Malate’s Signs of the Times

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.  - Ralph Waldo Emerson

TO THE WATER METER READER: PLEASE READ THE METER CORRECTLY. NOT WILD GUESSING OR AVERAGE PLEASE. THANK YOU…the waterman’s crystal ball jammed. You think these things are being practiced only in the Philippines?  Here’s an item from kvue.com:

“SAN ANTONIO — Some people in San Antonio were surprised when they opened their water bills. Some of them had increased as much as $600.

It turned out the person reading the meter was guessing the readings, instead of taking the time to read them.

“To find out that the water we are being charged for may not be what we are using, there’s no trust in that anymore,” said Steve Kulawick.

The employee was fired.

Close to 300,000 are being notified about the problem, and the district is working to fix the bills. “

Must  be the longest title or the shortest recap for a movie on the shelves today. However, according to Listology, the no.1 in the longest movie title is: Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D (1991).  And the shortest movie title: Z, stars Yves Montand and Irene Papas (1969).