To think this is really inconvenient ?

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So national grid are replacing the gas pipes on my street and in my home.. ( why don't people just stick to the saying if it's not broken don't fix it!) so today is 'my appointment' for them to come and disconnect my gas to do this. So I had to allow them in at 8am this morning ( I told them to come back at 9 as I said I had breakfast and kids to get off at school) so they came and disconnected it and now I have to wait all evening between 4pm-8pm for them to restore my gas supply. So they could come at any point whilst I'm cooking and I will have to cook tea ( gas cupboard is in my kitchen next to my cooker in a cupboard!)
So now my kids will have to eat their tea whilst having strangers come in and out of the house. It's annoyed me! And we have had no hot water all day!
Am I being unreasonable to think this is inconvenient and unacceptable ?

@Floralnomad that's dreadful for her to be left that long without gas! It's good they provided the heaters tho. They didn't do that in this case but it's not been that long so I it's fine.
Yes I probably am overreacting... but I just get very stressed in situations like this.. can't help it.. doesn't make me a bad person nor do I deserve my gas pipes blowing up either..

gas men provided her with fan heaters to use ( new ones that they then leave with you ) so I’m sure if you have young children in the house they would have done the same OP.

^^ they only do this if you have a child under a certain age in my area.

And wow I don't know any of the parents names in my kids school. I haven't even had a conversation past "hello" with any of them. I wouldn't dream of asking any of them to take my kids to school. Some of the comments on here are ridiculous.

Well if it was no gas or risk the house exploding that’s life and that’s how long it took to fix it .

m.youtube.com/watch?v=zyeMFSzPgGc

I have nothing to add but this

If there’s been two grown adults at home today then you really shouldn’t have been made to worry about lhow you’d cope singlehandedly

Dealing with workmen while feeding and dressing all your children.
Stressing about someone being at home when you needed to be on school run.
Being made to cut errands short to get home to deal with workmen.
Dealing with workmen while trying to cook for everyone.
Dealing with workmen while doing the bedtimes.

You had a second parent at home as he was off work, today shouldn’t have stressful as it has because he should have been helping. You’ve spent the day worrying and stressing about how you will cope if they turn up during breakfast, or tea, or showers, teamed with your ignoring questions about why your husband didn’t pitch in makes me think he didn’t/doesn’t help you with this stuff generally/when he’s off? That’s a dh problem. How did he spend his day off?

You don’t have to answer but if I’m right and if he was at home and you couldn’t or shouldn’t ask him to do his share, even as a one off, I can see why unexpected things make you anxious. That’s not meant to be bitchy, I genuinely mean it.

Yanbu to think it's inconvenient. It is a bit inconvenient but not a huge deal.
YABVVVVVU to think that it's unacceptable.

or someone's at work all week what do you suggest they do?

We arrange a day off. We have a whole bunch of them we can take and sensible working people keep a few for exactly these kind of things.

You were told they were coming, you waited til they got there to say there was a problem then you complained about them not coming back when they said they would. It’s basic mathematics, if they are an hour delayed first thing that will knock on the whole day. And things sometimes goes wrong when carrying out works, that’s why they build in contingency, which you took from them at 8am.

YABU for being so annoyed about it.

YABU for not being able to fix a quick meal for your children.

YABU for not having your own contingency plans and getting so worked up about a change of plan.

YABU for asking AIBU when you have no intention of actually taking on board when 99% of responses have made it clear YABU.

Speaking as someone who was anxious about change & people in my house, I learned the hard way to let it go the day I watched 9 gas men spend hours frantically trying to shut the gas off while teams of firemen took turns keeping the burning gas under control to stop my house blowing up.

Fucks same you want reliable safe gas pipes don’t you ?? Then grow up, it’s nothing, you are not paying for it.

Well, fair enough, you don't like strangers in your house.
But, nevertheless, YABU.
Recently, the road I usually use out of my estate was closed, due to being dug up because there was work needed on the drains. It was very inconvenient to have to drive around diversions, involving taking extra care on very narrow roads which had cars parked to add to the fun.
However, I didn't expect that they would fill the holes in so I could drive over them when I needed to use the roads.
It was an inconvenience, not impossible. There's a big difference.
I'd rather be inconvenienced and know my gas supply was safe, personally.

OP - so where was your DH in all of this? Why wasn't he helping?

LOL PinkSquash

Well just to inform you all.. the gas was put on around 22:00 last night. Didn't expect anyone that late at all! He said I was missed out on the list and can't understand why.. It doesn't matter if they don't like a tenant of a house or whether there was a delay getting in someone's house doesn't mean they should miss someone off the list.. it's very unprofessional.

They also filled our grey bin with their fag ends, fag packets, takeaway boxes, and drink bottles which I just think is cheeky and this was before they were doing our house so they walked into my garden and used my bin for their rubbish when the council have reduced our bins to a small size where we can only fit one black bag inside and we have to recycle our rubbish so if I didn't notice this yesterday the council might not have emptied our bin because there was recyclable rubbish inside a grey bin... I just think it's tacky behaviour.

... Can't understand why.....

Oh, the rest of us can op ;)

It was an "accidental" mistake

Yes @SillyMoomin scally behaviour. Oh and by the way it wasn't just me who had to go out and do things.

@SillyMoomin do you think leaving children In cold house due to not liking the fact someone didn't let them in the house straight away is decent ? These ppl have no morals

Glad it sorted, but secretly looking forward to next weeks update.

@Justmuddlingalong don't worry I'll give you your next instalment, couldn't have you missing out on such and entertaining piece now can we

Oh, it's certainly been an interesting 'piece' all right. Thank you for posting.

Please get over yourself

Could've been worse they could've decorated your garden with fag ends and take away boxes but they had the audacity to put them in the royal bin

Our gas boiler broke down a week ago; we're extending so not buying a new one yet but installing a simple water heater instead. It is inconvenient but our family have coped; 70's style - kettles of boiling water and a bowl in the bath.

So they put their food and rubbish in your bin they do need to eat and drink, they're at work and if they were ready to start at 8 they'll have been up since early!

I think OP needs a little bit of compassion and understanding that these people are trying to work to make her house/street safe supply.

And a 1 day bout of slight inconvenience will ensure it.

OP, yabvvvvvvu and quite horrible / spoiled here, part of having infrastructure into your home is ensuring it's maintained well.

I can't believe you sent them away for starting at 8, delaying them and putting more pressure on.

What on earth do you think others do when they have your commitments AND work too?you seem very selfish and inflexible. And I think your frustration at a DH who's awful is being taken out on those poor workmen. Horrible behaviour on your part.

In future try and act more graciously with people working hard to keep you warm and safe.

@abualb I didn't 'send' them away. I asked if hey could cone back just a little later and they said it's fine because they have to dig outside first at the corner of my house in my garden which was perfectly fine...

As for 'they have to eat and drink' of course they do but we shouldn't have to clean up after them. It's me having to separate all their rubbish into the separate recycling rubbish we have.