Here's what happened to me today:
The company that sells me heating oil seems to like to be paid for their last delivery before they will bring more. Only in the coldest of winters will they bring me more automatically before they receive payment for the last delivery. Sometimes my tank gets really low between fills. If they want to be paid more promptly, they should get their billing system in order. Sometimes I don't get a bill during a winter month because of the weather and when they automatically come (they estimate when to deliver based on how cold it's been.) and then get around to invoicing me.
At the end of the heating season usually at some point in May, they will come one last time to top off my oil tank. This ensures a supply at the start of the next season, and prevents rusting of the walls of the storage tank. They also send me a bill for a "furnace plan" that will pay for most repairs and insures that they come right away, any time of day, any day of the week during the heating season. It's been worth it in the past, so I pay it. Cleaning and an annual tune up are included. I paid this bill at the beginning of the month.
Today the jet stream is dipping very low in the West of the continent, and has moved farther north than usual here in the East. As a result we are getting the heat and humidity from the Gulf of Mexico two months early. May can often be cool and damp here. So it is feeling as hot as hades outside, especially for the month of May.
So naturally, because they have been paid, today of all days the oil man comes around to give me my final top off for the year.
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