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From: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
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Subject: Re: A typical utility story and a proposal
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Date: Sun, 19-Jan-86 18:53:18 EST
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Speaking of phone bills, ...

A few months ago someone called me from a pay phone.  It was not
a collect call, but they went a time seconds over their time.
AT&T put the extra time on my bill without having asked on the
line at the time.  I called AT&T and they took the charge away.

AT&T's charges are enclosed with Illinois Bell's bill around
here, so I just subtracted the amount from what I paid.  The
next month that amount was listed as overdue and they added ten
cents interest.  I didn't pay the amount or they interest and
the following month the AT&T charge was gone but they still
wanted the dime.  I'm not about to waste my time explaining to
them why they can't have my dime.  (But I do waste all our time
with the story, don't I?)  So far they haven't sent any thugs
after me, but if I should suddenly disappear, you'll all know
what happened.						:-)
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