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$ffa|2-Freaks Gas Bill...
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$afd|1-How large companies waste money!
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$fff by Freak of NFA
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Prior to this actually happening I had only heard of this sort of thing
through reading those dodgy newspapers with the big red titles, like
"Sun", "Mirror" and "Star", even "New of the World", and I had always
thought that they were a bit of a laugh, something to remind me of how
stupid people can be abd how they'll follow procedures no matter how
daft it makes them look in the long run.
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Basically I got my gas bill the other week, as did several hundred
thousand other people most probably, and I opened it with a feeling of
dread because I was a little low on cash that week, you know how it
goes, but it turned out that I needn't have worried, because the price I
had to pay was...
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|2-£0.09
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Yup, I couldn't believe it, 9 bloody pence, I mean WHY? Aladdin
Sane/iNDi had a look at it and said "Are they so hard up that they've
got to ask for 9p then?", who knows eh?
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Anyway I turned over and carefully read the payment options available to
me...
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Post? - It'd cost me at least 20p for a stamp!
Phone? - 10p (at least!) for the phone call!
Bank Giro Credit? - The bank would charge for it!
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Finally I decided to walk up to the Post Office and hand it over, I just
happened to have 11p in my pocket at the time so THAT worked out okay.
The woman on the counter smiled and said it was hardly worth the effort
of walking up here, to which I replied "Can't help being thrifty, love",
and I walked home again, it really made my day!
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Even better, because I'd paid this heee-uge amount as soon as I had
received it I automatically qualify for £2 off my next bill - something
called "Optionpay Reduction", can you credit it?
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Sheesh, I'm sure I could run British Gas a lot better, and I wouldn't
need paying as much as Cedric Brown either!
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