You got it. The office folks will ever have his face in the paper (or his name) on the bulletin board. Dumping this on them will mean his 'fame' at their expense.
How understanding do you think they will be if he really does have financial trouble and cannot pay his bill on time?
If two service calls come in at the same time, where is he going to be on the list?
Just stupid, imo.
All for a few seconds of fame...
Seems like they should be able to retaliate somehow - reminds of some hotshot college student at Oxford or somesuch, who dredged up some 1492 rule that, during examination time, students would be provided with "cakes and ale" which he determined the modern equivalent would be beer and sandwiches. Not sure what the profs did, but I bet he didn't like it.