She Caught Her Whole Neighborhood Using Her Wi-Fi After She Kindly Gave The Password To Her Neighbor, Who Couldn’t Afford Internet
There’s generosity, and then there’s being taken advantage of, and sometimes, the line between the two only becomes clear in hindsight.
She offered her Wi-Fi password to a neighbor who needed it for her kid’s schoolwork. One kind gesture. One quiet act of compassion. But that kindness got passed around the block like a party invite.
Suddenly, over 100 strangers were running their homes on her connection, and not a single one said thank you.
And what’s worse? When she finally cut them all off, people acted like she was the problem. This wasn’t about Wi-Fi, it was about boundaries, and how quickly people can take what’s freely given and feel entitled to it forever.
More than a year ago, this woman generously gave her neighbor her Wi-Fi password so her child could do schoolwork online.
Her neighbor told her that she could not afford to pay for internet in her house, and she was happy to do something kind for her.
Her neighbor promised not to give out her Wi-Fi password, and she expected her neighbor to keep her word.
“I just wanted to help. That kindness got passed around like candy. This week, my aunt told my mom that a bunch of kids outside were offering to connect strangers to the ‘free Wi-Fi’ in the neighborhood,” she explained.
“She asked where it was coming from, and sure enough, they said it was from our house. I was in the middle of trying to sleep, but my mom woke me up to help her figure out the router stuff.”
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“She doesn’t know anything about that. I checked our network. There were 121 connected devices. TVs. Laptops. Phones. Even a desktop or two. People I’ve never met were running their entire households on my internet. It felt violating.”
She reset the password and gave everyone else on her network the boot. She discovered that more than 100 people were connected!
After that, some kid in their neighborhood named Arlen parked in front of their gate, screaming that she didn’t have any data left to connect to the internet on her own.
Her aunt teased her for causing a blackout, but she does not feel sorry for taking control over her own internet, which she’s paying for.
“People can say I should’ve warned them, but I didn’t owe that to anyone. I didn’t ask for this. I wasn’t running a community service,” she added.
“I just tried to help one kid with their schooling. That was it. I still feel a little tense about it. Like, people are talking behind my back. But what hurts more is that no one ever came forward. Not one person said, ‘Hey, I know I wasn’t supposed to be on your Wi-Fi, thanks for letting me use it.'”
“Not even the family I originally gave the password to. I learned that sometimes kindness gets taken for granted. And when it does, it’s okay to take it back. I didn’t do this to be petty. I did it because I was tired of being disrespected.”
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