Today, I discovered that when you suddenly get channels that you didn't have before, it doesn't mean there was a glitch and you're getting free TV, it just means that your son called the cable company and had your plan changed so you get every conceivable channel at a hugely increased price. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I tried to get my son off of the couch by turning off the wifi. Afterward, I went to watch tv. Turns out he got me back by turning off the cable. FML
Today, I came back to my appartment to find that I couldn't watch certain channels on my tv. When I called the tv company I found out my parents had put a 'parental block' on all my favorite channels. Im 22 and rent an appartment with my friends. FML
Today, the cable repairman came to fix my cable, which has never worked well. The entire time he was talking about how much extra money he got the "fat bitch who moved here 6 months ago" to pay for her cable. I moved in 6 months ago. I was pregnant. FML
Today, I got a call from my cable company in regards to a bill I didn't pay. I paid the bill two weeks ago in full, but they never told me the account changed when my name was put on the account. So now I owe $170 more, and my ex-roommate is getting a $140 refund in the mail. FML
Today, I found out my mom is getting rid of cable TV. My dad and I bought her a 700 dollar plasma screen TV for Christmas. FML
Today, I've been receiving a lot of calls from my telephone company, offering combo packages with internet, Netflix, Disney+ and whatever the fuck. We had previously resigned from their services, because the company never had the intention of fixing an outage that was caused BY THE SAME COMPANY. FML
Today, I called my wife to tell her I finally found a job after 6 months. A man answered the phone claiming to be the cable guy. We cut our cable off when I was laid off 6 months ago. FML
Today, my parents were surprised when I told them that changing the internet and cable service would also cut themselves off from the internet service's email. Which they have everything connected too. I thought about this when they told me they were saving $200 on switching. They apparently did not. FML
Today, I finally got a cable box for my TV. When I was connecting the cable, my tv fell and shattered the screen. FML
Today, my girlfriend changed our cable subscription to include MTV. This made us lose the only channel I care about: HBO. Goodbye Game of Thrones, hello Teen Mom. FML
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mackdeezy 22
What I wanna know is if it included the dirty channels too.
zandalee 20
If the account isn't in his name he can't request the extra channels surely.
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mackdeezy 22
What I wanna know is if it included the dirty channels too.
TheCaterpiller 6
Kids these days...
94yhy 8
The kicker is that the good stuff is STILL unavailable and only on a pay-per-view basis.
scottyrocks123 21
Like the Animal Planet?
tjv3 10
This is why you call and check these things instead of try to keep stuff for free
zandalee 20
If the account isn't in his name he can't request the extra channels surely.
mackdeezy 22
This is true. But some company reps forget to follow procedures. Ive had reps forget to ask me questions on my own account.
Palirose 22
I used to order movies all the time when I was younger ect. It's also not hard to fake being the owner of the account so long as you know the account information. I pay my moms bill all the time with out them knowing Im not really her.
AngelSpit 18
Apparently not, we recently had an upgrade to our internet speed through Verizon because they occasionally give you offers through your set top box and my stepdaughter rather than exiting out of it okayed right through it so now we have a 50/25 mbps connection
feldco1 17
It's also possible that, considering OP is a man, that his son just pretended to be him to get the channels added.
andyyroxx 20
33- Can't tell if this is a joke flying over my head, or you're actually pointing this out.
sweettart83 27
I can upgrade my programming online. Perhaps OP has an online account and didn't sign out.
untouchable763 10
Actually you can its really simple. Even though I'm 19 my cable is still under my parents. To get it changed they just ask. "Are you sure this is ok?" And I say yup and that's it no passwords no nothing.
Lizza330 28
Tell him if he wants the extra channels then he gets to pay the extra money for them.
karlcolt45 19
but mum! now we have 5000 channels of nothing and 45 of ****!
siickman 7
I have 2000 channels, only about 150 are actually worth it. Out of that 150, 10 are **** by night time and 50 are playing repeats of movies. That leaves 90 channels of actual TV... Out of the 2000 my family pays for.. Such a rip..
whiteboy896 9
I always thought the person the account was under was the one who could only do that? Good plan cablr compaines....good plan.
whiteboy896 9
cable*
FarFromSocial 9
Nowadays all you need is the account holders name and whatever security info they have on the account to gain access and change whatever....OP's son clearly knew all of that.
oj101 33
Tell him to turn the TV off, and go do homework, so he can have intellect and commonsense to graduate.
GuessWhatKids 13
He might need a CPR class too.
Serisent 26
At that point, I'd just take the TV away. I'm sure you can find other ways to entertain yourself, and he'll learn a valuable lesson.
nottheyoungest 18
Cut the extra fees on his allowance. He wants those extra channels, he pays for them.
Jezzababy 10
Haha how old is he? Clearly old enough to trick the company lolol he is gonna get RSI soon ;)
lovealwayssam 14
parental blocks work wonders.
zandalee 20
Damn good thinking!! :)