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I am currently experiencing utility hell!
It all started last week when I received a water bill for £221 - in credit! I’ve been paying £30 too much each month for about 6 months, however - bastard Southern Water have decided they won’t pay me back - but just reduce my bills to £1 per month for a year! Great! They sit on my money while I pay interest on loans. No water bills to pay for a year though - shouldn’t complain about that - but of course - i’m British - So I do. Little did I know this was the good before the real bad!
On Friday, we realised NTL had disconnected our internet. Apparently, this was for non payment of bills, however I have a direct debit set up and have paid every bill! It turned out an old account was never closed and has been accruing debt for 3 months! Even though I can prove I have paid the bills, and it is their cock-up, the only way for me to get re-connected was to pay their demands and follow it up with customer services. So I had to pay NT Hell’s £75 bill and will seek it back. Mark my words!
Then - after forgetting to take my Mobile Phone charger to Southampton at the weekend, I tried to charge the thing on Sunday night, only to find on Monday morning, when I unplugged it, that the keypad lights won’t turn off. As a result, by about 8pm each night the battery’s flat again. Typically, I cancelled my Mobile Phone Insurance last month and still have 7 months of contract left. Looks like i’ll have to start using a 1999 Nokia Brick again.
THEN - yesterday - to cap it all - the power went off in the office - right in the middle of a really important email. The power stayed off for about 20 hours leaving me unable to work. Great you might be thinking - NO - NOT GREAT! I’m now going to have to stay late every night to catch up and missed an important meeting this morning. RAA
So - the result. No internet for a week. No mobile possibly for the foreseeable future. Backlog of work and £220 out of pocket. JUST DANDY!
Winge over. I promise the next post will be full of love and happiness!
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ello, just thought id comment……. cooey Sleaze! Loving the blog…….. ur always full of love and happiness!! hehaehahehahe (my sarcasm is obvious no?)
Hope ur well…… Amit got jilted at the alter tonight…. not very nice is it…….
Amit got jilted at the alter? Ey? Tell me more…