Fucking fuckers.

I moved in here a YEAR ago, and I just assumed that the natural gas was included in the rent because my landlord didn't say anything about it and the company never sent me a bill.

Yeah, so, they turned it off. I called my manager, and he's like, "oh, I tell everybody that they need to set up an account blah blah blah." Yeah, this guy is a crackhead and he told me no such thing.

Called the gas company, they said that they had sent two notices (which the postal service did not see fit to deliver, apparently). They won't come out and restore service on weekends. Nice that they turned it off on a Friday, eh?

So, I guess I'm eating out today.


Man, this is so ghetto.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

oh my god!

You've lived there for a looooong time, haven't you??

a year!!
are you going to have to pay a year's worth of bills??

holy crap.

there is no way my gas company would have mistakenly let me go a year!
hopefully you can come to some sort of a compromise

That sucks honey! Let them have it!!!!


M

I assume I'm going to have to pay a year's worth of bills, yes. I have no idea how much that's gonna be. Hopefully not too much. I don't use a lot of it.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

maybe they'll work something out with you.

that really stinks!

I bet it is like just around $100.00 total... and fight the fees as they should have caught it a lot sooner...Likely the mail didn't get to you as you never turned it over to your name when you moved in.... ( I would bet the mail is addressed to the building)

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Damn, girl, that's rough!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

I can swing $100. And damn straight I'm not paying any fees.

He should've diclosed that to you.

gemini13 said:

It was probably in the packet of paperwork he was supposed to give me and never did. I bugged him about it at some point after I moved in, and then sort of gave up and forgot about it.

Hey, the rent is cheap and the location is great. Something had to give.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Ok, then, oooops.

gemini13 said:

It's still his damned fault, though.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Don't take her up on it, sis. IB is one for understatement...

Seriously, sorry for that situation. Fight the fees.

ThreadBare said:

Good luck getting any fees waived. Utility companies DO NOT CARE...they want their money.

My friend works for Michigan Gas and several years ago, she worked in customer service. She told me that they hear so many stories, you don't know what's true and what are lies, so they have to treat every account the same.

dustysgirl said:

You are correct, madam. I have to pay the fees.

It's really unfair. I have NO leverage here. This is why monopolies are bad. What am I gonna do, go without using my stove? They don't care if I'm pissed.

I NEVER go off on people, but I called my manager and told him that I was out $40 plus having to cough up a year's worth of payments because he didn't do his job. He was all, "whatever, I always tell people."


Oh well. I know there are people in the world with real problems. But I'm still pissed!

i let my electricity go out once years ago, hadn't paid it, and wanted to see what life without electric would be like.

i hated it. paid it off in a few days

HereToRockYourWorld said:

That's not ghetto...When you can't pay for your lights, rent, phone,,,then it is ghetto. And I've done it all. College not on campus and having a real life... I'd hate to wish that life on anyone else. So...like don't cry about it. you have the dough to pay for it. for me it was car, or lights. books or rent. College sucked

cborgman said:

i owe the gas company money for my cooking gas (thankfully the heat for the house is included in my rent, otherwise i'd be ultra-screwed). thing of it is that i haven't used my stove since last august because it was so friggin hot outside. same for this past summer. soon as i get enough money i'ma start paying it off in increments. but it's kinda stupid--i don't care if the pilot light's on, why i gotta pay for gas that i haven't even used in over a year?!

KatSkrizzle said:

Oh, I don't have the dough. I'm a full-time student living on loans. The gas bill is gonna go on a credit card. It sucks.

KatSkrizzle said:

very true. a lot of the time nowadays i gotta choose between rent or food. thankfully my realty company's decent and will take late rent payments (so long as you don't totally blow it off for a long amount of time) in half if you don't have all the money right away.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

The thought occured to me to just let it go, 'cause I don't cook that much and I could be fine with electric heat, but my girlfriend likes to cook breakfast in the morning, and I want her to want to stay overnight, so I need a working stove.

"I did it all for the nookie. . ."

HereToRockYourWorld said:

i'm thinking about getting a cheap microwave, at least...i'm getting tired of eating cold stuff all the time. if it were warm year-round i wouldn't mind it, but alas...i'm preparing to live through another cold-assed winter.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I bet you can get a free microwave, even, if you keep an eye on Craigslist.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

OMG...that's horrible! Maybe they can work a payment schedule out with you.

So, they tell me I have to stay home today if I want my gas turned on. They couldn't give me a time, or even a window.

Fine.

So, they finally get here at 8:45pm. Does that seem reasonable?

Ok, it's done, I'm over it, thanks for listening.

in 1998 there was an explosion at a gas plant, and my whole city was without for TWO WHOLE WEEKS
It was in the middle of winter, our heating, stove and hot water were all gas. It was awful. Cold showers. We did that talcum powder in our hair thing

HereToRockYourWorld said:

that late? wtf?! usually utilities people come around before 5 pm...

Sorry to hear that - I'm glad they've managed to reconnect you, though.

Your Manager sounds like a bit of a . Don't let him get away with it again!