by Sunny Hundal

Earlier today, British Gas tweeted this

Our Customer Services Director Bert Pijls will be taking part in a Q&A about our price rise at 1-2pm. Tweet your questions using #AskBG! — British Gas (@BritishGas) October 17, 2013

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Ruh roh. Can anyone see a train crash coming?

Thankfully, Twitter did not disappoint.

British Gas social media team arrive for Twitter Q&A #AskBG pic.twitter.com/46mAXsXqLx — Stephen Hull (@hullstephen) October 17, 2013

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Hi Bert, which items of furniture do you, in your humble opinion, think people should burn first this winter? #AskBG — Lee Vincent (@LeeJamesVincent) October 17, 2013

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.@BritishGas #AskBG What is the best temperature to thaw an elderly relative at and what seasoning would you use with one? — TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) October 17, 2013

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.@BritishGas have you found a way to channel angry customer feedback into electricity? #askBG — Felicity Morse (@FelicityMorse) October 17, 2013

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#AskBG would it be ok to burn the corpses of your board of directors when I can't afford heating? — Matt Kelly (@Matt_Dot_Com) October 17, 2013

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Can I please borrow your soul as you don't seem to be using it at the moment #AskBG — Gareth Heskett (@GarethHeskett) October 17, 2013

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#askbg Do you prefer one 36 carrot gold diamond encrusted horse sized duck, or 100 36 carrot gold diamond encrusted duck sized horses? — John Coventry (@JohnnyCov) October 17, 2013

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Do the @BritishGas board prefer to bathe in £20 or £50 notes? #AskBG — Cal Loftus (@calloftus) October 17, 2013

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.@BritishGas I have been concerned for some time now that your chief executive Sam Laidlaw only took home £5million last year 1/2 #AskBG! — Danny Leigh (@dannytheleigh) October 17, 2013

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#AskBG : @BritishGas as an employee how can u expect workers like myself to feel happy working for a company who rip people off? It's not on — edo badonde (@edoSfulton) October 17, 2013

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.@BritishGas Will you be sacrificing your social media team for fuel this winter? #AskBG — Steve Rose (@steveplrose) October 17, 2013

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#AskBG If I email this lovely man from the Nigerian Lotto Nscam Bank my details,he says he can provide cheaper gas.What have you got to say? — I,Clarkeyus (@paininthebrum) October 17, 2013

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