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Hey Diddle Diddle!

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I don't know what the rates are, but we're a rural service, so we have a ton of lines, approaching 900+ miles at last guestimate, and only ~30000 customers in parts of 11 counties. So our upkeep is and maintence per customer is larger. That, and our oldest lines are only about 30 years old as compared to more established companies that have been showing profit for about 5 decades.

And maybe the little ingrate brat kids flush the toilet 24/7. Hell I don't know. I just know that the fuckers don't pay thier bill, and then bitch when the service is stopped.

And do you buy your water on a rate per 1000 gal. or do you just have an unmetered service?

That may include sewer too... depending on where the home is. We take care of both, the sewer has fewer customers, and we cannot shut the sewer service off. But if you don't pay the sewer service bill, we can put a lein against your house.

But expensive bills are another thing that I could bitch about this place. We're a municipality, meaning that we cannot show a profit... yet we profit.... and then the state comes down and TELLS US TO SPEND MONEY! So what do we do? We replace every trac-hoe, back-hoe, truck, skid loader, and tool in the distrubution department even though they're only like 5 years old. While here at the water plant, our chemical feeders don't have backups, and if they do, they're being used as primaries, because the primary has failed. And we can't buy new feeders because heaven forbid, the idiot that has taken it upon himself to work on stuff thinks that anything with an automatic controller is the devil and impossible to work on. EVENTHOUGH an operator here was in the Navy and actually CALIBRATED THE ELECTRONIC CALIBRATION EQUIPMENT! DEAR GOD! Now it wouldn't take to much thought to figure out that someone who calibrates calibration equipment, may have a small grasp on electronic equipment...

BUT NOOO, he can't do it because he's not an ass-kiss, and we can't ask him to, even though he would, because it would offend the ass-kiss and we can't have that.
 
HA! In the summer my water bill is easily $140 every two months. But then I live in a desert and some fuckjob though putting grass in would be a good idea. This fuckjob plans on putting in rocks and not watering them this year.
 
Just a little update.

There was a leak today, and I again, when I got here, people started to call in wondering why we didn't warn them about working on the line...

Well, that's because we don't schedule leaks...

Can we turn your water back on immediaetly? Sure, but then the concrete we're waiting on won't be fully set, and the pipe will blow out of the ground like a stick of dynamite, and then when you do get water like 13 hours later, you're going to have to boil it for at least 3 days before you consume it because we'll have to send samples off for tests because the line lost enough pressure that dirt and nasties could have gotten in it.

And I'm sorry you have a daycare with 45 kids (litterally, this chick told me she ran 3 daycares with a total of 45 kids), and I'm sorry it's illegal to shut your water off for over 2 hours, but WE DIDN'T SHUT THE FUCKING WATER OFF, THE PIPE BLEW UP YOU TWAT! And I'm sorry you had to wait from noon till 7 p.m. on concrete to dry, so did the guys who were doing the repair. If you were so fucking worried about it, take your fat ass down there and sit on it to keep it warm.

And if you're going to yell at your husband who's talking to me on the phone, why not yell at me anyways. You did the first time. I told you I'd call you back with whatever I found out. I did call you back, and now I get the 3rd degree because concrete doesn't set up as fast when it's cold outside. We schedule breaks and leaks just for fun. Actually we have little red buttons all over the plant that are hard wired into the distrubution system. Oops that's 20000 people out of water! WEEE! Idiot.

But then there are the nice people who just want to let you know that you have a leak...

All fucking 3 of them that I've ever talked to in 2 years.
 
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