Frustrations

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Tags: DIY

Date: 19 January 2009 19:13:07

So, last week the trip switch in my house trips off and when I put it back on again it would seem that the light switch in the hallway is now controlling the lights in the lounge and the kitchen. Weird huh? So, my colleague asks her husband who is an electrician when he thinks and I get a text from her whilst I am up in Leeds on Friday telling me not to turn the lights on because it could be dangerous. At which point I panic and cry and have visions of my flat going up in flames.

So, I arrive back home last night and everything is still intact and I call out the people from a certain gas supply company with whom I have a home-care insurance policy. They tell me they will have an electrician out to me before 1pm today. So, I phone in work, make my apologies and tell them I will be in tomorrow.

The electrician comes and sorts things out, says the wiring is a bit weird but it isn't especially dangerous and then he toddles oiff. Then I go to the gym. On my return I find out that the hallway lights are now controlling the bedroom, bathroom and downstairs hallway. So, I phone back a certain company and they tell me that someone can come out tomorrow. I remind them I have a job and the blokey on the end of the phone tells me their next call-out date is the 6th of February. So, reluctantly I book it in tomorrow.

So tomorrow morning I have to go into work at stupid-o-clock, get some more work and cancel all my appointments.

To say I am frustrated is an understatement.

I now am drinking wine.