Fah-reaking (Freaking) Again!
By Catherine
@bluesa (15022)
Johannesburg, South Africa
November 22, 2017 7:37am CST
We're going to be sitting without power yet again! This is one of those rare times we have actually been notified.
They will be switching off our electricity for 8 hours tonight to fix the same issue they were supposed to fix the last four times they switched our electricity off for 8 hours. They love 8 hours!
What they do during those hours is a mystery, but I can tell you what they don't do, they don't fix the issue! Because if they did ever actually fix it, then they wouldn't have to keep messing us around like this!
As you can tell, I am a tad upset by this! Thank you for letting me vent!
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21 responses
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
22 Nov 17
four times? do they even explain why it's still not fixed?
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
23 Nov 17
@MALUSE , they are inept, I can only conclude they are inept. They say that they did not plan for more stress on the grid and they underestimated the storms during summer, there are bad lightning strikes. They said a transformer was leaking. Then they go mute.
and my eyes changed colour too, 
@ridingbet (66855)
• Philippines
23 Nov 17
oh, i sympathize with you. it seems you are experiencing what we usually have here. power outage is indeed disappointing. i hope you will be able to do some more productive things while you have no electricity.
incidentally, it will be our schedule again tomorrow, because we won't have electricity from 8AM to 5PM. the advisory stated that the electric cooperative will transfer loads to the newest electric substation.
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@ridingbet (66855)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
@bluesa happy i am because we don't have the 9 hours power interruption.
@ridingbet (66855)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
@bluesa but then again, it is re-scheduled on Monday.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
22 Nov 17
The unannounced power interruption in our place cause so many troubles, the fish and meat in the ref doesn't smell good and we have to dispose it.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
22 Nov 17
yeah, I can relate to that. Many appliances got damaged because of this sudden burst of electricity to our appliances.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
23 Nov 17
@ilocosboy , yes, power surges are very damaging. And there was so much to do before they cut the power and after, that it messed up two days.
@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
22 Nov 17
Sorry my friend for having that kind of bad situation 
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
22 Nov 17
Thank you @m_audrey6788 , we're hoping that this time they will really fix the problem.
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@moffittjc (120850)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 17
Oh Catherine! I'm not even affected by this and I'm getting upset right along with you! There are third-world countries that don't lose power as much as you have lately. That should be a major embarrassment for your electricity provider. Is the utility company state-owned, or is it a private business? Because when you turn off a customer's power, that means they are not generating a bill, which means loss of revenue for the electric company.
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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
23 Nov 17
I am glad they gave you notification of this but sorry to hear about the issue being repeated yet again, not to mention all the stress it will cause for you:(.
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@Dyvette16 (4301)
• United States
22 Nov 17
Yes it can cause issues with no power , I hope it is on sooner than expected !
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@Dyvette16 (4301)
• United States
24 Nov 17
@bluesa yes I believe so & yes that is great !
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
23 Nov 17
Sorry that you have been without power and they sound much like our lot here that go and leave you without an explanation as to what has been going on and if they do fix it we neve rknow anything except for the bill that they send us.
They are very good at sending Bills though that is for sure.
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@dgobucks226 (34957)
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25 Nov 17
No electricity again? You must go through a lot of batteries Catherine, lol. Although it is no laughing matter 
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
1 Dec 17
@dgobucks226 they are inept buffoons, is all I can think 
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