Out of control…

Construction at UC Berkeley was difficult to say the least. We weren't allowed to bid out most of the construction. We were required to use the university's plumbing and electrical people. They weren't typical contractors so they couldn't provide us with either a time or dollar estimate of the work. Some nameless office at UC Berkeley simply sent us a bill when it was all done. The bill was enormous.
We were able to make up some of that money when we later learned that only a few circuits where ever hooked up to the meter. Every month we were only billed a small fraction of the electricity we were using. (allegedly)