When we moved to our apartment, we had an appointment for someone from the electric company to come to the apartment to read our meter as part of setting up our account. They were scheduled to arrive between 10 am and 12 pm on a Saturday. The morning of the appointment I was dressed and ready to receive the technician by 9:45 am but sat waiting until 1 pm before giving up. When we left the apartment later that day, we found a note on the mailbox indicating that they had been by around 9:30 am (half an hour early). I had not heard the door as I was in the shower at the time.
After an elaborate rescheduling process that included going to the post office to get a registered letter and an awkward phone call between me and a very patient electric company employee who did not speak English, we set another appointment for 12 pm on a weekday. This time I was prepared and planned to be waiting for the technician by 11 am, an hour before our scheduled appointment. Our doorbell rang at 9:30 am; the technician was two and a half hours early.
I recently received a letter from the electric company stating that they were sending someone to our apartment to get an updated meter reading on April 12, between 8:30 and 10:30 am. I cringed a little, wondering what time I would need to be ready for an 8:30 am appointment given my previous experiences. I had my answer this morning when our doorbell rang around 8:45 am, a full day before the scheduled appointment.
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