Okay, ya'll... If you have a story to tell about just how little common sense there is left in this world then this thread is for you...

What made me think of it follows: When we were getting ready to move to NC I called the electric company to get the electric power put in our name... The rep asked me if I wanted to pay $8.00 a month additional for the outdoor light... Well, I had never been there (here) at night but didn't recall seeing any outside lights so I asked the rep if the previous owner had been paying for it and was told that he was...

So the P-Vine goes thru every bill and saw the $8.00 charge for the "outside light" and asked me to go out and see if I could find one...

No light!!!

So she calls the electric company and the rep agreed to credit us the $8.00 back but before she could do that she would have to send a technical out to our house to verify that there is no light...

So the electric company is going to pay a technician $__________, plus $__________ gas for the truck over an $8.00 charge???

Where is the "common sense" here???

B~