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37. I expect this is partly why Philly & other cities deployed radio meters

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:10 PM

Oct 2015

for all of the utilities. The utility worker drives by each house on their route every month (or on some fixed schedule where some months are estimates) and the reading is automatically transmitted to the reader's vehicle. They don't even have to get out of their vehicle and come on some loon's property.

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White Indiana woman viciously beats black meter reader for pepper-spraying her dogs [View all] still_one Oct 2015 OP

Hopefully Black meter reader will own white assholes car, house, etc., very soon randys1 Oct 2015 #1

At least they arrested her. I would think as you implied there should be a civil case also still_one Oct 2015 #3

My pets are like my children IVoteDFL Oct 2015 #2

Me too. n/t tabasco Oct 2015 #4

If she really cared about the dogs she'd be taking care of them and washing their eyes out WhollyHeretic Oct 2015 #5

We have a beloved pet, too, but would Laurian Oct 2015 #6

That is the key, and if the dogs approach a meter maid or postal person in a hostile manner, they still_one Oct 2015 #7

Are the meter people required to tell the home owners they are in the yard? IVoteDFL Oct 2015 #11

I have never had a meter reader tell me that they were in my yard. Orrex Oct 2015 #20

first of all I read it wrong. for some reason I read it as meter maid not meter reader still_one Oct 2015 #24

^This x10^ Hayduke Bomgarte Oct 2015 #8

Out of curiosity, have you had your children spayed/neutered? Orrex Oct 2015 #17

My pets are like my kids... a la izquierda Oct 2015 #46

If your kids charge out of the house with obvious intent to bite me, they get the spray too. n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #50

Yep bravenak Oct 2015 #51

Skin color has nothing to do with this incident. virgogal Oct 2015 #9

What virgogal said. WillowTree Oct 2015 #12

My thought exactly. NaturalHigh Oct 2015 #13

And hopefully go to jail. Nt Logical Oct 2015 #15

I take it you don't like dogs? NaturalHigh Oct 2015 #27

Remember that we know nothing about the situation. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #33

Pit bulls aren't "gigantic," they're medium sized dogs that weigh about 45 lbs-60 lbs LeftyMom Oct 2015 #47

I don't like bullys. nt Logical Oct 2015 #43

Under the circumstances described in the article tkmorris Oct 2015 #31

Raw Story is like that.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2015 #18

Precisely. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #19

You sure about that? tishaLA Oct 2015 #21

Regardless, it's irresponsible "journalism" at this point. Orrex Oct 2015 #25

Again, I don't know that it's irrelevant tishaLA Oct 2015 #26

You don't know, and neither does the "journalist" Orrex Oct 2015 #30

You think it's irresponsible. I think it's legitimate tishaLA Oct 2015 #32

But your speculation is, at best, premature Orrex Oct 2015 #35

I'm trying to avoid speculating, in fact tishaLA Oct 2015 #36

Well... Orrex Oct 2015 #38

Raw Story isn't journalism; at its best, it's plagiarism REP Oct 2015 #29

thank you. restorefreedom Oct 2015 #39

Nor does the breed of the dog. dorkzilla Oct 2015 #52

If the attack had happened in the moment I could understand mythology Oct 2015 #10

You sound like you might go to jail also. Nt Logical Oct 2015 #16

If somebody harmed my pets, I'd take the few hours "downtown", no problem. Desert805 Oct 2015 #40

And sued. But I m sure you are OK with that also. nt Logical Oct 2015 #44

*shrugs* Desert805 Oct 2015 #45

Ahhh, tough guys crack me up! Nt Logical Oct 2015 #48

Litigious cop callers give me a smile as well... Desert805 Oct 2015 #49

They're going to sue the meter reader for trespassing? Demit Oct 2015 #14

Good luck with that. Quackers Oct 2015 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author tishaLA Oct 2015 #23

When I was a kid, Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #28

I would be more afraid of that crazy lady leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #34

I expect this is partly why Philly & other cities deployed radio meters BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #37

The house and yard are not fenced - the dogs would have been running free csziggy Oct 2015 #41

"It�s not clear how big the dogs are or what breed they are." melman Oct 2015 #42

Meter readers still exist? Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #53