Well, that didn't work out as planned.
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (62819)
June 16, 2026 12:11pm CST
Like many people, I pay some bills online. The power bill is one of those. I've done that for a long time now--I could have it automatically taken out, but they don't always honor the day you request it to come out of your account...and have taken it out a few times at the end of the month, not after payday. That just doesn't work. So, I mark my phone calendar and pay it myself. No problems...but I had a problem today. I went on the site, did the necessary ID's (I guess I have to prove every time that I am ME--like someone else wants to pay my electric bill?) and it said it took the payment, and the receipt would be sent to my email, as per usual. And THEN, it went to the main page of paying the bill, saying ''Do you want to pay a bill?''
It's never done that, ever. I called their office, and they have no record of payment yet online. But they told me not to pay it again, to wait until at least tomorrow, and if I didn't get the email, to call them.
For some reason, my crazy tired brain thought of Rosanne Rosanna Danna on the old Saturday Night Live shows. ''It's always something! If it's not one thing, it's another! ''
And yes, I am aware of how long ago that was. 
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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16 Jun
I can’t pay it twice, so I will take their advice and wait until tomorrow.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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18 Jun
@Treborika
It's not embarrassing. I was merely paying my bill, and the money was there to pay it with. The site just didn't work.
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@rakski (161016)
• Philippines
17 Jun
@MarieCoyle
Oh, after waiting for a while and still not there, then you can pay for it
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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17 Jun
It's still not showing on my bank account, so I will call and pay them again if they didn't get it for sure. Sometimes, online payments can be a pain. Thank you!
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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17 Jun
@rakski I don’t want to wait to pay it if they didn’t get it. Then they can tack on a late fee and no one wants that.
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@snowy22315 (212788)
• United States
16 Jun
I bet it will be squared away by tomorrow, but that would concern me too if it looked like my payment hadn't gone through
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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16 Jun
I am simply hoping that it did go through. It’s not pending on my online banking yet, but that isn’t always immediate.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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17 Jun
She desperately wanted to have a baby. I remember she did get a diagnosis of a uterine tumor, and that's what killed her in the end. I felt so badly for her. She brought us so many smiles and much laughter.
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@wolfgirl569 (140355)
• Marion, Ohio
16 Jun
I would wait to. My credit card did that once but I did have the email saying I submitted it
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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17 Jun
I always get an email, but this time I did not, so I don't think it went through--although on the site, it says it did!!
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@Deepizzaguy (125206)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Jun
I remember that line from the late Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live on Weekend Update as well as the late John Belushi on Weekend Update with his rants that are classics to this day.
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@Deepizzaguy (125206)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Jun
@MarieCoyle You are welcome.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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17 Jun
So much laughter and fun. I miss those shows. Thanks, George.
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@FourWalls (87646)
• United States
16 Jun
That’s only for Mr. Richard Fanner from Fort Lee, New Jersey to deal with (that was the person who always wrote the letters to Roseanne on SNL…same person all the time)! 
Hope you get that fixed quickly.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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16 Jun
She was so much fun to watch! I hope it’s fixed soon, too. Plus if the storms hit the power will be down anyway and their phone lines will be flooded with calls.
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@FourWalls (87646)
• United States
17 Jun
@MarieCoyle — gotta say, I preferred Emily Litella, but they were both great. Dang, that woman was talented.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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17 Jun
@FourWalls
She really was. I remember her calling Chevy Chase ''Cheddar Cheese!'' and of course there was the infamous ''Never mind!''
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@LadyDuck (509340)
• Italy
17 Jun
Oh my, that is so annoying. My power bill is paid directly from my bank, nothing to do by my side. I am trying to have all bills paid directly by my Bank, it's easier and should I not be well I know that my husband would be unable to pay the bills online.
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@LadyDuck (509340)
• Italy
18 Jun
@MarieCoyle - I am trying to have everything paid automatically.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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19 Jun
@LadyDuck
You have a lot to take care of, anything you can think of to make things easier, I hope you can take advantage of.
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@RasmaSandra (100784)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jun
Sounds rather too complicated for me, I am lucky because all my utilities including Internet are included with my reant and the whole house has Wi Fi Inever lose out, Hope you can get it all figured out,
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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17 Jun
That is extremely convenient, to have it all included.
I will get it figured out, thanks so much.
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18979)
• Torrington, Connecticut
17 Jun
That sounds incredibly frustrating especially when you’ve been doing everything correctly and the system suddenly behaves differently for no clear reason.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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18 Jun
I remind myself at times that nothing is perfect, including the internet!
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@Shiva49 (28853)
• Singapore
17 Jun
The system can keep us awake at night at times.
Our bank account gets debited but the payee does not acknowledge having received the payment.
Thankfully, the money is received or the bank puts it back into our account.
I hope the matter is resolved now.
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@LindaOHio (223863)
• United States
20 Jun
I'm sorry you had a problem paying your bill. I hope it records properly.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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22 Jun
I called them again, they told me they were having problems with the site and to wait until the next day and try again. I was able to pay it the next morning, thankfully! Thank you.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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16 Jun
Gilda Radner, she was priceless!! And gone way too young.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
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17 Jun
Sometimes, I think the old ways were the best...I realize this is more convenient, but when online messes up it really does mess up.
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@Treborika (18266)
• Mombasa, Kenya
17 Jun
I took used to making online payments on most of my utilities. However l have never experienced any bugs except some delays which are normal for sure.
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