Now that I have you scratching your head wondering what in the heck I’m talking about, I’ll fill you in…LOL! A week ago our home phone/DSL and cell phones were turned off because the bill was behind. They’re all from the same company and on the same bill, which I’m now realizing might not be the brightest idea I’ve ever had….LOL!
We “thought” we had a week to make the payment, that’s what the piece of paper on top of the bill pile for this particular bill said. But because the services were turned off we were told that they would not be turned back on without the entire bill paid in full. This particularly stunk because we knew hubby was going to have a smaller than normal check this week, but thankfully I had a better than normal pay coming in, so we thought we’d be fine. But, as the saying goes, that’s what you get for thinking!
After cashing his check and adding in my pay, we’ll be four dollars short of paying the bill. And that’s before the ATM fees to take my pay out of my account, and before the fees to put all of the money onto the prepaid debit card that we use to pay this particular bill AND before the fee that we have to pay each time this card is used. So, once you total those fees up we’ll actually be almost $10 short. We didn’t think it would be a big deal, I mean, it’s almost there ya know, and when you consider that I was overcharged by almost $20 on my cell phone bill for text messages, which is in dispute, I really didn’t think it would be a big deal.
But once again, that’s what I get for thinking. Hubby called the phone company to double check and see if they would still turn the services on if the payment was $10 short of the total amount, and what did they tell him? No sir, your services will not be turned back on with a payment less than the entire bill paid in full. All I can say is )(#@#)(*$&#@*(&)#@$&#@*$^)#@$&)@*(#&$)@#*&$#@)(*%^@)#*($^
OK, now that I have that out of my system I feel a little better, but I’m still friggin pissed off! But, I’ll get over it! In the mean time, since realizing we’re short on paying the bill, I’ve been a raving lunatic tonight but when you add in the fact that my stomach bug is about a billion times worse and Aunt Flo decided to arrive two weeks early again, I guess it’s not surprising. I HATE MENOPAUSE AND DIAL UP!
