If I have to go on one more extended hunt for the TV remote, I am gonna lose it!
Seriously, if I come into the living room one more time and that remote is not in the little basket where all the remotes go, even the ones that control things we’re pretty sure we don’t own anymore, I am going to ground everyone in the family.
Even Kathy.
OK… I’m not that stupid, but it seriously does tick me off.
I have watched my boys argue, fight, whine and wrestle for the remote. Usually, I can understand why they want to score that prize, but sometimes they really throw me for a loop.
Sometimes they will battle and steal the remote in the midst of a program only to… do nothing.
- No channel change.
- No volume change.
- No menu guide check to see what we’re watching, when its over or what else is on.
They just pry it out of the other’s hand, and hold it! What good is that?
After musing this puzzle on several occasions it finally hit me: “They don’t want the remote, they just want to be in control.” Continue reading “So What?”