HARLINGEN, TX -
A bill for exactly 68 cents from Time Warner Cable again went unpaid this month by a local Harlingen man.
"I'm not going to pay it. And I still can't believe how much postage and paper they have already wasted on sending this notice to me each month," frustrated bill recipient Anthony Dryer said Saturday.
The bills for 68 cents began arriving at the Dryer household over 15 months ago after a miniscule increase of some fees related to the Dryer's basic cable subscription. "I didn't ask for more fees and I totally don't agree to the increase. Where do they get off?", Dryer asked rhetorically. Since the inception of the new charges Dryer reports that he has simply paid the full amount, minus the additional fees. "It's about pride", Dryer said. "It's about my personal fight against the Man. This is my moment to sit at the front of the bus."
Of course, there is the small potential of service disconnection due to failure to pay and the chance that Dryer's wife Paula will eventually take notice of the bill and pay it herself. Dryer is not deterred. "I live by the motto that if you let yourself get pushed around, you deserve what you get." Dryer continued to remark that they had better not start charging late fees on the outstanding amount because it will just backfire sending him 'over the edge'. "They don't want to make me any more upset than I already am," Dryer warned making crude explosion-like noises with his mouth and wild hand gestures.
"It is my stand that they get with the program and figure out that there is no way I am paying," Dryer concluded. "If they think they are going to win this fight, they have another thing coming." Dryer did however concede that if the situation became too much of a stress on the family, he'd switch to Dish 'for the children.'
A bill for exactly 68 cents from Time Warner Cable again went unpaid this month by a local Harlingen man.
"I'm not going to pay it. And I still can't believe how much postage and paper they have already wasted on sending this notice to me each month," frustrated bill recipient Anthony Dryer said Saturday.
The bills for 68 cents began arriving at the Dryer household over 15 months ago after a miniscule increase of some fees related to the Dryer's basic cable subscription. "I didn't ask for more fees and I totally don't agree to the increase. Where do they get off?", Dryer asked rhetorically. Since the inception of the new charges Dryer reports that he has simply paid the full amount, minus the additional fees. "It's about pride", Dryer said. "It's about my personal fight against the Man. This is my moment to sit at the front of the bus."
Of course, there is the small potential of service disconnection due to failure to pay and the chance that Dryer's wife Paula will eventually take notice of the bill and pay it herself. Dryer is not deterred. "I live by the motto that if you let yourself get pushed around, you deserve what you get." Dryer continued to remark that they had better not start charging late fees on the outstanding amount because it will just backfire sending him 'over the edge'. "They don't want to make me any more upset than I already am," Dryer warned making crude explosion-like noises with his mouth and wild hand gestures.
"It is my stand that they get with the program and figure out that there is no way I am paying," Dryer concluded. "If they think they are going to win this fight, they have another thing coming." Dryer did however concede that if the situation became too much of a stress on the family, he'd switch to Dish 'for the children.'
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