Give us FrEe Water.......

When you think about it, we all want the truth from what ever it is we seek, but not necessarily ready to accept that truth, especially when it is not something that we wanted too or was expecting to hear. Check out what happen to me just the other day. I go up and did my a.m. routine and headed for the shower, and yes I brushed my teeth...both of them! Well, the ironic thing is when I went to cut on the water, nothing came out of the shower but me being upset. I went to the other shower and again no water. What the fudge? So I went outside and saw my neighbors watering their yard, so I immediately thought that I had to call the water company to see what was up. I called and the lady said " Oh yeah, we disconnected you today for non payment of your bill. I explained that I always pay my bill ahead and that she should double check. She was adamant but to shut me up, she agreed to double check. Guess what happened next? Wardy was correct and they made a mistake. The lady apologized several times with a renewed attitude.
I was slight perturbed but said it happens and when can I expect my services back on? She told me sometime before midnight? I was like what...it wasn't my fault. Again came the apologizes and me with no water. I am thinking what if I had put that conk in my hair to get that greasy Jermaine Jackson look and couldn't get the burn to stop. I tell you I am sure that I would have went to jail for sure then.
Well all this started out around 8 a.m. and the day goes by until 4pm when I can't take it no more and I decided that I need to be compensated for this error and inconvenience so I called back to inquire about my concerns. Of course I get Ghetto Gina on the phone who is smacking gum in my ear and laughing at my situation. I asked her why the snickering and she said I was getting personal and it was just an error that didn't leave me with out water for a whole day. I should just basically wait until midnight when the water should be back on. Now we all know I have been trying to work on meekness, but on this day I honestly failed. I felt that if I had not paid my water bill and they had to come back to reconnect me they would charge me $30 to hook it back up. I felt I was entitled to that in reverse. Ghetto Gina said that was non-sense. We went around and around for 23 minutes and finally, I said I understand you are not gonna budge, its cool and disconnected from the call. I learned that sometimes, we gotta accept that certain things are out of our control. I let it go.....but it was hard. I wanted to go down there and act ethnic, but what would I have solved. Funny thing is, shortly after I got off the phone the dude showed up and reconnected my water. Its amazing how many things-big or small they are-force us to make a choice. While being honest with myself, I gotta accept that even though I don't want to always accept what others say to me, Stupid is a choice too!
I am Ward