Vince is the TV watcher. If it were up to me, we wouldn’t have one and, we do only have one. Because we don’t have cable, and watch whatever we watch through the internet, he uses two or three remotes – one for Roku, one for the TV, and I think there’s actually a third one for something. When Vince starts to go to bed, he turns off the TV because I don’t have a clue how to do it, nor do I want to know how.
Last night Vince was ready for bed. He turned the TV off and went to put drops in Rita’s eyes and the TV came back on. He thought Rita had stepped on the remote so he turned it off again, picked Rita up and the TV came back on again. He put Rita down, went closer to the light, looked at the buttons on the remote, turned it off again and started towards the bedroom. The TV came back on again. Vince can get pretty colorful with his language and by the third time he turned it off and it came back on .. he’d had enough. I was trying so hard not to laugh. I knew he was tired and was not in the mood for the TV gremlins nor would he have appreciated my laughing.
This is the fourth time. He walked over to the TV, stood 2″ from it, turned it off and went to bed. I followed him to bed and when we turned off the lights, we realized the TV was back on again.
Vince: Just leave the darned thing on!
Me: No! That’s wasting electricity. Unplug it.
Vince: Do you know how much trouble it is to get it all re-started after it’s been unplugged?
Me: We could probably live without TV!
He got up, unplugged it and came back to bed. At some point during the night, he woke up and realized he had probably set his laptop down on top of the Roku remote so he got out of bed, went to the living room and yes, the laptop was sitting on top of the remote so the laptop was turning the TV back on.
That tells me that he doesn’t need the TV remote for turning the TV on and off – the Roku remote obviously does it. Maybe he does need the TV remote for volume. I have no idea. All I know is I wish we didn’t have a TV.
Tracy says
Thank you for this morning’s chuckle.
annie says
Well, that made me laugh!
Joyce says
I had to laugh. I have odd dreams that no matter what I do, the t.v. will not turn off. I’m never in my own house in these dreams, and there are always 5 or 6 rooms with a t.v. on and no one is watching. I go and turn one off and it comes right back on. I’m not sure if I ever think to unplug it or not. This dream goes hand in hand with the one where the door doesn’t seem to close properly, so it is never really locked even though I have turned it to lock. You push on the door and it just opens. Of course, in that one there is always a bad guy on the other side, so I’m doomed! LOL
Nelle Coursey says
How funny! We have so many remotes it is hard to remember what they are all for!!
LK Smith says
You are the only person I have ever known besides myself who does not want a TV. When I was 4, we were the first family on our street to get a TV. Then when I was 10, my father decided to get rid of the TV because we were watching it too much and not reading. I grew up with out it, and did not have one until I married. I could really enjoy a peaceful life without ever hearing a TV again. We have four sets in our home for the two of us.
Judy Laquidara says
When we got married, Vince had been living in our new house for about six months before Chad and I got there. He had FOUR TVs in that house and they all four stayed. When we moved to MO, we pared it down to two and now we have one. Maybe that means our next move we’ll end up with no TVs.
So glad to hear I’m not the only one who can live without a TV.
sandinthewindowsills says
Add one more who hates TV. I live alone and don’t even have a television! Well, I still have the one my husband watched, but when he went to heaven, so did the cable. I have a few channels available on my computer so I can keep up with the news and jeopardy, but that is it. I just don’t understand people who have to have noise going all the time. I love peace and quiet.
Susan Nixon says
I haven’t had mine on in months. I watched 3 episodes of Picard, and would have watched more, but … I just didn’t. Right now, I can’t watch anyway, and it doesn’t bother me. I miss seeing the Olympics, because I don’t have regular TV. I like watching my church conferences on the big screen, but watched the April one on the laptop. There just isn’t enough time in life! Although, I’m not getting any handwork done. I used to do it while my friends were here on Thursdays, and before that, with Star Trek episodes in the background. With neither of those happening, neither is handwork.