^opened an app today. had to read three different, brand new policy documents that probably totaled to about 30,000 words by conservative guess. they must know that people largely just click through all that crap. would it even hold up in court, i wonder? it should be international law or something that clickwrap has to fit on one screen in readable font size.
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should the following really be in fwp, considering it's america?
couple in my circle neglected a power bill, and had it shut off at like 11 pm. out of sheer chance, one was still at home. if they weren't, "sorry about the food, we're not paying for that by the way. pay your bills!" customers for like 3 decades.
i don't have a chatgpt account. if that happened to me, i'd also lose the spongebob ask that's been sitting in my tabs for two weeks.
it's mind-boggling that utilities get to just shut off a household like that at all, never mind the lack of grace period or often notifications that would make grace periods worth anything. being customers for decades didn't give these people any leeway. "what are you going to do, go to a competitor? haha, oh by the way we're raising our rates."
many more such anecdotes of personal inconvenience or actual physical discomfort. imagine sitting around with soap and shampoo eating away at your skin while the "we'll do the best we caaaaan" water people take over an hour to show up and turn it back on.
i guess you could go on an automatic payment plan but that's not very helpful to the precariat and impoverished who may not always be flush from month to month. get some fucking euro regulation done, america.
Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2025-10-13 12:12:14)
