Today, I arrived at my college dorm. To help me sleep, I listened to my local radio from my phone. Little did I know, they turn off the wifi for part of the night, and hours of music were streamed onto my phone. Guess who now owes the phone company all my money. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was walking home, when I realized I didn't have my phone on me. After retracing my steps, I realized that I'd been listening to music from my phone the entire time. FML
Today, I set my phone alarm to play a calm piano song so I’d wake up peacefully. Instead, Bluetooth connected to the speaker in my roommate’s room and blasted my alarm at full volume at 6 a.m. for both of us. FML
Today, I was giving a lecture to my class I heard a phone go off. Aggravated and exhausted, I asked everyone to turn their phones off. Then the phone rang again. I lost my shit and spent the next half hour calling my students a bunch of "technology whores". Then I realized the phone was mine. FML
Today, I woke up to 7 texts about the data overage charges that were accrued last night while I slept. Apparently my phone used nearly 8 GB of data, with no apps open, while I was sound asleep, leaving me with a $63 fee. FML
Today, I had to study for an important test but I could barely focus because my roommate had his music blasting at full volume. Since we get along well, I decided to put up with it. I just found out he forgot to turn it off and left over 6 hours ago. FML
Today, I was calling my cable company to tell me how to fix my internet. I stayed on hold for almost half an hour, and then when someone finally picked up, my phone died. FML
Today, my cell phone service was interrupted because I owed the company 27 cents. It cost 36 dollars to reinstate my service. FML
Today, I decided to try and call into a local radio station to try and win concert tickets for one of my favorite bands. I called in and was actually the winning number. When asked my name I answered quickly, but all I heard was "Hello? Hello?" Then they hung up. My cell phone was on mute. FML
Today, I called my phone company to get some answers about my phone bill. I was okay with being put on hold. In fact, I was on hold for so long, that the music stopped playing. When someone finally answered they told me to call back tomorrow. All my phones disconnected an hour later. FML
Today, my fiancée thought that lowering the volume on her phone would lower the amount of data being used by her streaming songs. FML
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someindiandude 6
I would really like to know which college this is at.
narkill 13
Why would they turn on wifi during the night? What do they have to gain or potentially lose from this? Fyl.
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Michael903 18
That. sucks OP. Call the phone company and see if you can make installment portion payments until you're paid off.
iSativa 24
This is why I have unlimited data. (Which isn't available anymore.) i'll never give it up. (:
lexa1love 16
Me too! It would be stupid to give it up.
Calingaladha 21
Hell yeah, it's nice to be grandfathered in.
ksks1234 33
Whenever I have to talk to AT&T, they always try to talk me into giving mine up. "You could go with the 3 gig plan and be a wifi hotspot." No thank you, tricky little guys.
love_me_electric 20
I know a guy with unlimited data, and apparently his phone company called him and told him he was using too much data and he needed to cut back on the streaming. Pretty sure it was an empty threat though, it's not like they can start charging him extra if he's on an unlimited plan.
perdix 31
#13, me, too, but I'm trapped with AT&T. They have been an OK master, though, the floggings haven't been as bad as I feared.
tnf0920 9
I have Sprint which has unlimited data still...guess at&t sucks
elcee1987 18
Haha why do they even bother trying to get you to downgrade? Losers!
WeAreAHurricane 14
AT&T doesn't suck. I have it and my Internet, although not unlimited, works at least 5 times faster than sprint's Internet. In fact, sprint has the shittiest internet out of all services and the people who work there have even admitted to it.
HeadlessSparrow 20
That's so dumb. A lot of people tend to study and use the Internet overnight especially during exam week. Sorry you didn't know, maybe try to explain it to the phone company?
jtfrisch 22
FYL OP
allie2590 31
There be a button for that.
imlifeless2 25
FYPicture, 15.
juturnaamo 29
I feel for you. My computer reset during the night due to automatic updates, grabbed the wifi hotspot and turned on utorrent automatically. $300 phone bill.
elcee1987 18
Holy perfect storm, how would you even see that coming?? Sorry dude!
LilFlutter 10
Your computer just might be possessed! Ouch, what a phone bill! :-(
BriMan83 7
Why the hell would you leave your wifi hotspot on? That's just asking for problems.
pedinhuh 23
If you own the phone company then what's the problem?
sassypants93 17
All your money owns the phone company?! Wow that is an interesting situation!
perdix 31
Rebecca Black? Dog, the Bounty Hunter? Ex-Pope Benedict? When are you going to announce the winner of this contest?
auro7 18
Put your phone on airplane, connect to wifi. Once wifi cuts, you wont use data since you're on airplane mode.
Not_Impressed13 9
But then there will be no texts or calls. Turning off mobile data would work better. The phone would still accept calls if there was a family emergency.
arees4 10
why not get a radio?
MsMourningStar 22
They probably aren't going to school in their home town, most popular radio stations have a app so that you can listen to their music no matter where you are. So a radio wouldn't work.