Subscribe to this blog's feedAnd now a cautionary tale from sunny Spain. One Antonio Bandin Moreno collected his post before he left for work but left it unopened. In the pile of mail was a bill from Gas Natural.
Later that day his wife rang him and asked if he had seen the bill from the gas company. He replied that he hadn’t and asked “has it gone up much?”
However it wasn’t the total which had prompted the call. It was the name on the bill. It was addressed to: Antonio Gillipollas Caraculo. For those who don’t speak Spanish that translates as Antonio Dickhead Arseface.
First he laughed, then he worried that whoever had manipulated his surnames might have access to his personal information He complained to the consumer affairs office.
A spokesperson for Gas Natural apologised and said the bill had been sent out by a sub-contractor, one of whose employees had played a prank. Now Gas Natural is considering taking legal action against the sub-contractor.
The story made the local press. A picture of Antonio Bandin Moreno was printed. Now his mobile phone is trilling with old friends anxious to catch up.
A bit of a result? Well, not necessarily. His “friends” ring up, sure, but ask to speak to “Mr Arseface”.
