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re: Consequences of turning water back on after it has been turned off?
Posted on 7/16/24 at 12:58 pm to MikeBRLA
Posted on 7/16/24 at 12:58 pm to MikeBRLA
quote:Baton Rouge water isn’t pulling your meter. That takes a shite ton of work because then they have to seal off the city water side. They will sometimes put a lock on it but that not that often.
when the water company turns your water off due to non payment they would either pull the meter or put a lock
Entergy will pull your meter if you don’t pay your bill and repeatedly tamper with it. Other than that it’s just the tag with serial number.
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Posted on 7/16/24 at 1:09 pm to PJinAtl
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Bigger thing is, most water meters take a special tool to urn them back on.
you can unscrew the jaws from a pipe wrench and use the slot the jaws go in to turn it on.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 1:20 pm to PJinAtl
quote:
Bigger thing is, most water meters take a special tool to urn them back on.
or go to Home Depot and buy the "special tool"
Posted on 7/16/24 at 1:20 pm to TJack
quote:Why should the kid get screwed out of being paid for his labor in this whole ordeal?
Give the money back and let her use it to pay her water bill.
She can't be hurting that bad for money if she can afford to hire a college kid to pressure wash her concrete. Old people forget where they put shite or if they did something all the time. She probably just misplaced the bill or mistakenly thought she paid it.
Offer her a partial refund depending on how far along in the job he was before this happened or offer to come back and finish the job once she gets the water turned back on.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 1:23 pm to Harlan County USA
Give the money back and tell her to call you when it's sorted out. Then go finish it up.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 1:24 pm to Harlan County USA
quote:
He's at this old lady's house today
quote:Have him bang her for the value for whatever the difference is.
He's already been paid by the way.
If he's too young, you gotta step up there Pops.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 2:50 pm to Harlan County USA
Shame on you for suggesting to your son to use a neighbor's utility.
Please shoot people over fishing in the wrong pond in the South.
Please shoot people over fishing in the wrong pond in the South.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 2:53 pm to Harlan County USA
Ask her to pay upfront for the pressure washing....
Bitch is going to stiff him.
Bitch is going to stiff him.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 2:57 pm to Harlan County USA
quote:
No other house is close enough to borrow water from.
Borrow??? Not sure you know what that means. You do realize water bill fees are directly tied to usage.
Would you tell your son to go plug an extension cord into the lady's neighbor's house if her power was turned off?
Posted on 7/16/24 at 3:28 pm to soccerfüt
Have him start drinking beer. By the time they finish arguing and the city employee actually does anything, he'll be ready to pressure wash with or without city water.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 3:52 pm to The Mick
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Ask her to pay upfront for the pressure washing....
Bitch is going to stiff him.
I guess you missed the part where he said he was already paid.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 3:55 pm to Harlan County USA
Return the money and move on.
This job is not worth getting arrested or pursued civilly by the city.
Period. Full stop.
This job is not worth getting arrested or pursued civilly by the city.
Period. Full stop.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 4:12 pm to mdomingue
quote:Indeed I did.... don't mind me.
I guess you missed the part where he said he was already paid.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 4:19 pm to Harlan County USA
From my experience the only repercussion is that they will put a lock on it or remove the meter.
When I was young and lived in a house full of other poor students. We often turned our water, gas and power back on.
When I was young and lived in a house full of other poor students. We often turned our water, gas and power back on.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 4:50 pm to Harlan County USA
It’s theft of services. If they just turned it off they most likely locked it or pulled the meter.He will have break the lock or temp hard pipe it. Just wait and let them sort it out.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 5:35 pm to Haystack
My wife works as the town clerk in a small rural Mississippi town. Shes also the towns 'water lady' and collects the bill money. They do cut offs once a month. It has gotten so bad that they have to lock the meter every time because the customers would just go cut it back on and continue not to pay. They used to have a $100 lock fee if you continued to just turn it back on and not pay but it got to where a lot of residents just didn't have water. Sad, I know. So they got rid of the fee and just lock em whenever they turn turn off for the first time now.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 6:01 pm to saintkenn
Small town here as well. It’s usually the same people who get cut off. The utility here will even let people pay on a payment plan to keep from having to cut their water off. The non payers would get their meters pulled but they would just pipe it back. I watched a lady pay her bill and was 5.00 short. She said that’s all I got and the clerk said I’ll give you the rest to get your water cut back on. Clerk gave her the receipt and the lady said “ your still a bitch”
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