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Me and the builder boyfriend are going to go without hot water

15 October 2022

9:00 AM

15 October 2022

9:00 AM

‘I’d like my money back please’ was what I was waiting to tell British Gas, if they ever stopped the deafening rock music of their recorded hold message to answer the phone.

My account was £490 in credit, like it was a savings account. Only it wasn’t a savings account for me, and now energy prices are going up beyond all reason, I’m not going to be so relaxed about these matters.

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