The meter reader came this morning just as I was leaving the house for work (10:45am). As much as I wanted to - I couldn't say and read the meter with him. I did stop to chat briefly. It was Mr. Holiday again - he's done all the re-reads from the beginning. I feel like he's an acquaintance at this point. I said "welcome back" and it's ridiculous we have to do this each and every month. I asked him if he knew what the problem was (I'd asked him this before).
He said he thinks he will request a new meter be put in. This might, somehow, solve the problem. I told him that I thought the problem was that nobody is reading the meter. He said he didn't think that was the issue. I told him why, then, is the incorrect amount from the previous month being used as the beginning reading the next month (even after a re-read is submitted) - then a completely bogus number being put in as ending - month after month after month. He didn't answer - and I didn't have time to discuss it with him (though I would have liked that - he's nice, and he seems to be sincere).
So, here is the reading - pretty much as I though (though we are off by 1k - probably since I read the meter 2 weeks prior - and/or the rounding up process - - I think he originally was going to put 492 and scratched it out and replaced it with 493 - - either way, it's nowhere near what the bill is showing).
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