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This summer really brought out the worst in children, particularly the ones who were at home without any internet service. Every day it seemed, I would receive five to ten calls from children who were calling in to set up internet service. Nine of out those ten usually already had internet service on the account, and these kids were calling to have it set up on their laptops.
I had a bunch who would identify themselves as the account holder, but could not verify their account information, like their date of birth, their social, and even their own home address. We don't always need the social, but when it comes to one who does not even know where they live, let alone not know their own e-mail address and password, a red flag normally goes up.
What I found was Mommy and Daddy lock their computers while at work, mainly because they can't trust Junior on the internet. However, Junior also has a lap top computer that Grandma gave him, and he normally calls in to get someone to set it up on his computer for him. In other words, he wants Daddy's e-mail account information set up so he can surf the internet without them knowing.
One I had a while back was a little girl who was nearly perfect at fooling me, but what gave her away was when she gave me two names. I asked whom I was speaking to, and it first was "Joanne" then, "Um, sorry, it's Janet." I set up the service, then called Janet's contact number on the account. Oh, was she livid to hear her ten year old daughter set up internet service, let alone had access to all of her information.
When I was a child, we did not have internet service, so I had no idea what I was missing out on. However, there were other things I never would have thought of doing, like playing on the phone for fear of Mom and Dad somehow knew about it. Why do so many parents have children that misbehave like this?
I had a bunch who would identify themselves as the account holder, but could not verify their account information, like their date of birth, their social, and even their own home address. We don't always need the social, but when it comes to one who does not even know where they live, let alone not know their own e-mail address and password, a red flag normally goes up.
What I found was Mommy and Daddy lock their computers while at work, mainly because they can't trust Junior on the internet. However, Junior also has a lap top computer that Grandma gave him, and he normally calls in to get someone to set it up on his computer for him. In other words, he wants Daddy's e-mail account information set up so he can surf the internet without them knowing.
One I had a while back was a little girl who was nearly perfect at fooling me, but what gave her away was when she gave me two names. I asked whom I was speaking to, and it first was "Joanne" then, "Um, sorry, it's Janet." I set up the service, then called Janet's contact number on the account. Oh, was she livid to hear her ten year old daughter set up internet service, let alone had access to all of her information.
When I was a child, we did not have internet service, so I had no idea what I was missing out on. However, there were other things I never would have thought of doing, like playing on the phone for fear of Mom and Dad somehow knew about it. Why do so many parents have children that misbehave like this?
That's really funny. What's even funnier is the fact that they think that they can get away with it.
My Mom always told me I'd pay for my raising, and let me tell you, I've done some serious praying over that! LOL I gave my poor parents hell but it was all "internal". None of the trouble I got in ever involved disrespecting other people or their property. Course there was that one time Mom gave me her Dillard's card to go buy some shoes. I got shoes, a skirt, a slip, a purse..... yeah, was a long time working all that off.
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