Are You Kidding Me?
After 3 miserable weeks without air conditioning, I received my electric bill. I foolishly thought that my bill would reflect that. Well according the graph it did. It went down. How then, did my bill double? What the heck? So I did what any disgruntled customer would do. I called them. First how many freaking buttons do I have to push before I get an actual human being? And what is the probability that the human I get will be of at least average intelligence. Let's address the first question, shall we. I think I had to have pushed 7 or 8 times not including my garden variety of voice answers. "yes" "no" "billing dispute" "CAN I HAVE SOMETHING WITH A PULSE!" See that is the mistake. I wasn't specific enough.
I got the dumb arse with the pulse. The dumb arse who pointed out to me how hot it had been last month. Well no sh*t Sherlock! I would never have guessed that without you! But wait, there was this little peace of information that sort of cued me in...
Yeah...and that was a good and cool temp. The hottest day it was 87 degrees in the house. Let me repeat....87 freaking degrees in the HOUSE! So Dumb Arse... DA we will call him asks me, "What temperature do you keep the house." I am an honest person. It's just my nature. "75." I told him. He then tells me that my AC will run more efficiently if I keep it at 78 and in turn would bring my bill down. I held my tongue, but I wanted to ask him if HE kept his thermo at 78. I bet he doesn't. And the offices of the electric company....78? Psssh! Yeah whatever. But wait it gets better. I calmly explain to DA that our air conditioner was broken. That the compressor was leaking at its base and the unit was out of freon. Well if you run your AC at 78 it will work more efficiently and its life expectancy is longer.
Well thank you, DA it all makes sense now! Of course. How stupid of me. And here I thought it was just old. 22 freaking years old! The most I got out of this conversation was an extension on the due date which included a thirty-five dollar late fee I wasn't informed I would be getting! Therefore, SO. CAL EDISON....
I was inspired to write this post by my BF Emmy. If you want to play along....go and visit Mimi at Living in France. Have fun dropping your F-Bomb!
I got the dumb arse with the pulse. The dumb arse who pointed out to me how hot it had been last month. Well no sh*t Sherlock! I would never have guessed that without you! But wait, there was this little peace of information that sort of cued me in...
Well thank you, DA it all makes sense now! Of course. How stupid of me. And here I thought it was just old. 22 freaking years old! The most I got out of this conversation was an extension on the due date which included a thirty-five dollar late fee I wasn't informed I would be getting! Therefore, SO. CAL EDISON....
I was inspired to write this post by my BF Emmy. If you want to play along....go and visit Mimi at Living in France. Have fun dropping your F-Bomb!
Comments
Nah, I bet they raise their rates in the summer during peak usage so even if you do set your thermostat at 85, they still get the money they want.
Perfect for your F-Bomb day!
ROFL!
Just send some of those degrees up here. The last few days have been nice, but it has been 55-60!
Even more ridiculous is the runaround you get when you call these people. We've all been there and can empathize.
Sometimes I have to wonder where they find these employees.
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