The Wary One

The Wary One

PG&E called me to see what I think of their service

I've been taught to turn the other cheek, but in this case, I showed them both cheeks

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Bob Dunning
Feb 27, 2026
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The phone rang.

I answered.

“I’m looking for Robert J. Dunning.”

“You found him.”

“I’m calling from Recon MR.”

“If you’re actually an ICE agent, Recon, I’ll tell you right now my grandparents were undocumented immigrants from Transylvania, I have several times picked tomatoes for a living and I sometimes can be found sitting outside the Home Depot in Woodland.”

“I’m conducting a survey for Pacific Gas and Electric Company.”

“That’s even worse.”

“Would you like to take a brief survey?”

“Okay, but ‘like’ is not exactly how I would describe my enthusiasm.

“Is your role in the household the sole electric and gas decision-maker, the joint electric and gas decision-maker or you are not the electric and gas decision-maker?”

“Our cat, Darby, pretty much runs the household.”

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