Just Send My Bill by Pony Express; It'll Get to me Faster
I don't know if I'm the only one with this "problem", but I have a mailing address, which differs from my physical address. When I moved into my new house, I noticed that no one near me had mailboxes. Upon calling the postal service to see what was offered, I was told that I could put up a mailbox....across the street!!!! Now let's ponder on this shall we? I want to go to the mailbox, which will undoubtly have bills in it, AND dodge traffic at the same time?! Tough decision..........
So, I stayed with my current M.O., which happens to be a post office box. This system in and of itself should be simple enough to figure out. Someone sends me something. I go to the post office with my key and open a little door. I get my mail. Doesn't sound hard, does it? Nope!
Well, while the average person, and perhaps an experimental monkey could figure this out, many individuals responsible for sending out bills are not are smart as the average person, much less the experimental monkey. Henceforth, when setting up service for anything at my physical address, I always make sure TO TELL THEM THE MAILING ADDRESS, so I can get my flippin' bill. Of course, the physical and the mailing addresses cannot be processed in one day by the same person, so one of those addresses usually gets sucked into some other dimension. Typically, the one that gets "lost" is the billing address, because the service company will ALWAYS find the physical address for things such as avoiding my two stupid trash cans sitting by the road, waiting for pick-up!!!!
So I go to call the company to see why my trash wasn't picked up and why I hadn't received a bill. First off, I have no phone number handy, so I grab the phone book. Look under "T" for trash........not there! The phonebook tells me to look under "Rubbish"! Now I don't know about anyone else, but who says "rubbish" anymore when referring to the garbage?! As a matter of fact, who says that word anyhow?!
"Oh, Honey, will you please take out the rubbish? The truck is coming in the morning." See what I mean?
Anyhow, under "rubbish" (should have been a BIG clue there as to the customer service), I find the number. I call and go through what I've been through before. Guess what?! Well, I expected to hear that they'd tried to send it to the house address. I guess I aimed too high on that one, because they'd tried to mail it to a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STREET address NO WHERE near my house!!
Well, this makes "sense", as I am paying for trash pick-up at my house, but apparently want to get the bill at another house in another town....................
So.....to get to the end of this tale. If the person on the other end of the phone paid attention this time, the problem should be resolved. Meanwhile, my cans are out by the road, in the rain, waiting, waiting..................
And no! I'm not moving them until next Monday!!!!!
So, I stayed with my current M.O., which happens to be a post office box. This system in and of itself should be simple enough to figure out. Someone sends me something. I go to the post office with my key and open a little door. I get my mail. Doesn't sound hard, does it? Nope!
Well, while the average person, and perhaps an experimental monkey could figure this out, many individuals responsible for sending out bills are not are smart as the average person, much less the experimental monkey. Henceforth, when setting up service for anything at my physical address, I always make sure TO TELL THEM THE MAILING ADDRESS, so I can get my flippin' bill. Of course, the physical and the mailing addresses cannot be processed in one day by the same person, so one of those addresses usually gets sucked into some other dimension. Typically, the one that gets "lost" is the billing address, because the service company will ALWAYS find the physical address for things such as avoiding my two stupid trash cans sitting by the road, waiting for pick-up!!!!
So I go to call the company to see why my trash wasn't picked up and why I hadn't received a bill. First off, I have no phone number handy, so I grab the phone book. Look under "T" for trash........not there! The phonebook tells me to look under "Rubbish"! Now I don't know about anyone else, but who says "rubbish" anymore when referring to the garbage?! As a matter of fact, who says that word anyhow?!
"Oh, Honey, will you please take out the rubbish? The truck is coming in the morning." See what I mean?
Anyhow, under "rubbish" (should have been a BIG clue there as to the customer service), I find the number. I call and go through what I've been through before. Guess what?! Well, I expected to hear that they'd tried to send it to the house address. I guess I aimed too high on that one, because they'd tried to mail it to a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STREET address NO WHERE near my house!!
Well, this makes "sense", as I am paying for trash pick-up at my house, but apparently want to get the bill at another house in another town....................
So.....to get to the end of this tale. If the person on the other end of the phone paid attention this time, the problem should be resolved. Meanwhile, my cans are out by the road, in the rain, waiting, waiting..................
And no! I'm not moving them until next Monday!!!!!
posted by DiaGirlNC at 6:31 AM
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