I have had a water cooler in my house for the past 2 years. It is convenient to have cold and hot water on hand. Sure, you pay a bit more but we like it. I get a letter from the water company and it starts out by saying, "Back in February when we added a fuel surcharge, it was due to the high cost of fuel..." In my mind I am thinking that the next line will be that the surcharge is going away as the fuel at the pumps has dropped almost $2.00 per gallon in our area. No such luck. "Since the cost of doing business is still high, our fuel surcharge will now be charged on a rotating scale (located on the back of the form)"

What? Some genius at the company decided that they will change the surcharge amount on a monthly basis with the help of a handy dandy chart that is provided for me. How thoughtful! I called and promptly cancelled the water cooler over $2.32 per month.

There was a report on fuel surcharges this morning on the radio and you had a representative from the airline industry justifying that due to the billions of dollars in losses when fuel prices soared, they are playing catch up. Catch up? With our money? I wonder if I can play catch up with people I do business with....hmmm

Due to the slow down in the Real Estate industry, all commissions will now be billed at a rate of 10% until such time that I have repayed my accounts for monies lost due to the financial crisis.

When I have my car repaired, I will be billing back an hourly fee of $30.00 for each hour I have to wait for my car to be completed. This will also be extended to doctors and dental appointments.

Every product purchased that doesn't perform as advertised will be returned and charged an inconvenience fee of $50.

You get the idea...