tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059647489728874201.post6438748966270979478..comments2023-10-18T08:43:52.041-07:00Comments on We travel not for trafficking alone: LEC and water bluesFarzana Rasheedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00618265965003942944noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059647489728874201.post-33760352992472344542014-01-21T06:13:17.584-08:002014-01-21T06:13:17.584-08:0021 Jan 2014
So, last night, our LEC pre-paid mete...21 Jan 2014<br /><br />So, last night, our LEC pre-paid meter started acting funny. It showed 11 units which with all our appliances would be consumed in no time. I started cursing myself and my staff for not re-charging the meter. I woke up Haresh to go and check whether we have enough fuel in the back up generator. He went and checked and went back to sleep. I kept pacing the apartment and, started studying the LEC chart. I woke up Haresh again and, asked him to study it. He says, it all makes sense and nothing is wrong. I turned off all the unnecessary lights and, then when the units had gone down to 7, I decided to turn on the generator rather than wait to go out of power. I went into the balcony and tried to turn it on using the start-up ignition. It wouldn't start! Haresh woke up again and went upstairs to check. He gave up and we called our generator technician and, luckily, he agreed to come over at 11 PM. Meanwhile, I go and check the meter again and, see it is at 70 units! I wake up Haresh again and, he goes to check and, indeed my mind was not playing tricks. We turn all the ACs on at full blast. Haresh decided to give up sleep and starts to play online chess while Kavita starts to attack all my bookshelves again. The generator mechanic comes over and repairs the faulty machine. We test it and, pay him $ 20 for his midnight services. The LEC is on and, we never had to use the generator. I end the evening by throwing up.Farzana Rasheedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618265965003942944noreply@blogger.com