Powerless

For the last two days I have had problems with my electricity supply which hopefully has now been rectified. Because the situation was so dangerous yesterday evening when the electrician called, he told me that he was unable to touch the piece of equipment involved and I would have to put in an emergency call to the power supplier. He spoke to them and explained what the problem was then advised me to switch off everything except for one light. I was told that it could be up to four hours for them to attend the call out and if there was any smoke at all, I was to call the fire brigade immediately.
Fortunately, two men turned up about half an hour later, switched off the supply and worked at rectifying the problem. They had almost finished when a further two men arrived to see if they were required. The reason two lots turned up was that one lot are responsible for the supply to part of the equipment and the others are responsible for the other part (if that makes any sense!). Eventually the lights were back on and they all left and because it was too late to cook, I had a sandwich instead of the usual cooked meal.
This morning I woke up and looked at the clock and the time was about 4:30am so I turned over and went back to sleep. When I woke again I looked at the clock but it was black which meant that the electricity was off again so I stumbled out of bed, found the torch and looked at my watch. It was seven o'clock. I pulled on some clothes and came downstairs to phone the supply company again but the phone doesn't work without the power so I had to fumble around looking for my mobile. I made the call and once more I was told it could be up to 4 hours before someone would attend. Great! I couldn't have my early morning cup of tea and that makes me grumpy and have you ever tried putting in contact lenses by torchlight?!
An hour later the first man turned up and he looked in the box and found the problem was in the same place. He told me that I would keep getting this unless they changed the box because the connections were dodgy so he would have to ring someone to come and do that. As he was telling me this his phone rang and as he was speaking to the person on the other end he explained what he was doing and said what else needed to be done. Then he turned to me and asked if I would be in for the next hour or so because the other person could come around to change the box when he had finished the job he was doing which was not too far away.
Anyway, this guy got the power back on so I could have a cup of tea and he left. A short while later, two other men turned up and they did the necessary work so I hope I don't get any more problems. I hope that the neighbours weren't counting because I had eight men through the front door last night and this morning. My reputation will soar!!! :D