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Seriously WHAT THE FUCK is it with this province screwing over every university student under the age of 19?!? No alcohol…fine. But now I can’t sign up to get my own phone because I’m not 19. FML. —An adult already…
This article appears in Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2010.
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Let me guess — you want a blackberry, right? Because all your friends have one, right?
Unfortunately you can’t get credit until you turn 19 without a co signer. Get your parents to co sign or wait until you turn 19. I know you probably think it’s the end of the world that you can’t have your OMGSOESSENTIAL crackberry, but I’m sure the world will keep spinning on its axis just fine regardless (hard to believe, right?).
If you REALLY require a phone just get a pay and talk until you turn 19 (and NO, accessing FB or texting or whatever isn’t an essential service like the under 25 crowd seems to believe).
I have a 13 year old, and he has a phone under my wife’s name? Don’t your parents trust you?
Grow up OP!
Jesus, if this is the worst thing happening in your life then thank your lucky stars and grow the fuck up.
Hey Junior…. your parents obviously don’t trust you enough to put it under their name…so why the hell should the phone company take a chance on you. This is why the rules in place dumb ass.
Wait til the OP tries to rent a car and finds out he has to be 25 to do that…
Oh, the injustices!
Just imagine the money you’re going to save from the cell company rip offs.
I love the tag line “an adult already”
No, OP. You’re not an adult, legally, and probably maturity-wise. I haven’t met an 18 year old yet that I’d consider an “adult.”
ya, try only turning 19 your second year….
you’ve got it better than some, so shut the fuck up.
^^^ <3
You would go to an adult prison if you were 18, but you’re not old enough to buy booze or smokes…
zZz – this is what it feels like, when doves cry. >: (
When Doves Cry?! Hahaha. In relation to the being 19, technically no contract can be drafted with you unless your 19. What would be the point, if you were to run off with a 3K phone bill into the sunset, they would be SOL. I get that. Seriously most students in Halifax have everything handed to them on a silver platter, in turn making them selfish inconsiderate monsters who expect society to bow down. So if your not in that boat, just fax a cosigning form…Sorry OP, your ‘sticking it to the man’ doesn’t stick.
Do you know how much of your authority it takes away as a frosh leader when you ask one of your frosh if they would buy your beer?
First year I once yakked an entire bottle of Chipmans Blueberry cooking wine on one of the tables in the Wardroom. The next day the bar manager told me if it happened again I’d be banned. I told him,”I’m 18. I shouldn’t even be doing this” Even then I was a Newhart fan. >; )
i was 17 in my first year…suck it up
that was not directed at you ivan…blueberry cooking wine. yum. come alive for a 1.95^^
I know Painey. I was sofa king sick for 2 days. But I learned my lesson. NOT!
AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG zZz. That was back when Ontario had grade 13, right?
Life’s unfair, get used to it.
Wow Ashleyqt…tell us what you really think…lol. That was awesome.
zZz….nice.
So what? You can’t sign a contract for a phone. There’s a reason for that. Get your parents to sign for you.
I got a credit card when I was 17. Not sure how.. it was a few years ago but let’s just say the collection agencies are still calling me.
How many people do you know under the age of 19 that act like adults? Hmm.
How many people 19, 20,21…act like adults, refinedsugar! 😛 haha.
Sorry. Couldn’t resist!
I feel for ya OP, when I was 19, I couldn’t get a cell-phone or the internet. (irony)
But I did have a job and a car.
PK – you can join the Military at 16. Be deployed by 17, doing the same job as everyoe else and taking the same risks. You can’t vote, and you can’t have hard liquor.
whoops – sorry PK ment to send that to GF
they had the internet and telephones when you were young hugo? teehee^^pump those crazy legs real chick…heehaw
Haha np, Hugo 🙂
Just on your point though — 16 for the military? 17 to be deployed? That’s criminal!!!
Jeez… I feel another debate coming on!! ha ha. You’s guys are on a roll this evening!
Yep, 16 with parents permission.
Basic , Environmental ,& Elementary Trade training can easily be done in less than 2 years.
I highly doubt anyone would send a teenager into a war zone, Navy maybe.
Whops, did this thread just get hi-jacked?
There is something ironic about being deployed to foreign countries to fight a war while not being able to vote on the government that decides your fate.
Why does a 19 year old need a Black Berry? They’re not that important/busy/connected/on-the-go as, say, a corporate executive.
NSNTH I feel like we never talk anymore that we’re drifting apart and hurts me so 🙂