Because our electricity and gas come off one bill and because we were so behind with people coming to check the reading in the end they presented us with a four figure bill.  I climbed up the wall when I read it - I could have bought a car for that much!  They threatened to cut us off completely - something that they can't do regardless of threats.  I called their bluff and told them: "Fair do's, do that and you get your company's name dragged through a cheap tabloid with a daily readership of 10,000,000."

"Wait!"  He screamed down the phone "I'm sure we can sort something out."  He did  Ten minutes later an arrangement had been made to install a power key system.  It's far from ideal and it'll take us a couple of years before we're on a level keel, but if you just hint at contacting this super, sensational, soar away, Stun newspaper - if you can call it that, you'll find somebody'll get back to you in record time.