Styrofoam in electric bills?

SamIam · 11-04-2009, 05:44 PM

I got an electric bill filled with styrofoam today. No there was nothing in there requiring protection - just a notice that my bill is late. Not my fault, the bill was supposed to be covered by a third party agency last month. Why include the styrofoam? Isn't the threat that winter is coming and I will freeze my tush off if I don't pay good enough?

Cloud · 11-04-2009, 06:14 PM

it's for insulation when they shut your heat off.

ZenGum · 11-04-2009, 07:01 PM

Maybe they hope that making the envelope bigger will cause you to pay more attention to their bill.

skysidhe · 11-04-2009, 07:32 PM

I chuckled out loud! You have got to be teasing Sam.

Call the company and ask. I'll wait.

Shawnee123 · 11-04-2009, 08:25 PM

So, was it like slabs of styrofoam, or those peanut looking thingys? I think the difference is important, as to their motive.

This thread cracks me up and it only just started!

lumberjim · 11-04-2009, 08:38 PM

does anyone else get the urge to mail random stuff to random people?

get out the phone book, pick a name, mail them some dirt.

ready....go.

Cloud · 11-04-2009, 08:41 PM

not me. screwing with the mail is taken very seriously

Shawnee123 · 11-04-2009, 08:42 PM

Newman.

lumberjim · 11-04-2009, 09:04 PM

bwak!

Cloud · 11-04-2009, 09:07 PM

pick your battles, baby

SamIam · 11-04-2009, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skysidhe

I chuckled out loud! You have got to be teasing Sam.

Call the company and ask. I'll wait.

I kid you not. The bill had 3 pieces of peanut type styrofoam in it. I'm certainly calling the company, because a local bureaucracy was supposed to clear all this up on the 16th of last month. I even have the official notification from them. Maybe the peanuts represent sour grapes since they couldn't make me pay twice on the same bill.

ZenGum · 11-04-2009, 09:20 PM

Maybe it means "pay up! We've got you by the nuts!"

Cloud · 11-04-2009, 09:39 PM

Chaos in the Mailroom!

Elspode · 11-04-2009, 10:32 PM

My ex boss and I used to take sheet lead and put it in the "Business Reply Postage Paid" junk mail envelopes and mail them back so they recipient would incur overweight fees.

11-04-2009, 05:44 PM	#1
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Styrofoam in electric bills? I got an electric bill filled with styrofoam today. No there was nothing in there requiring protection - just a notice that my bill is late. Not my fault, the bill was supposed to be covered by a third party agency last month. Why include the styrofoam? Isn't the threat that winter is coming and I will freeze my tush off if I don't pay good enough?

11-04-2009, 06:14 PM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	it's for insulation when they shut your heat off. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-04-2009, 07:01 PM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Maybe they hope that making the envelope bigger will cause you to pay more attention to their bill. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-04-2009, 08:25 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	So, was it like slabs of styrofoam, or those peanut looking thingys? I think the difference is important, as to their motive. This thread cracks me up and it only just started! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-04-2009, 08:38 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	does anyone else get the urge to mail random stuff to random people? get out the phone book, pick a name, mail them some dirt. ready....go. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-04-2009, 07:32 PM	#4
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I chuckled out loud! You have got to be teasing Sam. Call the company and ask. I'll wait.

11-04-2009, 08:41 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	not me. screwing with the mail is taken very seriously __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-04-2009, 08:42 PM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Newman. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-04-2009, 09:04 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	bwak! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-04-2009, 09:07 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	pick your battles, baby __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-04-2009, 09:20 PM	#12
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Maybe it means "pay up! We've got you by the nuts!" __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-04-2009, 09:39 PM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Chaos in the Mailroom! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-04-2009, 10:32 PM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	My ex boss and I used to take sheet lead and put it in the "Business Reply Postage Paid" junk mail envelopes and mail them back so they recipient would incur overweight fees. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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