COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- An anonymous donor paid $790 and the Colorado Springs Utilities forgave the remainder of a nearly $1,200 water tab billed to a man whose toilet malfunctioned while he was away for two months.

Les Cole, 82, who lives on a government pension, learned his bill was more than eight times his normal water usage. The anonymous donor contacted The Gazette Monday, asked to see the water bill, then went down to the utilities office and paid it, leaving Cole with a $10 credit.

The man asked that he be identified only as ''Joe.''

The utility forgave $415 of the bill because if failed to follow its notification policies when usage skyrockets by not trying to contact Cole.

''I'm very grateful for `Joe' doing this,'' Cole said, ''and I have sent him thank you notes twice.''


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Wow, awesome. $800 might not have been much for "Joe", but it definitely made a big difference for Les Cole.

The world needs more of these people (Joe that is)

The world needs less malfunctioning toilets, so people like Joe don't go broke.

not to mention the amount of clean water that was wasted as well

It's a shame everyone doesn't have a little Joe mentality in them tbh. The world might actually function a little bit better then.

Always nice to hear stuff like this.

Toilets. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.

i would be suspicious...i think joe may have had something to do with the random heavy amount of toilet use...

maybe someone, lets call him "Joe", had a nice stay in someones place while that someone was gone for two months....


Or he could just be a nice guy