By now many of you have heard this little tidbit. Consumer’s Energy, our gas and electric friend in Michigan, shut off a woman’s power for several hours because she failed to pay one single penny.
She paid well over a thousand dollars. But she was still a penny short. And the representative of Consumer’s Energy said, the rules are the rules. Tough luck.
Of course, she was able to find a penny. And return later. To get her power turned back on. Probably a penny cup at a nice mom and pop store. I’m only guessing here. Because if she would have looked for a penny at the Wal-Mart she would have probably gotten arrested for trespassing or something.
I’m a Consumers customer. If they need pennies so badly, I’m thinking I might just have to make a trip down to their offices once a month and start paying them in pennies. I think they would appreciate that if a bunch of us did it.
Joke. World is becoming a cruel joke.
