Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 21, 2014
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Transcript:
Bombast Cable (BC): Bombast cable, can I help you? Rat: I'd like to cancel cable. BC: And why is that? Rat: Because I don't want it anymore. BC: Let's talk about that. Rat: But I just want to cancel. BC: Are you unsatisfied? Rat: Yes, cancel me. BC: Why are you unsatisfied? Rat: Because. Now cancel me. BC: Maybe I can help. Rat: You can help by canceling me. BC: But you didn't say why. Rat: I don't have to. Now cancel. BC: But I want to see if I can fix your problem. Rat: You're my problem. Now cancel me. BC: Lemme see what I can do. Rat: You can cancel cancel cancel cancel cancel. BC: I see. And why is that? Rat: Because if you don't, there is a trained ninja assassin just outside your cubicle who doesn't have a lot of respect for your customer retention program. Rat: Cable's canceled.
Hee! Hee! I canceled my cable way back in 1996. But the cable company never turned off the cable, instead they just quit sending me bills! By the time they switched to digital 10 years later, which ended my free ride, I’d switched completely to internet and couldn’t have care less.