They Did What?!?!?

It's funny how bill collectors work. Especially the ones for the services you really can't do without. Take for instance our local water department. It's the only one around that we can use. They have no competition. Just like our local cable company and our local electric company. A bill got lost in the mail from them. I went ahead and did an online bill pay through my bank to pay it so it'd get to their office on time......or so I thought. This morning, I wake up to no damned water. I call the water department and they inform me that we've been cut off for nonpayment. I then tell them to check their records and the lady informed me that they got it this morning but the order was already given and someone in their department must have forgotten to stop the cut off order. She said we'd have to pay the disconnect fee anyway. I told her we'd just cut the damned water on ourselves and save them the trouble since she acted as if she didn't wanna help anyway. She said she'd waive the disconnect fee 'til next month....how fucking nice of her! This....over a damned $25.00 bill! And now we'll have to pay over $50 next month...even though we cut the water back on ourselves.....WITHOUT their help. I'm beginning to truly resent America and all the greedy bastard businesses out there!