This Is This

Back at work now, still feeling ropey.

On my day off last Thursday I performed three acts of perfect stupidity. It was going to be a good day last Thursday. A little time with the kids, catch up on some things, you know. And it was for the most part except from three things.

Such was the scale of these things I have broken it down into three parts. A trilogy of rubbish. The Bee Gees of stupid.

Stupid Things On My Day Off Part 1

I checked my phone after breakfast for any breaking news or overnight text messages and found that it was online to the mobile webstie. Whatever slip of the keypad let to this must have take place at least ten hours before, because that’s when I last put it down. I called my network and the conversation went something like this:

Me: “Hello, I am an idiot and have done something stupid.”

Orange: “One second, I’ll put you through to our idiot management department.”

Me: “Thank you.”

Orange (same voice, I’m sure of it): “Hello, I understand you’ve been online all night and don’t want to pay for it because you claim it was an accident.”

Me: “That’s right. Am I responsible for my own stupidity?”

Orange: “Yes.”

Me: “And how much does it cost to use the phone online.”

Orange: “Ten pence a minute.”

Me: “Great, thanks very much.”

So for minumum of ten hours, that’s 600 minutes at 10p a pop, that’s �60 ($100 USD). Brilliant. Go me.

Tomorrow: Personal Injury

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