In Virginia circa 1977 there was a drought. The water people did all they could to conserve water. Being a good citizen I went overboard on saving. After the third billing cycle I got contacted by the water authority as they wanted to test my meter. Only day I was home was Saturday so they scheduled a meeting for then. Finally about midafternoon guy shows up, reads my meter, comes in takes some gallons from tap and goes out and reads meter again. Announces all is fine. I asked him why he was there and he replies my usage had dropped precipitously over the months. II said I am conserving like your organization requested. He said well you must be the only one! I was so POed I went back to normal usage as I gave up a day for this nonsense.
When you think you ARE NOT the only one doing something civic minded and right YOU ARE the chump.