Got a power outage notification in the mail this morning from Energex the Qld government power generator & distribution organisation. It advised me power would be out from 8 AM to 2 PM, a bit long for the average freezer, but better to know in advance.

Trouble is the advice tells me it will be on Monday the 31St of November. As most here will realise we don't get 31 days in November, pity our bureaucrats are not aware of this.

Surely someone in the chain that produced this leaflet, from the idiot who wrote to the government printer who produced it, should have known this, but then they are bureaucrats.

Has there actually been a power outage?
Or have you been hoaxed?

I know someone who was an internal auditor in a particular corporation and discovered that employees clocked work-time and were actually paid for working on April 31st (also for working 26 hours on a particular date).

You may be interested in this book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_35th_of_May,_or_Conrad%27s_Ride_to_the_South_Seas

but then they are bureaucrats.
Hasbeen,
yep, it's all the Govts' fault ! Or so they'll try & tell us as per usual. Just wait for Paul1405 to defend them.

Energex is corporatized, so on what basis do you classify its workers as bureaucrats?

I'm quite surprised the government printer was involved, but that's still only a chain of two people: 1 at Energex who typed "November" instead of "October" when he or she produced the notice, and one at the printer who failed to spot the error.

on what basis do you classify its workers as bureaucrats?
Aidan,
Show me one (1) just one Energex worker that makes a corporate decision ! The maintenance crews are all doing a great job !
Same goes for all outfits. Corporate they may be but they're still of bureaucratic mentality !

Hi ho Hassy,

My notice from Energex is 8am to 4pm (8 hours) Tuesday 25th October.
"This interruption is necessary to allow maintenance of the electricity network" so they tell me. Funny my notice came with a lot less than a months notice, it came during the 2 weeks I was in NZ, sure its not 31st October?

All I can suggest for an old timer like you is keep opening your freezer every 5 minutes to check if its keeping things frozen. Boil the electric jug to see how long it takes, and keep switching on and off the light every 2 minutes to see if the powers back on. I hope your gas stove keeps working during all this drama. If your watch is working there must be some power in the house. Ho-hum a cold shower is recommended.