OT- strange visitor, does this sound right to you?

poet_kelly
on 3/20/12 9:21 am - OH

Some guy carrying a clipboard just knocked on my door. He said he was from Columbia Gas (our gas company) and asked to talk to the person in charge of paying our gas bill. I said that was my partner and he wasn't home right now. The guy asked when he would be back and I said "He gets off work at midnight, would you like to come back then?"

The guy didn't want to come back then and said he guessed he could talk to me instead. He told me that gas prices are going up next month and he needed to give me some information about that. Then he said he needed to see one of our old gas bills. Well, that didn't sound right to me because if he was from the gas company, wouldn't he already have any information like that that he needed? I mean, guess who sends us our gas bills? Yeah, the gas company.

So I told him I didn't have that information, that my partner takes care of that and I don't know where he keeps it at. So he said OK and to just tell my partner that the gas guy was here and would come back another time.

Now that I'm thinking about it, it sounds more and more wrong to me. Now I'm really wishing I hadn't said that my partner was working until midnight. I should know better than that. I should have said I wasn't sure what time he would be home.

So now my front door is closed and locked (never mind the nice breeze) and I'm kind of creeped out. Does that sound right at all to you?

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

rebeccaj
on 3/20/12 9:26 am - Bowling Green, KY

Revision on 10/05/11

That would be a big ole negative!! I'd give Columbia Gas a call and ask about this immediatly if not sooner. Be safe!

poet_kelly
on 3/20/12 9:33 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

That was a good idea to call them. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get a hold of a real person. All I can get is a recorded message saying their office is closed and call back in the morning.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

plum21
on 3/20/12 9:34 am - Miami, FL

RNY on 07/13/10

Yeah - call the gas company and see if they were sending guys out. What was he wearing? Then contact the police station to repor some kind of impersonator.

Don't be scared.

poet_kelly
on 3/20/12 9:36 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

I tried calling. I can't seem to get a real person on the phone. There is one of those automated phone tree things but I keep ending up with a message that says their office is now closed and call back in the morning.

He had on dark pants, I don't think they were jeans, and a white shirt and a dark blue jacket and a ball cap. And he had a clipboard that looked like it had some sort of forms on it but I couldn't see what the papers said.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

wendydettmer
on 3/20/12 9:36 am - Rochester, NY

RNY on 12/22/11

i had someone come around and do something similar at 8pm one night. i did some googling and it turned out to be a scam to switch companies and pay an outrageous amount of money.

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poet_kelly
on 3/20/12 9:38 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

I've had people come around about that a couple times. They've always said they were here to tell me about lower gas prices or something. They've never identified themselves as being with my gas company.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

wendydettmer
on 3/20/12 10:00 am - Rochester, NY

RNY on 12/22/11

mine did. they said something like 'we need to make sure your gas bill is the newest updated version'. they were creepy.

Follow my vegan transition at www.bariatricvegan.com
HW:288 CW:146.4 GW: 140 RNY: 12/22/11

owlisn
on 3/20/12 10:11 am - NC

RNY on 11/29/11

Always ask to see their identification from the gas company. Trust your instincts too.

Allison

Tess145
on 3/20/12 10:17 am - Senatobia, MS

RNY on 03/14/06

Kelly:

Can you call your neighbor and see if they stop by their house? It does not sound right to me.

Tess

Starting Wt 306; Losing Wt 155; Goal Wt 145: Regain Wt 225; Current Wt 157
PS: FDL Tummy Tuck, Hernia Repair 5/17/12, TT Revision, Butt and Thigh Lift 4/18/13

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