You know, as far as moving goes, I'd say we did everything right. We called all of our major utilities, changed our address, and took care of all the major things, and still things have gone wrong.
Now I understand that things go wrong, but it seems a major issue for us as we are now into day 3 of our problems.
Electricity
Now way back when I was in high school, there was a huge wind storm, which cause most of the city to lose power for 1-3 weeks. This was somewhat miserable, but it was September, and we were able to make it work. This was not the current problem, however, our problem is a singular issue.
The Issue
The issue spawns from the previous tenant, and their irresponsible behavior of not canceling their electric and not continuing to pay the bill. Due to their delinquent account, the power was shut off by the electric company. The apartment complex, did not take the necessary steps to ensure that the power was switched back into their name, since the tenants have been out of the apartment for over 2 months. Finally, when our power was supposed to be on, it wasn't. So here we are, at some McDonald's in Michigan enjoying the internet and air conditioning instead of unpacking. When the issue was brought to our attention, we called the company and have been given the run around and its now Monday and we won't have power until maybe 4:30pm... Hopefully, we don't have to sleep in the heat again tonight.
Frustration and tension is high. Hopefully, this is just a bad start to a wonderful adventure.
Next Post will be about the wonderful food places we have found as a result of our powerless apartment.
~Amanda
So I kind of understand your feel. I just moved into a new place in a different county on Saturday, and found out I have to wait 5 business days (which is an actual week) for them to turn my gas on. So I have cold air, but also cold showers. Not quite as bad, but still not great. Best of luck to you, hopefully they get your power turned on asap!
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ReplyDelete"Hopefully, this is just a bad start to a wonderful adventure."
it is. stay positive.
:)
I feel your pain! I think the most frustrating thing is feeling like you're stuck with the company and whatever they say goes. When someone finally did come to fix it, it took less than 5 minutes. I mean 5 minutes for 36 hours without power? Luckily, we had hot showers, I can't imagine that!
ReplyDeletei have serious issues with the utilities every time i move and just to add insult to injury, i always feel like the person on the other end of the phone when you call doesn't care at all about your situation. i told someone at the gas company to learn empathy yesterday.
ReplyDeleteLuckily it was a quick fix for you and you have power now! Hopefully it's smooth sailing for you from here on out. :)
Yes! Hopefully it all gets worked out for you also!
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