The Continuing Story of the Great British Gas Monster...

The financial tale so far:

Last week...meter buggers up swallowing £1.00 worth of credit and resetting to nought. Total so far...£1.00 down.

Same day...£3.00 paid to fill card and, subsequently, meter. Card fails. Total so far...£4.00 down.

Still the same day following lengthy discussion with British Gas...bloke arrives to fit new meter. Gives me £4.00 emergency credit. Total so far...evens.

Next day...£3.00 on new card. Meter eats £1.90. Total so far...£1.90 down presumed dead.

Following day...another £3.00 on card. Meter eats another £1.90 withour explanation. British Gas refuse to answer the phone yet again. Total so far...£2.80 down.

Today....£5.00 on card. Meter eats £2.69 (for a debt we don't actually owe) plus another £1.00 for reasons as yet unexplained. British Gas continue to ignore calls for assistance. Total so far...£5.49 down. Meter reading tells us we're still on emergency credit meaning that we're another £2.50 down. Total so far...just under £8.00 down.

Might not seem a lot but when you're down to your last ten quid for the month and it's a toss up between being warm or having food and the bastards at British Gas couldn't give enough of a shit to offer an explanation or even answer the phone it starts to annoy.

A lot!

I pity the poor bitch at British Gas who picks up the phone at 8.30 a.m. tomorrow morning. I shall be stumbling out of bed with my usual grumpy, bitterness and without any cereal inside me due to the fact that £8.00 has vanished into the meter without any trace so I can't afford to buy any breakfast. And believe me, my shouts are going to drown out my rumbling stomach no matter how hard it tries.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT....BRITISH GAS ARE SHIT! CHECK YOUR METERS, FOLKS! TOGETHER WE CAN BRING THESE BASTARDS DOWN ONCE AND FOR ALL AND STOP THEIR THIEVING, LOATHSOME, LYING ACTIONS. BUT BEFORE YOU GIVE THEM A RING...LET ME GET THROUGH FIRST.