Paying will avoid a field officer calling at your property

I accidentally opened a letter today addressed to the previous occupant. An old lady who I understand is in fact now dead. It was from a debt collection agency working on behalf of British Gas.

She owes them £23.76. She didn't tell them she was moving out back in January and they want their monies. I don't know how much it costs to commission a leg breaker from Glasgee to recover this debt, but I should think it'll be more than £23.76. No wonder British Gas customers' heating bills are so high.

I've told them of course she doesn't live here. I told them many many times in many many ways. Everyone has. I think even British Gas told them she doesn't live here any more and they even confirmed to me that they understand she is no longer resident here, yet they still send their threatening letters here.

They're sending Glasgow's equivalent to Rocky over here on Friday if she doesn't pay up. They seem to be pursuing a single strategy - send enough letters using progressively more bold fonts and red text with each letter and she will eventually receive them and pay.

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Dear Mrs ********
You owe £23.67 please pay
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Dear Leg breaker she doesn't live here any more.
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Dear Mrs ********
You owe £23.67 please pay
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Dear Leg breaker she doesn't live here any more.
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Dear Mrs ********
You owe £23.67 please pay
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Dear Leg breaker she doesn't live here any more and I think might even be dead.
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Dear Mrs ********
You owe £23.67 please pay
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Dear Leg breaker, sigh
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Dear Mrs ********
You owe £23.67 please pay by Friday or we'll take it out of your arse.
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This reminds me of an experiment to determine whether rats had problem solving capabilities whereby the rats received a wee electric shock every time they made an attempt at reaching a little feeding bag through a specific little hole. They wanted to see if the rats would just continue time after time to make it through the same hole or source out a safer route and they just kept on walking through the wired up hole and jumping back every time it shocked them.

Silly debt collection agencies no better than rats.

Pay your f**king gas bill Adriiiiiaaaaaaaaaaan