Today, the city shut off our water, because they said we didn't pay the bill. Turns out, it was sitting on their desk the whole time. I guess sending someone out to turn off our water was easier than checking to see if we'd actually paid the bill. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, the city shut off the water at my house because my roommate thought that the water bills he had been hoarding were "suggestions." FML
Today, our water got cut off. Since our council tax is also due today, I called them and hurled abuse for cutting off the water so soon. Turns out they don’t actually supply water, nor was it even disconnected. Some random person just turned off the meter tap. FML
Today, I finally got my paycheck that I could enjoy $300 for myself after taking care of my bills with so many other ones. Then, I find out that the water was shut off, which is supposed to be my roommate's responsibility. Apparently, he has not paid it in months, and they want $288. FML
Today, I found out the electric bill I have been paying was on my old house. I found this out when they shut off the power to my house. FML
Today, I had a really good day out just to come home right before the electricity company closed for the day, to find out my payment hadn’t gone through and they'd turned it off. FML
Today, my water got cut off. The previous homeowners owed the water company over $300, and the company doesn't believe that I'm not them. The supervisor told me this will keep happening until I pay up. I need a shower. FML
Today, my roommate forgot to pay the water bill on time, so they shut it off. Now we're without running water for 3 days and I'm taking my morning dump in Target next to a stranger. FML
Today, my roommate decided to go on a group trip instead of paying our water bill. Now I can't shower until next week. FML
Today, my power company notified me that one of the payments my husband and I sent last week for our overdue bill had bounced. FML
Today, I woke up to a fog. Literally. A pipe burst in my apartment and scalding water was everywhere. To make matters worse, when I called maintenance he told me he'd come by later, hung up on me, and turned his phone off. He did eventually show up, but it was 5 hours later, well after I'd paid a plumber $200. FML
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Top comments
ThepurpleCow 19
Lazy government!
tournamentdecide 33
Anything but do their job right, right? That's how billing people work.
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Comments (58)
cathrope 10
I'm sorry to hear that op. P.s. when I read it, I thought the public works had shut the water down for the entire city.
Queenie2014 11
My first thought was do you live in Detroit
daydreamer244 13
FYL Op. Dealing with stupid people sucks. I hope your problem gets sorted out! :)
blackonblight 33
This is actually a big issue happening in low income areas, water being shut off with no warning. I'd start reading up on your rights, and see if anyone else in the neighborhood got the same treatment.
swampbaby985 30
I hope they credited your account for the next month as an apology for their incompetence.
lina21 12
Don't they offer you the option to pay it online?
arre2006 19
Get them to refund the day you started paying for it. If it's their screw up, they owe YOU
dammityou 10
can we say lawsuit against the city?
doraaa01 7
The electricity company did this to my parents... We changed the address but they kept sending the bill to our old address, we told them over and over that we hadn't received it and to send it to the new address. Still never got it but oh they could drive to the new address to turn the power off. Douchebags.
subiegirl13 1
Blame Obama.