29th July, 2023.
Right …
I can safely say that things … have happened.
I’ve now had my new, smart, utility meters — new gas and electricity meters— put in.
And have to admit, I found the process … quite stressful.
The actual engineer who did the installation?
Was fine: he was both polite, and seemed very efficient.
Which, for me?
Was reassuring.
The stuff that wasn’t … ?
Was the consequences.
I now have what my suppliers call an in-home-display.
It’s a little widget that lets me monitor how much gas and electricity I’m using, when I’m using it.
AND shows my current credit balance.
Can I make a confession … ?
Setting up the phone app, registering my payment cards, and waiting for all this to be acknowledged?
Was even more stressful!
As was topping up: after all, I’ve never actually used this new — and comparatively slow — process.
That slowness? Is due to the fact that payments go onto my new meter over the ’Net: rather than by plugging a key or card, directly into the meter.
That slowness is not reassuring.
Especially as I’m used to the instant response from the old meters.
It’s …
Well, the old Newspeak term seems to fit.
It’s Ungood.
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