Every Canadian does it — blame Rogers for something going wrong in their life.
Cell phone bill skyrocketing? Blame Rogers. Poor reception? Blame Rogers. On hold for three days? Blame Rogers. Your marriage ends because you cheat on your husband? Blame, and sue, Rogers.
Wait — what’s that, you ask. Blame Rogers because you had an affair on your husband and he left you? Why yes. And no, you didn’t cheat on him with someone at Rogers, nor did Rogers condone the affair. Instead, according to one Toronto woman, the company accidentally added the cell phone you used to talk to your boyfriend on the bill of household expenses your husband knows about. He called the number, learned of your infidelity and left you.
The next logical step therefore, is obviously to take the Canadian cable and cellular giant to the cleaners for $600,000.
According to an article in the Toronto Star, the woman is claiming that Rogers invaded her privacy and breached their contract with her. The results of these claims led to her life allegedly being ruined.
It all happened in 2007.Gabriella Nagy had a cell phone bill sent to her home address in her maiden name. When her husband added internet and home phone services to their joint cable account with Rogers, the company apparently mistakingly also added the woman’s cell phone to the bill — since it went to the same address. One thing led to another, her husband learned of the affair and left her.
Nagy is sorry — sort of, telling the Star:
It was a mistake. But I didn’t deserve to lose my life over it.
It took Nagy a little while to figure out just how her husband finally put the pieces together. But she now knows who is to blame for her marriage falling apart.
“I lost everything. I want others to know what a big corporation has done. I trusted Rogers with my personal information. We had a contract — and agreement that put my life right in their hands.
There are a few problems with this lawsuit.
No. 1 is just how dumb her husband had to be if she was already receiving a cell phone bill — in her maiden name — to their marital home. Would this not raise some red flags already? It’s not like Rogers covertly packages their invoices — their bigger than an average envelope and are stamped with a Rogers return address.
No. 2 is Nagy’s claims in general. Whether Rogers added the cell phone to her marital bill or not is not a concern to me — if you are going to screw around on your partner — you are likely going to get caught. And if you are screwing around on your partner, something tells me you are just happy in your marriage anyways — so how exactly did Rogers ruin your life?
There is lots of blame here — but I don’t think any of it really falls with Rogers. If they goofed up, they goofed up, but Nagy needs to take some responsibility here too. Was it Rogers’ fault she ran out on her husband? Did they cause the affair? If cell phones were not widely available would she have remained faithful? Somehow, I think the answers to all of these questions is no.
The only person to blame here is Nagy — and maybe the guy she was running around with.
Taking the Blame Rogers game a little too far
Every Canadian does it — blame Rogers for something going wrong in their life.
Cell phone bill skyrocketing? Blame Rogers. Poor reception? Blame Rogers. On hold for three days? Blame Rogers. Your marriage ends because you cheat on your husband? Blame, and sue, Rogers.
Wait — what’s that, you ask. Blame Rogers because you had an affair on your husband and he left you? Why yes. And no, you didn’t cheat on him with someone at Rogers, nor did Rogers condone the affair. Instead, according to one Toronto woman, the company accidentally added the cell phone you used to talk to your boyfriend on the bill of household expenses your husband knows about. He called the number, learned of your infidelity and left you.
The next logical step therefore, is obviously to take the Canadian cable and cellular giant to the cleaners for $600,000.
According to an article in the Toronto Star, the woman is claiming that Rogers invaded her privacy and breached their contract with her. The results of these claims led to her life allegedly being ruined.
It all happened in 2007.Gabriella Nagy had a cell phone bill sent to her home address in her maiden name. When her husband added internet and home phone services to their joint cable account with Rogers, the company apparently mistakingly also added the woman’s cell phone to the bill — since it went to the same address. One thing led to another, her husband learned of the affair and left her.
Nagy is sorry — sort of, telling the Star:
It took Nagy a little while to figure out just how her husband finally put the pieces together. But she now knows who is to blame for her marriage falling apart.
There are a few problems with this lawsuit.
No. 1 is just how dumb her husband had to be if she was already receiving a cell phone bill — in her maiden name — to their marital home. Would this not raise some red flags already? It’s not like Rogers covertly packages their invoices — their bigger than an average envelope and are stamped with a Rogers return address.
No. 2 is Nagy’s claims in general. Whether Rogers added the cell phone to her marital bill or not is not a concern to me — if you are going to screw around on your partner — you are likely going to get caught. And if you are screwing around on your partner, something tells me you are just happy in your marriage anyways — so how exactly did Rogers ruin your life?
There is lots of blame here — but I don’t think any of it really falls with Rogers. If they goofed up, they goofed up, but Nagy needs to take some responsibility here too. Was it Rogers’ fault she ran out on her husband? Did they cause the affair? If cell phones were not widely available would she have remained faithful? Somehow, I think the answers to all of these questions is no.
The only person to blame here is Nagy — and maybe the guy she was running around with.