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omg I’m so stressed, in a dark place, my anxiety is off the charts, my five mental health conditions have fired up the cannons and my inner chimp is running a mock causing havoc. Since Monday I have received notification to confirm my housing costs, which I’d update on the 2nd of April, the same day I had a video meeting with my job coach ( although I’ve got limited capability to work) she confirmed all details were correctly inputted and that her manager would look them over and then confer with my housing provider. I have left two messages requesting the notification be removed and the issue looked into and nobody has left me a journal entry in response to my messages, I’ve just been asleep for the last two and a half hours, woken up to two new notification both early the same asking me to confirm housing details. This had really angered me and just made me crash land, harder than the UFO at Roswell! I’ve left a firm but fair message, asking for it to be looked into and to explain why I have not been given any explanation for these notifications in response to my journal entries 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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{edited by moderator} my gas company when changing from key to metre said I owed nearly 4 grand I phoned up and said no way am I paying that what you think I live in a mansion spoke to manager after alot of back and forth and they wiped it greedy corrupt to the core sorry your experiencing this
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😂😂 Robin Tag Your It…….
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@Catherine21 I've had to edit your comment, for obvious reasons. Please be careful with information you put online.
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Hows your day going? did you see my post about the bee and wasp? 🤣And the doctor 😢
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Duty calls my sons wants picking up ASAP so chat later hun still message it'll give me a chance to respond 🙂
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That’s ludicrous 😨 Utility Companies just really know how to turn the screw on there customers. Yet the fat cats in charge get bonus’s in the hundreds of thousands of pounds! I’m with Octopus Energy on a fixed tariff and I must admit they have been brilliant to say the least. The app I use is very easy to see what I have used in both gas and electricity alongside whether I am in the green or black with them. Plus you get emails asking if you would like to join energy saving hours and if you manage to save money you get rewarded in Octopoints and if you earn a cotton amount it can take money off your bill. With my water I’m with Severn Trent and I’m in a scheme for those on a low income that helps to reduce their monthly bills. I would start enquiring about what is going on with your gas and electricity to say the least and challenging what they have said. Have a look into the link below it may help cut your costs down. ☺️
https://www.britishgas.co.uk/energy/gas-and-electricity.html?source=Energy-Google-PPC&cid=PPC.cid_cname=BG-PPC_Energy_Drive-Action_Conversion_Brand_Brand_Always-On_BAU_High&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADvuo5BMtUDt_2bzAPNeMV3tDq6Bc&gclid=CjwKCAjwtdi_BhACEiwA97y8BGe5Wr9oMyRJIgNZrpnSpuoxKewYwZWvRSYNHTeZo4f30ZtfBgkwqhoC-7gQAvD_BwE0 -
Oh OK that sounds good two things I'm worried about in life is not paying rent and dwp I'm quite outspoken to these companies I mean the water we drink is contaminated!!
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I've found the Octopus Energy saving sessions really good. I save money, plus it gets me off the PC/TV for an hour. A great time to do some reading or have a power nap. 😊
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Did you speak to the Energy support team? Were they able to suggest anything?
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I had my gas meter changed from prepayment to debit meter last October. They still haven't recorded the switch, despite my emailing them monthly.
I managed to give them £300 last week, but they still claim they can't tell me how much I owe.
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Not had the app yet
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I'm. Sick of these utilities companies
They keep putting up bills yet they are super rich
Not fair
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That's what did to me then said I owed thousands I contested it well went mad they wiped after alot of back and fourth it wasn't my fault so noway I'm paying I told them that quiet clearly
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It's literally daylight robbery
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After being in a dark zone after waking up from 40 winks, plus being grumpy due to the notification and to do list on my Universal Credit. I clicked into organisation and problem solving after two diazepam, spoke to both EE and Sky to just double check my bills with them. Then went back onto Universal Credit, inputted the weekly rent and standing charges per week and then clicked confirm and saw they clashed with what my housing provider sent through. I instantly realised I knew where I had gone wrong and how to rectify it. Because this is my first home where my name is both on the tenancy and also the housing costs with UC. Instead of waiting for the official notification to input the change on the day my rent is paid each month, I had done two mistakes, I inputted that it started from the 1-3-2025 🤦♂️ then I went back in and thought I would be rectifying it by putting the start of the new tax year. But instead it should of been the 7-4-2025 instead 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ this mistake led to my housing provider sending over the previous tax year rent and standing charges per month twice 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Very easy mistake to make, I’ve messaged my housing company rent team to ask they liaise with UC about the new costs, then left a notification in my journal about my sending a notice to my housing provider asking them to liaise with UC about the new monthly costs, alongside the weekly rent and standing charge increases. Fingers crossed the murky waters can be made clearer.
I think why I am able to just click into from blind panic about items such as that, to right let’s go through the steps again and work backwards and see where you went wrong. Is because of my time working as a not only a Support Worker but also as a Gardener & Estate Ranger, as I was always faced with problems and challenges each day and had to find fixes and solutions to many things. I think it also helps that I have a subscription to Microsoft Excel where I have inputted all of my income and outgoings per month, then I know where I stand and I am up to. I’ve gone from being stressed to now being relaxed. I think another thing that helps is that I’ve used a coping strategy of putting some music on, this time Japanese Heavy Metal Band, Baby Metal 🤘1 -
Hi Robin I missed the post about the dreaded Wasp 🐝 I have twice run over wasp nests buried in bankings when I been cutting grass on the private sector. My day has been a roller coaster but I’m still going forward.
Good Luck picking the boss up, he will be ready for tea time.
I think I’m going to put catch up on a few programs and maybe put a film on later on.1 -
Well first I started off being miffed as contacted askmygp at 8:24 this morning and at by 3:30 I still hadn't had a reply even contacted them on the phone twice and after being on hold for 30 minutes both times they appeared to hang up on me. Then I said a bee and and a wasp entered my house and that made my heart rate rise 🤣 was even shouting at the poor thing to get out I said go a little lower avoid the curtain, yes now get out the door 🤣 sure enough I closed that door pretty snapish with my good hand afterwards 🫡 the boss wanted his hair cut then for me to drop him down to the shops as his friends taking him to football match tonight. Had to arrange for his dad's fiancé to pick him up though as I'll be taking my Amitriptyline no later than 9pm and can't drive on those beauties.
Anyway what film are you thinking about watching? Or programme 🙂
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sounds like a very eventful day to say the least, sounds like the ween has got a good plan going to the football with his friends. Solid idea not driving on meds that make you sleepy and negatively impact you behind the wheel, wouldn’t be so bad if it was another few years down the line and we have automated self driving cars.
I’m watching Rob Becket’s smart tv at the moment, then going to watch equaliser with Queen Latifah, flick onto Disney+ to watch NICIS and Will Trent, will probably then watch Guardians of The Galaxy or switch back onto TV and watch Snakes in The City new series.1 -
Sounds like you got a good plan to. Not sure about Rob becket, I remember Sam becket from quantum leap 🤣 so what's snakes in the city about? The rest great choice 🙂
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