From a man who sneakily connected his neighbour – who kept running out of data – to his internet, to a family who renamed their Wifi “Free Council Wifi” to not make their low-income neighbours feel bad and even a woman who gave a laptop to kids needing help with home-schooling… this social media thread is giving us all the feels!
Global (01 February 2022) – A Twitter account called Fesshole posted a heartwarming story about giving their neighbour – who was battling with money – free WiFi, and the internet has exploded with similar stories that will give you all the feels.
Fesshole is a social media account dedicated to posting anonymous confessions, usually quite controversial, but on the 29th of January, they shared a touching post that quickly went viral.
“My neighbours are too low income to afford a wifi connection and too proud to use mine. So I renamed mine Free Council Wifi and told them I had read about it and what the password was. My neighbour is now halfway through an online college qualification, and I’m so proud of her.” @fesshole
The original tweet has been seen by hundreds and thousands of people who were all moved by the story, but many were also inspired to share their own similar stories. And that is giving us all the feels!
Read them all below:
“Our neighbours (both parents were in full-time work) were trying to home school their 11 and 8-year-old children using his mobile phone as they couldn’t afford a laptop. I cobbled together a working laptop from parts of old dead laptops that clients had given me to destroy… together with a new SSD which I bought, installed a lightweight operating system (Linux as some of the hardware was 10 years old), and all the software the children would need for home schooling. It’s amazing what can be achieved when people work together.” @TCMuffin
“My deaf elderly neighbour wrote me a note asking if I could tell her why her phone was caning all the credit all the time. It was the mobile data, so I connected it to my WiFi and told her I’d fixed it hahaha bless the old cow.” @davel485
“When my neighbour got furloughed last year, I bought a WiFi extender and gave them my WiFi password. It meant that it was one less bill for them to worry about, and I knew their kids would still be able to access education.” @enduringrich
“I posted my WiFi details through my next-door neighbour’s door, so their daughter could work from there as her Dad is dying and she wants to spend as much time there as she can. I don’t know if she uses it, but it’s there if she needs it.” @gamingdizzy
“Where I live, during the first lockdown there was a big push to ensure that families that couldn’t afford a computer got one. Local businesses gave money and kit, individuals ditto, local PC repair places refurbished/repaired donated kit… If people care, everything’s possible.” @arkessian
“Neighbours both sides of me use my broadband. Costs me no extra and saves them both £20 odd a month so why not share it eh? More people should do this. One has the connection and the users either side make a contribution to it. I’m sure this is banned in the ‘small print’ though.” @mop_a_top
“You absolute STAR. I was skint & unconnected. My lovely neighbour let me piggy-back on her router – it changed everything. At 70+ I was suddenly studying with FutureLearn on free short courses, archaeology, media, healthy aging etc. Such small things make a big difference.” @johnohopkins
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