When I was a Kid, our old TV packed up, but mum and dad could not afford to immediately replace it. To be honest, it was summer, and we were still of the era that we only really watched TV when it was raining or we were ill. As we spent most of the time out on our push bikes with our friends we did not miss it at all. At School, we were given homework to watch a TV program and write a report on it. When I said we did not have a TV, not only was I humiliated in front of all my class mates, but was told "Then you will need to ask a friend if you can watch theirs". So basically, my poor mum and dad then had to admit to the neighbours that they could not afford a TV.
I think school teachers should learn to teach properly....
A few years ago, when we changed banks, we forgot to change over the Direct Debit for my ISP. When they failed to get their payment, they apparently, unbeknown to me, sent me an Email to say that they had suspended my account due to non-payment. The problem was, they sent it to the account that they had suspended.
I then wasted that first couple of hours fault finding my end, then goodness knows how long on the phone to their Support before it came out that the bill had not been paid.
When I asked why I had not been told that the bill payment had failed, that was when I was told about the Email that would have been sent, apparently by an automated process. I explained that I had not received it, and it was then it came out it was sent after the account was suspended. I asked "how could I pick up that email" where they said, well, we just expect you to use a different account!!
It took about 3 days to get it back on line, and in that time, the amount of things that you take for granted you can do, suddenly all come to a grinding halt.
