Shut Off Notices Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

'Even when to them done,
People still do not get the message.'

Trying to play catch up,
With time given to them lost...
Makes as much sense,
As one setting their alarm clock...
Ten minutes fast,
Only to appear an hour late...
And out of breath.
With yet another excuse delivered to make.

'And...
This is accepted behavior? '

ACCEPTED?
Are you kidding?
The only thing everyone knows,
That happens on time here is...
Those 'shut off notices' received,
From the phone company, cable...
And their utilities.

When someone gets a statement that reads,
'Pay By Noon'...
Pointless it is,
To attempt to make arrangements...
At twelve-o-Five.

'Even when to them done,
People still do not get the message.'

They do.
But guess who is faulted and blamed?

'The utility people supplying the service? '

Them and everyone else,
Tired of putting up with that nonsense.
And have had it with a servicing to them patience.

'So those shut off notices 'are' effective? '

In an 'offending giving kind of way',
Yes!

'Have you ever sent anyone a 'Shut Off Notice? '

No!
But I have...
However,
Made sure any messages delivered I did send...
Were understood without a need for me to vent,
In last statements written.