4000 minutes in a month on a cell phone bill!!

[Bryophyte]

Wait a minute, who broke her phone? You or her father? This is beginning to sound abusive.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: ebaycj

Originally posted by: J0hnny
... She's now a freshman in college and just got a job at Banana ...

If she's hot, she can come over and work on my banana any time :evil:

Well if he means Banana Republic then you might be in luck.

 

[shopbruin]

i'd ask her if she understood how many monthly minutes she had, and to verify your calling plan.

then make her pay for it. and if she realizes 400 minutes does not equal 4000, and that "anytime" minutes does not mean "use the phone whenever you want without penalty" she can have her phone back.

or make her get her own phone under her name.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: J0hnny
What's even worse was that when the phone was thrown against the closet door, when she went to pick it up, the door fell on her. The door had broken hinges. Aiyah!

So many things went wrong there....

OMG i laughed my ass off!

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Wait a minute, who broke her phone? You or her father? This is beginning to sound abusive.

He is her father.

 

[300MDemon]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude

Originally posted by: J0hnny
What's even worse was that when the phone was thrown against the closet door, when she went to pick it up, the door fell on her. The door had broken hinges. Aiyah!

So many things went wrong there....

OMG i laughed my ass off!

LOL!

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Wait a minute, who broke her phone? You or her father? This is beginning to sound abusive.

He is her father.

Read his first post again. He's editted it.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Tell her to get a damn life

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Wait a minute, who broke her phone? You or her father? This is beginning to sound abusive.

He is her father.

Read his first post again. He's editted it.

Ahhh... Well (to the OP) suck it up and tell her to do the same. (assuming her father is the one who broke the phone and you're a wimpy bleeding heart friend who thinks any discipline for anything ever is bad and such, which is how your post comes off).

 

[johnjbruin]

I use my cellphone for like 10 mins a month. My 500 a month have been rolling over for like a year - god know how many free mins i have now.

 

[Anubis]

bust the phone, make her pay for the new phone and plan, and give her a good hollering at

 

[welst10]

Is it just me or do women have phone fetish?

 

[DAGTA]

Freshmen in college... so why are the parents still footing her bills? She's an adult now. Never had a job before? Sounds like some crappy parenting to me.

 

[Wuffsunie]

Funds come out of the kids account, assuming she's young enough for a parent to still have some control over her financials. Otherwise, she's left to pay for it herself. Next phone she gets would be prepaid, too!

Still, hard to believe some people use up 2 hours a day (average) yaking on the phone.

LOL!!!! @ the closet door.

 

[tk149]

College Co-ed?

1. PICS!

2. Send her over, I know a way she can earn a buck a minute... <evil leer>

But seriously, contact the phone company, set up a payment plan, and make her pay it off.

 

[Pepsi90919]

well, i would NOT CONNECT TO THE JRUN SERVER, THAT'S FOR DAMN SURE :|

 

[Thegonagle]

BTW, call the service provider and ask if you can be switched up to the highest plan, or ask for to have the bill adjusted to reflect the highest rate plan. You have nothing to lose except money by asking.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

I'd say it totally depends on......
















































pics.

 

[YoYoBabyYo]

holy cow! 4000 minutes in a month? i signed up for the cingular 600 anytime rollover plan last september and so far i have rolled over about 4000 minutes! maybe she can help me make use of my minutes!

 

[RossMAN]

1) Pics?

2) How much is the cell phone bill?

 

[Xionide]

Damn exactly 4000, Shes talented.

-Xionide

 

[Azraele]

She'd have to pay that bill if she were my daughter.

 

[Thump553]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Freshmen in college... so why are the parents still footing her bills? She's an adult now. Never had a job before? Sounds like some crappy parenting to me.

Obvious nonparent.

D*mn near every kid screws up big time in some way. Sometimes it's smashing up the family car, sometimes calling 900 lines, brushes with juvenile law, etc. Some of this stuff you can protect yourself against but not all of it. All of costs, and all is wasted money. Massive cell phone abuse is not all that unusual-I know a young lady who managed to blow a small inheritance on cellphone bills and smashed cars, which was the end of her college career.

What the parent should have done beforehand is laid it out to their kid what the monthly allotment is and that they are paying for any excess, even if it comes out of their beer and ramen noodles fund. Also point out that they can check online at any time. When I gave my daughter her cell phone I made it very clear that it will last only as long as she stays within the plan. She has done a pretty good job of this in three plus years.

What I'd do at this point? No cell phone at all until she makes and begins to follow repayment arrangements to her parent. Why let her have the phone back before the bill is paid off-her safety walking around campus is more important than a few bucks.

One thing parents should make very clear to kids is how much college is actually costing the parents-it's brutal. believe me.

 

[phantom309]

Two words: Pepper spray.

 

[mugs]

It blows my mind that someone who is in college could be that stupid.