The Ultimate Irony
Yesterday was go day for my furnace. I had set a goal for myself so that I would not turn on the heat until after the 15th. I wasn't really planning on turning it on last night simply because the temperatures were the same as they've been for the last little while and I've found that my neighbors are heating my house.So anyway, I got home last night and noticed that a large chunk of concrete had been removed from my driveway and something was different about the meter. I thought nothing of it and went in to take a shower. My water was not very warm and got steadily colder. After I got out I remembered the yellow door hanger that I hadn't picked up on my front door. Do you know that those bastards shut off my gas?! I had to wait three hours before someone showed up to turn it back on and relight the furnace (which had I looked I could have done 'cause all it involved was flipping a switch) and the water heater. Word has it that the dryer will do its own thing when it needs to come on.
Once everything had been lit, I decided I ought to keep the furnace going for a bit just to make sure everything was good - I'd make CenterPoint come out and fix the thing for free if anything was wrong.
Two things I now know:
-Apparently the gas company can come and tear up your driveway without informing you first.
-This is all a scam to make customers turn on their heat so that they use as much natural gas as possible.
posted by E @7:53 AM