Annoying thing about scottish power is the way there are two companies, scottish power and scottishpower.co.uk This is just plain annoying.

I am all for Scottish Power as a force for progress in the world, as it was a force in the making of America. But that was long ago. What have they done for us lately? (Or vice versa for that matter.)

I always tell cold callers that they will never make a customer of me, especially when they try to sell me something. I was one of the first to sign up on the national Do-Not-Call-List. Unfortunately companies can still call if you are a customer to offer you more of their services or products. It’s hard to get off those lists but I have done it.

Aw, Dave, I don’t think you are middle-aged, at least not for a couple of years yet.
and “youthful demeanor” — I think that sounds good but is deceiving. Since demeanor means conduct or behavior, perhaps you mean appearance? I can definitely agree with “appearance.”

Sorry, but you know I am a stickler. Also, I’d like to know if, in the UK, I tell an acquaintance, “I’ll call you,” they will look dismayed because they fear I mean that I will knock on their door at any old time.

Remember that all is not as it seems though. Many of the competing companies are in fact owned by the companies they’re competing with.

One of the problems we had with Scottish Power was that every few months we were expected to log in and give some meter readings to their recently upgraded website. Unfortunatley, the site proved almost impoasible to log on to, presumably as a result of all that gas and electricity rushing through my internet connection.

Incidentially, I never buy from people who cold-call, though it can be good fum letting them waste lots of their time going through their script before you say you are not interested.

To be frank, and as someone who up until January actually worked in the industry the whole doorstep selling routine is a joke, becuase I know how the system works, I can usually cut through the web of misinformation that the doorstep salesmen spout, unfortunately the figures on customer churn (people who repeatedly switch supplier) show that many people can’t.

Of course the point to make is that whoever you pay for your electricity or gas, what you actually get through your pipes or cables is the same whether you’re paying Scottish Power, or Southern Electric.

Actually, I’d take it as a compliment that he asked if your parents were in. Beth was really chuffed a few months ago when she was age checked when buying alcohol in Tesco.