Humans Make Mistakes

But to really screw things up, use a computer!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,191165,00.html
from JoeUser Forums

In another example of GIGO, a poor man in Malaysia has been socked for a $218 trillion (that is 12 zeros) phone bill!  Ok, we know that mistakes happen right?  Apparently the phone company is not talking about this, as they dont know if it is fraudulent.

Excuse me?  I doubt that all the phone bills since the birth of Alexander Graham Bell dont add up to $218 trillion!  Of course it is a mistake!

Geez!  You would expect that a company realizes 2 things.  One, no on on planet earth, or for that matter, any government could afford to pay that bill.  And 2, they can dream of stock bonuses all they want, but I doubt there total revenue is going to reach that unscalable height for several years to come!

We are talking about the BIGGEST companies in the world only pulling down hundreds of Billions (that is 9 zeros) a year. And Telekom Malaysia is not one of them.

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
"Excuse me? I doubt that all the phone bills since the birth of Alexander Graham Bell dont add up to $218 trillion! Of course it is a mistake!"

Ha! I laughed out loud at that one. Sheesh. What a phone bill nightmare.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

Ha! I laughed out loud at that one. Sheesh. What a phone bill nightmare.

A 2 thousand dollar bill is a nightmare.  This one is just for the books and a laugh.

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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Even if you had a "Three way" with several 900 operators 24/7, and all at once, you couldn't ring up that high of a total.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
I think they only way a bill could be that high was if God himself was calling this guy every morning, collect.

It'll be interesting to see what the Malaysian court system does with this.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

Even if you had a "Three way" with several 900 operators 24/7, and all at once, you couldn't ring up that high of a total.

You would have a caulifour ear, and a sore jaw!

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

I think they only way a bill could be that high was if God himself was calling this guy every morning, collect.

With all due respect, but God and all his Archangels as well!  But maybe his father was trying to contact him?

never thought of that angle.

Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
funny, now if that was a refund check for 218 trillion I could just see him at a bank trying to cash it!
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top

funny, now if that was a refund check for 218 trillion I could just see him at a bank trying to cash it!

"Mr. Bush, it seems we are really bankrupt now.  Even the Fed had to empty its vaults."

Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'm sure my father thought my sister was trying to run up a monumental phone bill when she was a teenager but I doubt even he exaggerated it to this extent. I'd love to hear how the company will explain this one.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top

Even my daughter and her cousin couldn't ring up that big of a bill!  tho she tried a few times....

 

Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Wow! I had no idea phone sex was so expensive!
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Wow! I had no idea phone sex was so expensive!

Yeah that explains a lot!! haha
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top

I'd love to hear how the company will explain this one.

I wonder if someone punched in a phone number for the amount due?  Even that would have been a long phone number!

Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top

Even my daughter and her cousin couldn't ring up that big of a bill! tho she tried a few times....

That is when you get them the cells with the unlimited talk time!

Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top

Wow! I had no idea phone sex was so expensive!

Even real sex is not worth that much!

Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top

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