How long did you actually leave them in there, because that's the part that always trips me up with air fryer eggs? I tried it once and pulled them way too early since the shell hides everything going on inside. Did the $20 cover your losses or did the eggs turn out rubbery and you had to pay up?

Man, a buddy of mine went through the exact same thing in Fresno last spring. His meter got swapped in April and his bill went from around 3,900 gallons to almost 6,200 with nothing changing at his place, same two adults, same dead lawn. He called the city and they told him his old meter was "reading low" for years, which sounds like a pretty convenient excuse when the new numbers show up right after a rate bump. He never got a straight answer, just a payment plan offer. Now he takes a picture of his meter on the first of every month, just in case.