22,000 people unknowingly agreed to clean toilets in exchange for WiFi
When you're at the airport or in a coffee shop, it's safe to say many of us use the free Wi-Fi.
Pop in your email address and you're good to go, right?
Usually that's the drill. But it wasn't so for some 22,000 people recently.
Purple, a Manchester based company that specialises in running WiFi hotspots for UK brands like Legoland and Pizza Express, decided to try a little experiment.
For two weeks, the company inserted a 'Community Service Clause' into its terms of service agreement.
And of course, 22,000 people agreed to it.
But what exactly did they agree to do? Well, here's the list below:
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Cleansing local parks of animal waste
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Providing hugs to stray cats and dogs
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Manually relieving sewer blockages
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Cleaning portable lavatories at local festivals and events
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Painting snail shells to brighten up their existence
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Scraping chewing gum off the streets
We particularly like the second last one, and would do it for free just to make a little snail's day.
There was also a prize on offer for anybody who rang the company and mentioned the 'Community Service Clause'.
Just one person received a prize.
However, Purple said that they will not even try to implement it, and only included the clause for a bit of fun.
So there you go people, read the terms and conditions or you could end up scraping chewing gum off the streets.
