I am so mad I could spit nails. I paid my electric bill on the 4th of this month, as always. I have had run ins with them before because the bill is officially due on the first. If you don't pay on the 1st they add a $20.00 late fee. I have explained to them until I am blue in the face that my check comes on the 3rd or 4th and that it is impossible for me to pay sooner than that. I don't see how it can be legal for them to add what amounts to a surcharge of $240.00/year to my bill just because I don't get paid on the first. And, no, I don't have the money to pay a double electric bill one month to catch me up.

So Saturday, I get a bill from them for $130.00 (huh?) that must be paid by Tuesday the 9th or they will disconnect my electricity. I have just paid all my bills, including rent and there is no way I can give them that amount unless I go without food and medicine. Two days does not give me time to get a payment from LEAP or other agencies that help with utility bills. I don't know what on earth I am supposed to do. I guess I can light my house with coleman lanterns and give all the food in my freezer away, so it won't spoil. This is just outrageous. I have all my receipts from the past 6 months, and I don't understand how they can do this to me. Oh. GRRRRRR! :thepain:

Read your PM.

I'm so sorry Sam. I've never heard of electrical surcharges.What's up with that? It's not like they have to ship electricity in.:eyebrow:

Call them up and talk to them. Have them explain it to you. Then explain your situation to them. And if you don't get a reasonable resolution, hang up. Call back a few hours later when a diffeent shift will be on. But talk to real people rather than dealing with computer-generating automatic billing. ask to talk to a manager if you're still strugging after the second attempt.

And your food will be fine in your freezer for quite a while, just don't open it more than is necessary.

Oh and a bill on Saturday (6th) is likely to have been mailed before your payment on the 4th was processed ...that's why i say speak to real people and have them explain it. they can tell you if that's the case)

Oral surgery.

That ain't a euphemism is it?

People who think that screaming at you changes anything. Also, people who never get their mail until it is officially in the hands of a government entity that won't take "no one told me" as an answer.

:(

Got in an accident Saturday (noone was hurt) - definitely not my fault, but cop wrote me the ticket. Don't wanna go to court, but don't wanna admit guilty if I'm not.
And today would've been my dad's 73rd b-day. Happy b-day pops.

Very tired and beaten. I'm really tired of working a job where I help people, get paid, and then have to give the money back 6-8 weeks later if the people change their mind. Makes it pretty hard to budget your own life if you never know if the money is yours or not.

Ripped my nose ring/bone out with a towel and lost it thru a crack in the floor damn it.

shopvac?

and panty hose

The cracks in our floor go all the way thru, so it's in the basement somewhere, probably behind the oil tank. I ordered a new one from amazon and have a big stupid looking silver hoop in until it arrives.