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Pam Burnside: Pathetic Utility Service
By Pam Burnside
Jul 28, 2015 - 11:44:52 AM
Dear Editor,
How are business persons supposed
to operate in this country when the unions and others get away with holding ordinary
law abiding citizens hostage?
My office telephone has been out
of order for two weeks, in spite of the fact that the person who is calling can
hear it ringing! I have called BTC countless times with promises of “your
complaint has been passed on” to no avail. Might I remind those service
personnel who are making us suffer that it is us, the Bahamian people, who pay
utility bills so that you can get your salary every month, so it is very wrong
for you to take out your job dissatisfaction on us! In fact it is totally
unacceptable and pathetic!
Bahamians are too complacent – we
need to speak out and raise hell more often, because these monopolies need to
be curbed. We need serious competition in this country so that we can get proper
customer service for the utilities we pay so handsomely for!
In addition to BTC’s crappy
service, this morning during a BEC brown out – two air conditioning units were
blown out….and will we get compensated for the costs and inconvenience
incurred? NO!
Meanwhile those who are “friends,
families and lovers” run up astronomical bills that are never paid, and are smiling
all the way to the bank!
Bahamas, it is time for this
nonsense to stop! Let’s speak up loudly and more often and demand our rights!
..and by the way, Bahamas
National Festival Commission, the public is STILL waiting to see the creative
accounts explaining where our 12 million dollars went. I hope the public and
the press does not let up on this either!
Pam Burnside
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