Man says he’s addicted to cable; wants to sue Charter – Cable TV made a West Bend man addicted to TV, caused his wife to be overweight and his kids to be lazy, he says. And he’s threatening to sue the cable company.
The real kicker under this story is that the man is suing the cable company for providing a service that he didn’t pay for!
“But the reason I am suing Charter is they did not let me make a decision as to what was best for myself and my family and (they have been) keeping cable (coming) into my home for four years after I asked them to turn it off.”
According to the police report, Dumouchel called Charter to stop his cable service in August of 1999 and was taken off the billing but not the cable service.
In a written statement, he said he put the family TV in the basement in 1999 after he had called to get cable disconnected, but soon thereafter, his wife had moved it back and hooked up the cable connection, and it still worked.
He stated he “made a deal” with her that “she could watch TV as long as the cable worked.”
p. Even better is what he’s suing for. At least he’s not asking for millions and millions of dollars… though somehow I doubt that his proposed solution will do much to help his wife lose weight, or prevent his kids laziness.
bq. Timothy Dumouchel of West Bend wants $5,000 or three computers, and a lifetime supply of free Internet service from Charter Communications to settle what he says will be a small claims suit.
The cable company’s (reasonable) response:
bq. “Even though we consider our services to be a very powerful entertainment product, I don’t think it’s reached a medical level yet where it could be proved to be addictive,” Miller said. “In our society, any kind of legal action shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone,” he added.
The article notes that no papers have yet been filed, and the author is only _threatening_ to sue.
The real question: will he be able to overcome his laziness and the apathy of his family to go to the trouble to sue if they don’t approve his demands?
Sue Cable TV – It Makes Wife Fat, Kids Lazy
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Man says he’s addicted to cable; wants to sue Charter –
The real kicker under this story is that the man is suing the cable company for providing a service that he didn’t pay for!
p. Even better is what he’s suing for. At least he’s not asking for millions and millions of dollars… though somehow I doubt that his proposed solution will do much to help his wife lose weight, or prevent his kids laziness.
bq. Timothy Dumouchel of West Bend wants $5,000 or three computers, and a lifetime supply of free Internet service from Charter Communications to settle what he says will be a small claims suit.
The cable company’s (reasonable) response:
bq. “Even though we consider our services to be a very powerful entertainment product, I don’t think it’s reached a medical level yet where it could be proved to be addictive,” Miller said. “In our society, any kind of legal action shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone,” he added.
The article notes that no papers have yet been filed, and the author is only _threatening_ to sue.
The real question: will he be able to overcome his laziness and the apathy of his family to go to the trouble to sue if they don’t approve his demands?