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STUPID Entries in ‘Utilities’

Hi is this the electric company?

Posted by jabbar_e at 2:37 AM on 09.28.08

No votes.

I use to work for the gas company in chicago.
Before every call a pre-recorded greeting comes on and says:
Hi and thank you for calling Peoples Gas, my name is John and I’ll be assissting you today, how may I help you?
Customer: Um yes, is this the electric company
My responce: No, its the gas company (You [...]

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Why is my gas bill so high?

Posted by jabbar_e at 2:28 AM on 09.28.08

No votes.

Okay here goes,
I use to work for the natural gas provider in Chicago, and I’ve got too many dumb stories to name but heres a good one.
Its the dead of winter and I get a phone call from this woman who wanted to know why her gas bill was so high? I go through the [...]

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don’t light a match

Posted by kela0027 at 12:48 PM on 09.27.08

3 votes

working for a gas utility company, taking gas leaks is an important part of the job.
Recently a woman phoned in a concern of a gas odor on her way to walking her daughter to school. she stated that she noticed her daughter had dropped something.
leading to the following statement.
customer: “when I bent down to pick [...]

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Lets make a deal

Posted by jaimisanne at 9:02 AM on 09.06.08

3 votes

I work for a light company and this gentleman that had been turned off for not paying his bill and he thought he was on let’s make a deal. He was trying just everything to get his power back on without paying the full amount of his power bill. He was trying to barter and [...]

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Who turned out the lights

Posted by selinaj at 9:25 PM on 09.05.08

11 votes

Working for the electric company I was use to getting yelled at daily for the power being turned off for non payment. One caller started yelling before I “hello” out of my mouth. She wanted to know the reason she had no power. I looked at her account and told her she had not been [...]

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DUH!!!

Posted by ginadee at 10:05 PM on 08.20.08

9 votes

I was working at a heating and air conditioning company, this woman called in saying her heater would not come on, her husband was out of town, she had 3 small children and it was REALLY cold in her house. I explained that I wouldn’t be able to get a technician out to her house [...]

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