the cheek of it

As I was writing my last post I was rudely interupted by a knock on the door. Some fella from Southern Electricity tried to tell me that their records showed that I had failed to claim my discount and I was still paying the old rate for our electricity and gas. I smelled a rat, but when I asked him if we buy our gas from him, he had the nerve to say that I did, and he went on to explain that his company sells the gas that all the power companies in the South East use. In the end I asked him if we pay him any money for any services from his company at the moment. He finally admitted that we didn't, at which point I told him that he was being misleading and I shut the door in his face. I could hear him muttering, "it's not misleading" as I walked away. I wonder how many old folk he suckered today. How can these people sleep at night?