[Schatje]

I'm so angry. I've been made to come in contact with one of my triggers and I almost feel used.

Here is the deal. We are currently building a house and have been waiting for the gas company to come hook us up. We can't move any further in construction until we have heat because the next step is taping the drywall and for that you need the heat. It started out pretty benignly. They didn't get a copy of our contract. We had to fax and fax and fax and they finally received it. Then nothing. I've been on the phone having to scare the crap out of people in order to get the ball rolling and get our gas hooked up ASAP. I was sick of the niceties and platitudes you get and it came to the point where only a really firm and aggressive hand was going to make a difference. I'm still waiting to hear back to be sure the situation has been resolved.

My husband tried to deal with it, my father our contractor tried to deal with it, and neither of them had any luck so I was told to deal with it. As they said I would have more luck than they ever could. I try and steer clear of this sort of thing because too much stress and having to act like a b**** can really throw off my moods for days and even weeks.

Now I'm reeling. I'm so upset I'm crying. I don't like this part of me. As my husband says I'm a lot like the Hulk. I don't like to go "hulk," but sometimes I have to. I guess my mantra should be "Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."

[Slothrop]

Yeah, that does not sound like a good idea...sending you in to deal with something like that. Husband/FIL should have handled, in my opinion...

[Schatje]

Well I fixed it. They will be coming on Monday to hook us up. A full week earlier than I was given as best case senerio. The thing is that my hubbie and father both tried to handle it. They really did, but they got nowhere. The thing is that they know that they have me to fall back on and that I get results where a lot of people don't. In fact I've only failed once in my life not to reach a resolution to a problem with a company to my satisfaction. I chose not to push that time and instead pull my business instead because it was easier and my husband is not a fighter so I couldn't fall back on him.

I went over to the house tonight and screwed in drywall and I'm going to take a valium soon and go to bed and try and forget about it.