I say 20 minutes...
It's a rough estimate as the call has yet to be made. It may take several calls, routed to the other end of the world and bounced via a satellite orbiting Mars.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 25 Mar 2010, 10:34, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

i once came home to no electricity - so no heat, light or ability to cook

I phone N-power, 40mins of hold music later and I fucked off to the pub, cancelled them as soon as possible after that.

I enjoy telling those people who sell N-Power in the street this story very loudly in front of potential customers.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 10:37, Reply)

We came home once to find no electric and we didn't have gas so no heat light food ect.
With a newborn baby. We phoned and were told "some point in the next 24 hours" We asked if they could be more specific and they said no. I said "so you could turn up at 3 in the morning?" "yes" she replied. I told them we had a newborn and she said yes that's why you get within 24 hours others have to wait longer. I sent My wife and newborn daughter to her mothers and stayed in the house with no heat and no light in the winter. They took 2 days to get there. When the engineer arrived he was so disgusted at how long it took them to arrange a call out for us he used his portable key meter thing to put £50 on our key. Turns out he lived at the other end of the street and was on call, they could have had him there in 5 minutes. Never ever use EDF they're cunts
( Peej, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 12:05, Reply)