Okay, so the 13-year-old in Silverado Canyon, CA, didn’t actually get a fingerprint transplant operation, but she probably needed one after burning her fingerpads off on
14,528 text messages in December. Reina Hardesty’s poor father found out after receiving a 440-page cell phone bill.
Greg Hardesty dodged a huge financial bullet. Journalists don’t usually get paid much, and he’s a reporter for The Orange County Register. So good for him that he signed up for an unlimited text messaging plan. Otherwise, at 20 cents per message, he would’ve been on the hook for, like, $2,905.
Unsurprisingly, the SMS-happy kid’s primary group of hardcore texters were four girls ages 12 to 13 years. (Note to self: Invest in Hannah Montana cell phone
socks and
danglers.)
Though Greg, who seems amazingly level about the whole thing, laughed it off, he did restrict his daughter to limit texting to pre-dinner hours only. That is still an awful lot of prime messaging time, though. For his sake, I hope he stays on the unlimited plan. He’ll need to save his pennies for that surgical procedure Reina will undoubtedly need when all her fingerprints get rubbed off on those keypads.
Adriana Lee - Mobile lifestyle editor / iPhone editor
Adriana Lee, a journalist and admitted gadget freak, has covered everything from business and tech trends to fashion and pop culture. Published in consumer and trade titles, she’s been showing...
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