 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, 08:41 PM

not me. screwing with the mail is taken very seriously

Shawnee123 · 11-04-2009, 08:42 PM

Newman.

lumberjim · 11-04-2009, 09:04 PM

bwak!

Cloud · 11-04-2009, 09:07 PM

pick your battles, baby

SamIam · 11-04-2009, 09:10 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, 09:20 PM

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

Cloud · 11-04-2009, 09:39 PM

Chaos in the Mailroom!

Elspode · 11-04-2009, 10:32 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, 05:44 PM	#1
SamIam Thinks Dr. Seuss is not a REAL doctor Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: One step away from the Land of Enchantment Posts: 1,263	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? __________________ 'My country right or wrong' is like saying, 'My mother drunk or sober.'" - G. K. Chesterton

11-04-2009, 06:14 PM	#2
Cloud Evil Mignonette Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA MTZ (GMT-7) Posts: 7,676	it's for insulation when they shut your heat off. __________________ The Owl and the Pussycat. Yeah, they went to sea, and there were pussies involved. Look it up!

11-04-2009, 07:01 PM	#3
ZenGum Has OCD and ADD; has OCD and hey look at the birdy! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 6,699	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, 08:25 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Master Thespian Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 19,227	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! __________________ Shawnee comes up with the correct answer almost every time. --The Great and Powerful spudcon the proper course of action is to quote spudcon in your signature line. So we are reminded of your awesomeness every time you post. Not to say that we aren't already. --The Great and Powerful glatt

11-04-2009, 08:38 PM	#6
lumberjim just say no to entropy Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 19,045	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. __________________ One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself. - Carl Jung

11-04-2009, 07:32 PM	#4
skysidhe Everytime I find the meaning of life, they change it. Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,627	I chuckled out loud! You have got to be teasing Sam. Call the company and ask. I'll wait.

11-04-2009, 08:41 PM	#7
Cloud Evil Mignonette Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA MTZ (GMT-7) Posts: 7,676	not me. screwing with the mail is taken very seriously __________________ The Owl and the Pussycat. Yeah, they went to sea, and there were pussies involved. Look it up!

11-04-2009, 08:42 PM	#8
Shawnee123 Master Thespian Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 19,227	Newman. __________________ Shawnee comes up with the correct answer almost every time. --The Great and Powerful spudcon the proper course of action is to quote spudcon in your signature line. So we are reminded of your awesomeness every time you post. Not to say that we aren't already. --The Great and Powerful glatt

11-04-2009, 09:04 PM	#9
lumberjim just say no to entropy Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 19,045	bwak! __________________ One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself. - Carl Jung

11-04-2009, 09:07 PM	#10
Cloud Evil Mignonette Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA MTZ (GMT-7) Posts: 7,676	pick your battles, baby __________________ The Owl and the Pussycat. Yeah, they went to sea, and there were pussies involved. Look it up!

11-04-2009, 09:20 PM	#12
ZenGum Has OCD and ADD; has OCD and hey look at the birdy! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 6,699	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, 09:39 PM	#13
Cloud Evil Mignonette Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA MTZ (GMT-7) Posts: 7,676	Chaos in the Mailroom! __________________ The Owl and the Pussycat. Yeah, they went to sea, and there were pussies involved. Look it up!

11-04-2009, 10:32 PM	#14
Elspode Serve ice cold, add salt to taste Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,172	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 "He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it." Douglas Adams

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