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 |   Norma's Wanderings around a small section of Montana |
Right now we're in the second - or is it third - winter. Snow again. Then a nice day. Then snow forecast again. It was 70* just a few days ago. Then we got about an inch of snow. Now more snow tomorrow and Wednesday is forecast, just in time for April fool's day. Not much else going on. Except: I did go to Billings last week with a county commissioner to meet with people from the trash company that is giving us such trouble. These are the people that charge the county $40-45K each month to haul our garbage away. In that monthly bill is a 'miscellaneous charge' of $7800. Hmm. When I called about it, it was explained it was for the 'caretaker'. What the ??? Their employee just sits. He is not allowed to collect money. He is not allowed to operate county equipment. We don't have a scale to weigh trucks. So, imagine our consternation when the other week we got notice that said employee damaged a piece of equipment of ours when he drove it into one of the big dumpsters and got it stuck and damaged it. We had to call someone to come and haul out. Bogosity meter went up on my end. So I pitched a fit, I emailed all involved. We actually got to talk to the transportation guy - he assured us that the truck drivers are now in place. Should be no more delays on their part. Okay, good. Made a note of his promise and his phone #. Then by some miracle we got to actually talk to the head guy of operations. We argued our case for not having this employee and not paying that charge. I mean, really... He seemed reasonable. We left with cautious optimism. Perhaps something will happen because of this. If nothing else, we got names and numbers. We can now call the powers that be and let our voices be heard. And perhaps they will pay that repair bill. At least they sort of, kind of, maybe perhaps will. |
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