Wrong, but good effort. Try a vowel at the other other end of the list.Twut?
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I think that there are places in the US where they do rhyme.
Well, probably. The US is far from monolithic on pronunciation of the English language. Which is why TF shouldn't have made that generalization.
Broken_Erika
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Come on! Everyone knows that the only people who have proper pronunciation of the English language are the Scots!
brennan
Argumentative Brit
...as anyone can tell by perusing an Irvine Welsh novel.
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
If I was working from Scottish pronunciation, then "the t-word" would turn out to be "twit", which even Americans can't contrive to find offensive.
Organize it before.
Many parties on NYE are not free, and tickets might be sold out.
The Dutch people also seem to celebrate only after midnight, and not before. Going to a pub to drink into the new year is unusual, but starting afterwards is normal.
I have not partied at NYE in Amsterdam though, might be different there, with certainly more options.
The ruddy heck they are.
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For those wondering about my electricity issues:
I have been on the phone to my electricity provider now for 72 minutes, speaking to the dog stupidest woman I think I have ever been on the phone with. On no less than four separate occasions she has taken me off hold to tell me she is putting me on hold (WTH?).
They want to charge me $495 to check if my electricity meter is faulty. If it is faulty, no charge, but if it isn't, that's $495. Now, if my neighbours are tapping my electricity, as I suspect, that is $495 I need to pay just to determine if I am being tapped or not. This is on top of a $1222.50 electricity bill. This is all in spite of the fact that a self-check by me, with a seven day gap in between checks, determined that, with only three appliances turned on for a week (fridge, modem, microwave), and occasionally my phone and/or iPad plugged in to charge (I have used the TV one day this week) I have apparently used around $150 worth of electricity. My quarterly bill over Autumn was $157.59.
I swear to god, this woman is dumber than a box of rocks. I have never had to do the "talk slow-er and LOOOOUD-ERRR" thing for a solid five minutes straight before today. And she keeps trying to go off on tangents to avoid the central issue! She said it was best to compare my account not to my last quarter, but to this time last year, I said I had and it was $1000 higher this year. She asked if I had any new appliances, I said yes, but they weren't the issue. She then attempted to ask if my new refrigerator, which I purchased in February, could be causing my power usage increase in October. ****ing stupid b****!
And my issue isn't even that hard. Can I get my meter checked, how much will it cost, when can it happen? Surely she must deal with this exact question every goddamn day.
After all this, I have eventually been forced to hang up on her, because she was not solving my problem at all. I intend to file a complaint about her as soon as I calm down, although I suspect she has been deliberately told to be an idiot in order to discourage people from calling. Funnily enough, she was quite happy to repeatedly claim she was trying to save me money and try to go off on tangents about energy ratings and energy savings.
EDIT: Oh, and just for fun, I have now apparently been kicked off their website and can't log back in. Presumably because they don't want me to have access to my information or something.
I have been on the phone to my electricity provider now for 72 minutes, speaking to the dog stupidest woman I think I have ever been on the phone with. On no less than four separate occasions she has taken me off hold to tell me she is putting me on hold (WTH?).
They want to charge me $495 to check if my electricity meter is faulty. If it is faulty, no charge, but if it isn't, that's $495. Now, if my neighbours are tapping my electricity, as I suspect, that is $495 I need to pay just to determine if I am being tapped or not. This is on top of a $1222.50 electricity bill. This is all in spite of the fact that a self-check by me, with a seven day gap in between checks, determined that, with only three appliances turned on for a week (fridge, modem, microwave), and occasionally my phone and/or iPad plugged in to charge (I have used the TV one day this week) I have apparently used around $150 worth of electricity. My quarterly bill over Autumn was $157.59.
I swear to god, this woman is dumber than a box of rocks. I have never had to do the "talk slow-er and LOOOOUD-ERRR" thing for a solid five minutes straight before today. And she keeps trying to go off on tangents to avoid the central issue! She said it was best to compare my account not to my last quarter, but to this time last year, I said I had and it was $1000 higher this year. She asked if I had any new appliances, I said yes, but they weren't the issue. She then attempted to ask if my new refrigerator, which I purchased in February, could be causing my power usage increase in October. ****ing stupid b****!
And my issue isn't even that hard. Can I get my meter checked, how much will it cost, when can it happen? Surely she must deal with this exact question every goddamn day.
After all this, I have eventually been forced to hang up on her, because she was not solving my problem at all. I intend to file a complaint about her as soon as I calm down, although I suspect she has been deliberately told to be an idiot in order to discourage people from calling. Funnily enough, she was quite happy to repeatedly claim she was trying to save me money and try to go off on tangents about energy ratings and energy savings.
EDIT: Oh, and just for fun, I have now apparently been kicked off their website and can't log back in. Presumably because they don't want me to have access to my information or something.
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@HoloDoc It appears that you have at least four problems:
- An unpaid bill of $1200 Goal: only pay a monthly average amount
- Liability for high future bills Goal: be only responsible for an average bill until the situation is resolved
- An unresponsive power company Goals find a new rep to talk with. You could also send a letter to the company CEO explaining your situation and your experience with their rep. Proof of theft would be great to include in this letter.
- Neighbors who are likely to be stealing your power.Goal: stop the theft and get them to pay for the overcharges. Jail?
1. My goal is to get this bill overturned. Failing that, delay the due date, currently 26th November. Only after those options are exhausted will I pay a cent in it, and I want a guarantee that I will receive my money back if and when it is revealed that the issue is either my electricity being stolen or a faulty meter. I suspect the former.
2. Depending on how long this takes to sort out, I may be stuck paying an average bill for a time. I hope to fix this issue before then.
3. I was attempting to file a complaint when I was magically kicked out of their website. I don't think this is a coincidence. I have to look into what to do further - the ombudsman is an option - but honnestly this is further down the list than my bill right now. I can tell you I will be switching providers as soon as this issue is solved, as they have been incompetent, possibly deliberately so, since my initial too-high bill several months ago.
4. Yep, that is the goal. Although I feel execution a more appropriate punishment.
As this is a rental property I have had to go through my real estate agent to get an electrician to come out here. My agent has contacted an electrician, but I haven't heard from them yet. Not sure if that will be this afternoon - in which case he wants to hurry, I have work - or perhaps next week. The weekend is unlikely, but theoretically possible; some electricians work on Saturdays.
Small claims court is definitely an option, and I already have the necessary forms. I can't really progress this until after the electrician has determined if my power is being stolen though.
Seems like progress. I agree getting a delay in the due date on the big bill is important. In a small claims court you could probably get more than just the over billing. I'm pretty sure that your neighbors will not contest your claim in court. They might just flee. Court judgments in your favor are always nice. And if your landlord is not helpful at all, you can also sue him for allowing access to your power by tenants. He might pay the bill to avoid going to courts. You can do this after you move out and if you have to pay the bill.
The landlord is being helpful, so that shouldn't be an issue. I will definitely be claiming damages on top of the over billing. I honestly doubt they'll flee; they seem to be very popular drug dealers, and I think the husband has been in gaol twice already since I moved in. Presumably he considers it a trip with the boys.
I would hazard the guess, after a Tak's lifetime of dealing with utility companies, cellphone companies, public education systems and what-not, that this is partly or wholly intentional.
Whether it's utility companies or telecoms, the customer "service" agents are trained to do or say anything it takes to wring more money from the customer, sign them up for services they don't need/didn't consent to, and be as unhelpful as possible in disputes - counting on the customer to pay up just to get rid of the payment demands.
It's too bad HoloDoc isn't in Canada; dropping an email to GoPublic (part of the CBC's investigative journalism department that does shows like Marketplace and The Fifth Estate) would likely result in the company being named and shamed and a settlement reached. They've helped consumers in lots of situations, ranging from telecoms, utility companies, banks, landlords, moving companies, and so on.
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
Speaking from experience, if you've gone through this answering questions you don't like by repeating yourself slower and louder, then the agent probably thinks that you are the dumbest person she has ever met. The best way to deal with these things is to pretend that you're both rational adults, whether or not either of you actually believe it.
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