Life has become unnecessarily confusing.

Posted on by Opher

I must admit that there are times when I am not the most organised of people. But right now I am confused. My telephone has stopped working and my Sky+ has stopped working. They may well be interconnected. I am not sure who to contact.

At one time I got my electricity from the electricity people.

My gas from the gas people.

My house insurance from the house insurer.

My water from the water board.

My internet from the internet people.

TV from Sky. (I know, I know – I’m embarrassed).

Now you shop around and get them from elsewhere through Go Compare sites.

I now get my electricity from some place abroad that sells gas, likewise my gas from the water board and water from the electricity. I can’t even remember who my car and house insurance are with! I’m not sure what will happen if I get a breakdown.

My internet comes from BT – I think – but it could be Sky – I think I changed!

I change so often I can’t keep up. I always think I should keep a central record of who I’m with and when it runs out but I never do!

8 thoughts on “Life has become unnecessarily confusing.”

  1. Its a nightmare isnt it? I’ve heard that a good filing system can help, though I’ve never tried it myself 🙂

    1. I keep promising to keep a detailed record of all my providers complete with contact numbers but I’ve never got round to it! It never used to be necessary. I will take the time to set up a data base. I know it makes sense.

  2. Assuming you’re on a Windows system, you should see one or more small icons on your taskbar, with one that looks like a graph with 5 bars ascending to the right. If you click on that it will open up to tell you what service and unique line-id you’re connected to. We’re on Virgin Media so our line-id starts with ‘VM’. BT lines start with BT. I’m guessing that a Sky line will start SK or may even be ‘SKY’.

    If the icon isnt showing, go into ‘Control Panel’ then click on ‘Notification Icons’ and you should be able to unhide the Network icon.

    Hoe this helps

    1. I went back and checked my bills. I did change from Sky to BT. I reported it on line (strangely, although I have no phone line, my internet is working). They have kindly informed me that it will be fixed by 5.00 pm on Thursday! That’s 6 days without a phone! Good old privitisation. Always cheaper and more efficient I don’t think.

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