Parents of 13-year-old girl get $5000 cell phone bill.

Trennicus · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:54 pm

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Everyone knows that teens love to text, but sometimes it gets way out of control. Especially when your parents open a $5000 cell phone bill. This is the case with 13 year old Dena Christoffersen of Cheyenne, Wyoming who is responsible for sending and receiving over 20,000 text messages in one month. She averaged 700 texts per day, which I’m not even sure is humanly possible. After receiving the bill, her father took a hammer to the phone (I already like this guy) and was grounded to the end of the school year.

In order to help her parents out, the entertainment service provider Predicto has offered to foot the entire bill on their behalf. In exchange for the company’s generosity, Dena has to write an essay on the importance of taking responsibility for your mobile phone habits and what she has learned from the experience. Predicto is going to post the essay on its blog as a warning to both teens and parents about how much out of control texting can cost you. Hopefully, parents will realize the need to better monitor their teen’s phone usage and teens will appreciate that overboard texting comes at a high price.

http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/13-year-old-girl-racks-up-5000-phone-bill-for-20000-texts-in-a-mont/

Now THAT'S parenting.

Airigh · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:06 pm

I'm glad I don't have any friends/my phone doesn't work.

Also great avatar. When I get cheddar, I'll buy some of that manga...

epona4 · **Joined:** Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:22 pm **Posts:** 2507

If my future kid were to ever do that to me I would do more than smash his phone with a hammer I think.

impmon08 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:10 pm **Posts:** 6608

I dont own a cell phone. Never saw the point to one anyway. Texting seems like a waste of time/cheddar anyway. Twitter is free, you know.[/hasnofriends]

DarkSurfer · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:56 pm

Shoot her.

Airigh · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:57 pm

The Big Cheese wrote:

Shoot her.

Merlin · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:59 pm

It would be sweet if her essay wasn't proofread by anybody.

DarkSurfer · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:07 pm

lol so my mom was all like "goddamnit y ur fone bill so high" and i was liek "fuck u btch" and i slaped her lol but my dad was lik "no u" and hit my fone wit a hamer what a prick lol soooo gay no i can't txt Brock from Cockfighting Society even though hes prolly drunk or somethin lmao i luv him anyway but still grrrr to the tenth pwr lol i dun think my parents were srs bout me being grounded ill just snek out and use my firends phone i dot care i dont pay the bill lol man i wanna chill anyone reding txt me ohman right lol im so out of it i want my phone back someone love me ohgod i feel so bad help i'm trapped in a forum post factory

Merlin · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:16 pm

How long did it take to you write that? And read that?

The Big Cheese wrote:

help i'm trapped in a forum post factory

Best ever.

iamthelordhitman · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:16 pm

my brain exploded

DarkSurfer · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:17 pm

5 min, tops. I spend too much time around people.

Fluffdick · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:45 pm

Who the fuck uses texting anymore

DarkSurfer · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:47 pm

Username wrote:

Who the fuck uses texting anymore

....Pretty much...everyone?

Dzone · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:48 pm

Username wrote:

Who the fuck uses texting anymore

*Raises hand*

Spoony · **Joined:** Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:14 am **Posts:** 9325

Username wrote:

Who the fuck uses texting anymore

Good contribution.

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