Sorry, but you are crazy. Power outages happen. They aren't fun but you just have to deal. They are doing everything in their power to fix it. I live in Florida in the lightening capital of the word -- power outages happen. Normally the didn't last days on end, but hours and hours and hours were common.
Then there are hurricanes. People were without power for weeks on end and then another hurricane hit. And then another . . . I don't even remember how many weeks we didn't have power that summer. (I ended up staying in a hotel for a few days after the third b/c it was so hot)
Blaming the company for terrorizing your kids is just stupid. Set up flashlights or battery operated candles at night. And yes, it would be dark at night regardless. Duh.
We are prepared to lose power -- we have food, water, radio, flashlights, etc . . . the people who aren't prepared are usually pissed b/c they are forced to scramble and find stuff. Be prepared and teach your kids how to handle situations properly. For goodness sakes, grow up!
Sorry to sound so bitchy but get over it. Side note . . . the power line hanging low is a different matter. But even that issue may not be the reason you don't have power and your kids are being terrorized. I think you could have written a much more informative and disgruntled letter prior to this, then maybe something could have been done about the power line.
Posts like this piss me off. There were many on facebook last summer when people in my hometown were out of power and I had to really try to keep my mouth shut.
My dad works for the electric company in Chicago area. He often pulls 18 hour shifts for several days in a row - last summer there was a streak where it was WEEKS in a row. He comes home to sleep. He's missed Christmas and birthdays and many other holidays, as well as tons of games and plays and parties and everything else when his kids were growing up. He works his butt off in 100+ degree temps and 20 below zero temps. Many times he's sent out of town to help other areas get their power back on. Oh, and now he's in his 50's and still doing this. Last year one of his team members died on the job and my dad lost part of his finger several year back because on top of being exhausted and hot/freezing, they are working with dangerous equipment that could kill them.
I'm not going to say the electric company he works for is perfect, because like any company it has its issues. But I seriously doubt that they would chose to pay overtime/doubletime to have all these guys out there working if there was another option. Its not like they are letting their workers off at 5pm and laughing while thinking "screw the customers! They don't need power!". People are working around the clock, the company is losing money, and the workers are being worked beyond the point of exhaustion to get your power back on.
Be glad you're sitting at home with your scared kids instead of outside climbing poles in this weather while wearing heavy work clothing for 18 hours today. Because THAT would really be horrible.
Posts like this piss me off. There were many on facebook last summer when people in my hometown were out of power and I had to really try to keep my mouth shut.
My dad works for the electric company in Chicago area. He often pulls 18 hour shifts for several days in a row - last summer there was a streak where it was WEEKS in a row. He comes home to sleep. He's missed Christmas and birthdays and many other holidays, as well as tons of games and plays and parties and everything else when his kids were growing up. He works his butt off in 100+ degree temps and 20 below zero temps. Many times he's sent out of town to help other areas get their power back on. Oh, and now he's in his 50's and still doing this. Last year one of his team members died on the job and my dad lost part of his finger several year back because on top of being exhausted and hot/freezing, they are working with dangerous equipment that could kill them.
I'm not going to say the electric company he works for is perfect, because like any company it has its issues. But I seriously doubt that they would chose to pay overtime/doubletime to have all these guys out there working if there was another option. Its not like they are letting their workers off at 5pm and laughing while thinking "screw the customers! They don't need power!". People are working around the clock, the company is losing money, and the workers are being worked beyond the point of exhaustion to get your power back on.
Be glad you're sitting at home with your scared kids instead of outside climbing poles in this weather while wearing heavy work clothing for 18 hours today. Because THAT would really be horrible.
I am always thinking when the power goes out, how much it sucks. But it is nothing compared to what the men that are out working in it go through. My parents owned a big restaurant growing up and everytime the power would go out for days in our tiny little town my parents were down there opening the place up as soon as they got power and always fed those men for free for however long they were working in that weather. It is pure hell out there for long days, in extream weather. Some patience on your end would be more helpful. Possibly to help your tramitized as well.
Thank you to all the posters who made me laugh. Powder ftw with haunted poontang a nose behind.
Thank you also to all the linemen out there working and being pulled away from their families to get the power back on.
We had a power outage in the winter a few years back. Our power was out for five days. We live almost directly behind a substation and I (semi) joked with DH that i was going to knock on their office door with a long extension cord to plug in our house if they didn't get the power on soon. We camped in front of our fireplace, cooked on our (thankfully gas) stove or went out to eat and found ways to occupy ourselves. One of my poor friends had her power out for NINE days...and her neighbors across the street were on a separate grid and had their power on after a few hours. They spent NINE days in their house looking at their neighbors lit houses as their neighbors were dining at their tables. (Thankfully it was a great neighborhood and the neighbors with power ran extension cords, let people stay with them, loaned campers/trailers, etc. They got to know their neighbors better than ever before.) And in Washington in the winter it gets dark as early as 3:30 or 4:00 p.m and the sun doesn't come up until after 8:00 a.m. You're fortunate it's not freezing cold and the sun stays out late and comes up early.
My granddaughter (who was living with us at the time) has asked on several occasion why we can't have another power outage. It's all in how YOU as the adult handle the kids' fears. And you brokered into them and exacerbated them instead of alleviating them. Shame on you.
ermm whoa. I live in the boonies and have a well so if power is out, no water at all. but you are taking this a bit far. Power companies really do try hard to restore power!