Sounds about typical.

that's a tazing!

So what happens if you're the electric company and you forget to pay the electric bill?

How about a network provider for an mid-sized enterprise. That's cool when it happens...

Hey, the network is gone! What? No pay bill?

That's unpossible!

subby didn't RTFA

"I cannot defend the billing issue; we are a municipality that pays through a voucher system like hundreds of other towns and I admit it is slow,"

They pay with vouchers that are slow. They didn't just not pay.

No, you've got the wrong number, this is nine one.... two.

jenniferwillow: So what happens if you're the electric company and you forget to pay the electric bill?

The universe implodes.

Everyone to be treated the same. You don't pay? We don't care if you are the President of the United States. Your phone will be shut off. No free rides..

/Or at least that should be what the phone company should be saying.

Ooo. Good story for my collection. Police departments are crumbling. I'm making interesting correlations. It's not their fault - their political leaders think they can live on marshmallows.

San Francisco wants to cut back their police even further - England is letting people out of jail, no jail spaces, no employees. Fun times.

Jegred2: subby didn't RTFA

"I cannot defend the billing issue; we are a municipality that pays through a voucher system like hundreds of other towns and I admit it is slow,"

They pay with vouchers that are slow. They didn't just not pay.

Right. They didn't pay it on time. Too bad.

jenniferwillow: So what happens if you're the electric company and you forget to pay the electric bill?

Shouldn't that be.. "what happens when you are the phone company and don't pay your electric bill?"

click...click... clickityclickityclickity.... hmm the phone is dead...

/I love you
//I wont cum in your mouth
///The Mercedes is paid for
////The voucher is in the mail

Ikahoshi: No, you've got the wrong number, this is nine one.... two.

LOL.

Ikahoshi: No, you've got the wrong number, this is nine one.... two.

really.......
crap.........

jenniferwillow: So what happens if you're the electric company and you forget to pay the electric bill?

My father works for Verizon and Verizon Wireless cut off service to the crewmen's cells at his garage for failing to pay the bill.

Get Lost: Everyone to be treated the same. You don't pay? We don't care if you are the President of the United States. Your phone will be shut off. No free rides..

File this one under "biting the hand that feeds you."

I worked for a telcom and we were changing over to a new main switch. When the new machine went online at midnight, the police, sheriff, 911, and area hospitals picked up their phones and had no dial tone and no one could call them either. About five minutes after midnight, I get a frantic phone call, "Drop everything and fix this NOW!" So yeah, I'm getting a kick out of this.

That's some fine bill-payin' there, Lou.

My brother works in a call center for a power company so I'm getting a kick...

/can't believe how many people don't seem to understand the concept of pay or we shut you off
//actually, yes I can

Sounds like some of the things in our hospital. We've had one or two things cut off due to "no payment" meaning that the hospital's payment was just slow in coming & they cut us off. As far as I know we've never not paid a bill & if we could then we'd (our specific area) would ensure that it was paid ourselves.

The case with the police office is probably that the office itself doesn't pay anything & it's all done by higher-ups that hardly ever step foot in that specific branch. The payment/voucher is slow in coming & the system automatically cuts off the phone service. I'm sure that if the people in that specific branch were allowed to pay their own bills, this whole thing never would have happened. Or it would have happened & there'd be close to $1000 worth of donuts & coffee in the breakroom.

Asbury Park Press?

Kevin Smith should be all over this like flies on poop!

/Clerks III anyone?

AlwaysOnStage: Asbury Park Press? Kevin Smith should be all over this like flies on poop! /Clerks III anyone?

Red Bank frowns on your shenanigans.

Dunno...

Could be a critical plot point.


Quick Stop being held up but no cops on the scene 'cause OH NOES!!1!! the phone bill wasn't paid!

There will be hilarity. Oh yes.
:)

pinguwin: I worked for a telcom and we were changing over to a new main switch. When the new machine went online at midnight, the police, sheriff, 911, and area hospitals picked up their phones and had no dial tone and no one could call them either.

That sounds like Bell Canada. If they can fark something up royally, they will JUMP at the chance.

"I cannot defend the billing issue; we are a municipality that pays through a voucher system like hundreds of other towns and I admit it is slow," Brown said in his complaint. "However, as a matter of common sense and decency, I find the practice of "shutting off' the phone service to a 24-hour, public law enforcement agency that is responsible for providing immediate response to public emergencies reprehensible."

The check is in the mail...

/works for a state university and has to pay everything through a system that take 6-8 weeks.

Beep...boop...boop

"HELLO! 911!!"

"Doo...dee...dee...I'm sorry, the number you are trying to reach has been disconnected or is no longer in service. If you feel you have reached this recording in error, please hang up..."

Ah Manalapan. Florida tag sneaks in the back door.

Sounds like typical police line of thinking, they want to be able to get anything they want free...pay your farking bills and if you cant then take the money for the bills from their salaries.

Jegred2: ubby didn't RTFA

"I cannot defend the billing issue; we are a municipality that pays through a voucher system like hundreds of other towns and I admit it is slow,"

They pay with vouchers that are slow. They didn't just not pay.

You do know that there is such a thing as government charge cards? And I say "charge" not "credit" . In the information world now, those payments should almost be instantaneous.

Jegred2: subby didn't RTFA

"I cannot defend the billing issue; we are a municipality that pays through a voucher system like hundreds of other towns and I admit it is slow,"

They pay with vouchers that are slow. They didn't just not pay.

Good luck using that line when you're late on your payments. The city obviously farked up the payments - they know their payments are slow, so they should either pay earlier, or arrange for suppliers to extend credit. Or fix their system. It's not like they mailed a check and it got lost in the mail.

AlwaysOnStage: Asbury Park Press?

Kevin Smith should be all over this like flies on poop!

/Clerks III anyone?

Oh, yes... and the police can take over the store until the phones are back on. Besides, they have donuts. And Entenmann's.

Fair? Sir we're the phone company, we don't have to be fair.

/Lily Tomlin

Don't mess with the Phone Cops, man!

Psst, most all police / fire departments are using "pool phone" services that are paid by the city. And anyway, V itself was surprised at the shutoff. Really, no one on FARK would have their PD phone shut off because 1 idiot in an office (wouldn't be a Cop anyway) screwed the pooch on billing.

/Sorry for your loss ma'am. Sally in accounting didn't pay the phone bill. Make another kid, and have a nice day.

Dakai

Fair? Sir we're the phone company, we don't have to be fair.

/Lily Tomlin

Ah, someone remembered!

/One ringy-dingy
//Two ringy-dingies

IIRC, this happened to the FBI once.

I live in Manalapan so I got a kick out of these responses.

rockneedsasavior: IIRC, this happened to the FBI once.

The FBI didn't pay for their phone taps. Oops.