Now you see it, now you don't...

 So there I was, minding my own business, when an email came through from the 'Big Cheese' at 'place of work' (to preserve his anonymity I'm gonna call him Fred!)...

"Steve can you please let me have the balance for your March rental, you haven't sent enough"? Me says, "No problem, I'll let you have it". Of course I ignored the first request!

Two days later... "Steve, you still haven't sent me through the balance for March, can you please let me have it?" Me says, "Apologies Fred, had a family bereavement and having been trekking up the M61 to Blackpool on a regular basis (see previous posts) and just haven't had time". Fred says. "OK". Me then remembers that in December I was overcharged and 'Fred' says at the time, "No problem, I'll pick that up when I do the quarterly review" (but he didn't!!).

So me says to him, "Fred, do you remember back in December etc... well, coincidentally, my over payment for December was exactly the same as my under payment for March so we are all square"

Fred, who doesn't like to be beaten on anything says, "I will need to go through the ledger and double check, can you have your strip light removed please, I didn’t factor that in the rate we agreed and its adding to an already eye watering electricity bill thanks Fred".

So it would appear that my tiny strip light is about to cause the downfall of his business empire and all over a £7.50 difference. As you see, the light is still there but now, sadly extinguished...

Why did I fit a strip light in the first place you may ask?? Answer, because the lighting in there is so damned poor...