Sounds like Einstein's theory of relativity. It all depends on the
point of reference.

The power company could be providing YOU the courtesy of having
electrons piled up at your open switch and your appliances are just
waiting for you to close the switch so that they can do some kind of
work to give meaning to their lives.

Scott



John Fields wrote:


However, when you do turn on a switch you're providing a way for
_their_ electricity to get back to _them_ and stop beating it's head
against an open switch, so it seems to me that they should pay _you_
for doing them the courtesy of returning their electricity.