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 ?

ptumbi we all know it is lather and lava was a typo. We were just having a chuckle.

Bastard - Oh blimey! So it is lava!? I think ill just avoid that particular saying from now on

Better to have a day's inconvenience than have a leak or explosion at 3am. That's way more inconvenient. We had emergency gas repairs outside ours from a Sunday lunchtime until late into the night. You get no notice obviously and a strong smell of gas. Given a choice I'd rather have known in advance as you can always arrange to eat out or send the kids to friends or family for the evening. If you know it's going off at 8 you can make up flasks of hot water for hot drinks until you get out later on.

They won't replace the pipes on the street for fun, there must be a good reason why they needed replacing.

I woke up on Monday to a freezing cold house as the boiler hadn't come on.

I went outside to look at the meter and the gas supply was switched off.

As this has happened before I know how to turn it back on, only thing was it wouldn't come back on.

The gas supplier got a man round and he said I needed new meter and he would be back in two hours with it and he would fit it.

About five hours later, a stressed out sounding gas man phoned me and said that he had trouble getting a new meter but that he could get one in the morning and would that be OK.

He turned up just after 1pm on Tuesday, fitted it and checked that the boiler restarted and the heating worked.

Was it a pain in the arse to have no gas supply and therefore no heating or hot water and to spend the best part of two days hanging around while it got sorted out?

Of course it was but would I whinge and moan about it?

No way as I am so grateful that it was sorted out before Christmas and the gas man obviously had a great deal of hassle getting it sorted out but tried not to show it.

Stop moaning.

Funny this should pop up again in my emails as 'someone has commented on this thread'. I've received a letter the day after this thread funnily enough, stating that they're starting work in my area on the week beginning 8th January and there is a possibility that my gas will be turned off.

Shall I phone up and complain now, just in case. Yes, it will be inconvenient, yes it will be cold. Will I have the right to moan and whinge? No!