'They' have taken away my daytime release valve. All blogs are now blocked by the firewall at work, so now I can't take a break and get away from the grind for a couple of minutes to put down some thoughts and escape. I have one or more colleagues who insist on taking the negative view on everything and telling me all the reasons why something can't be done, rather than looking at the solutions. I've got to admit that it is wearing me down over time. Maybe I too should join the nest of negativity. Votes on a postcard please.
I found myself getting unreasonably angry at a utitlity this morning. NPower had decided that they were going to increase my direct debit by £8.00 per month. Now, I'm in credit and finished last year in credit as well., so I thought I'd give them a ring and say "don't increase my direct debit". Anyway, to cut a long story short, the letter is wrong and I 'should' be paying £3.50 a month more. Apparently, the guidance to utilities from Energy Watch says that they can't charge less than the previous 12 months usage (regardless of whether you're in credit). I then got into a debate about large companies holding millions of pounds of poor peoples' money and earning interest on it, to which the happy phone chappy said "so it's OK for you to hold some of our money then". Well actually, fucking yes it fucking is. Do I pay massive share dividends from my enormous profits? No. You can just imagine some poor granny not buying some food so she can "pay the lecky". By the end of the year she may just have survived to get her credit "against future bills". Wankers.
I found myself getting unreasonably angry at a utitlity this morning. NPower had decided that they were going to increase my direct debit by £8.00 per month. Now, I'm in credit and finished last year in credit as well., so I thought I'd give them a ring and say "don't increase my direct debit". Anyway, to cut a long story short, the letter is wrong and I 'should' be paying £3.50 a month more. Apparently, the guidance to utilities from Energy Watch says that they can't charge less than the previous 12 months usage (regardless of whether you're in credit). I then got into a debate about large companies holding millions of pounds of poor peoples' money and earning interest on it, to which the happy phone chappy said "so it's OK for you to hold some of our money then". Well actually, fucking yes it fucking is. Do I pay massive share dividends from my enormous profits? No. You can just imagine some poor granny not buying some food so she can "pay the lecky". By the end of the year she may just have survived to get her credit "against future bills". Wankers.
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