Kwik E Mart
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake So last month, I get this $450 electric bill from Southern California Edison. Naturally, in my effort to become green (and because this seemed like a lot of money to me), i scour the household looking for wasteful uses of electricity. Now, you might say why don't I just turn my computer off and stop wasting so much time saving the world. I considered this approach carefully but instead instructed Stalker Girl to stop using the hair dryer and for the Mayan housekeeper to stop vacuuming the same patch of carpet for 30 minutes and to go easy on the Telenovela watching on the big screen. This strategy seemed to work fantastically well as the bill was only $4 this month. Despite my pride, I couldn't help shake the notionthat there was a mistake somwhere...so I called SCE. Nice SCE girl: ...ah, yes, looks like there may have been a problem reading the meter. I'll make an adjustment. Me: That's great but I do wonder why you guys don't have some way to spot things like this. Nice SCE girl: Well, sometimes the computer catches it. Me: Ah, you mean when it's $1000 one month and $1 then next? Nice SCE girl: Umm, I'm not really sure. Me: Well, maybe Mr. Edison could work on it? Nice SCE girl: Oh, he doesn't work here any more, I am pretty sure. I think he passed away. Me: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that................... this one ALMOST outdoes the nitrogen in the tires story...classic
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