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Fuck People's Gas
Jul. 22nd, 2021 01:29 pmSo, Tuesday the boy and I went up to Chinatown to look for some things I am missing to make Shoyu Ramen. It was a waste of a day and showed me where I am lacking in regards to his care when we're out & about. When we finally got home, we arrived to find out that our gas had been turned off.
After notifying Erin, she called up to find out why. She was told that our autopay was out of date, which it wasn't. Our bill was paid in full, and up to date. When Erin inquired as to when our gas service would be returned to us, the operator said that it wouldn't be turned back on until sometime between now and the following Wednesday. That's 9 days without gas for an error on the company's part. Come to find out that this has been happening to people all over the south side for some time now.
So I've been poking around on line to see about what we can do to hold them legally responsible for their actions. The only options I'm finding are filing complaints with the BBB[1], ICC (Illinois Commerce Commission), Consumer Affairs, and ILAO (Illinois Legal Aid Online). Not one of these are going to be able to do anything in the immediate, and the chances of us getting anything substantial out of PG is non-existent, but I'm going to send complaints to all those AND to PG.
I want an investigation into People's Gas' actions, having done this repeatedly to the people of the south side of Chicago. I want them exposed for their illegal actions and I want them to pay for it. No more allowing corporations to get away with actions like this ever again. It's time to hold them accountable for their actions.
[1] - The BBB is not a source for proper business "ratings". Any business with any kind of negative rating (F) can have it removed and returned an "A" rating simply by paying a "membership" fee of some sort. By doing so eliminates the negative "grade" giving the less-than-honest company a shining positive one. I can say this For Fact having had an incident with a company that has done this before. They did so by changing the name of the owner or other nefariously misleading action garnering them the new rating after paying the aforementioned "membership fee".
After notifying Erin, she called up to find out why. She was told that our autopay was out of date, which it wasn't. Our bill was paid in full, and up to date. When Erin inquired as to when our gas service would be returned to us, the operator said that it wouldn't be turned back on until sometime between now and the following Wednesday. That's 9 days without gas for an error on the company's part. Come to find out that this has been happening to people all over the south side for some time now.
So I've been poking around on line to see about what we can do to hold them legally responsible for their actions. The only options I'm finding are filing complaints with the BBB[1], ICC (Illinois Commerce Commission), Consumer Affairs, and ILAO (Illinois Legal Aid Online). Not one of these are going to be able to do anything in the immediate, and the chances of us getting anything substantial out of PG is non-existent, but I'm going to send complaints to all those AND to PG.
I want an investigation into People's Gas' actions, having done this repeatedly to the people of the south side of Chicago. I want them exposed for their illegal actions and I want them to pay for it. No more allowing corporations to get away with actions like this ever again. It's time to hold them accountable for their actions.
[1] - The BBB is not a source for proper business "ratings". Any business with any kind of negative rating (F) can have it removed and returned an "A" rating simply by paying a "membership" fee of some sort. By doing so eliminates the negative "grade" giving the less-than-honest company a shining positive one. I can say this For Fact having had an incident with a company that has done this before. They did so by changing the name of the owner or other nefariously misleading action garnering them the new rating after paying the aforementioned "membership fee".
