Two days ago, a Texan walked into his local Time Warner office, dumped his cable box on their counter and announced he was cancelling his service.

Yesterday, Time Warner called to ask when it would be a good time to come by and install his cable.

Michael Main writes:

“When Amy stopped laughing, she tried to explain that we not only didn’t want them to come out but that we had cancelled our cable solely because they were such a confused bunch and we feared it might be contagious.

…the Time Warner employee said, “So you don’t want the Superstations either?“

“I suspect they’re not on the same page, because they need a bookmark to get through a bumper sticker,” writes Michael.

“Crossed Wires” [The Main Point Blog]

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