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| Wife Fat? Kids Lazy? Sue The Cable Company! |
| 2004-01-07 |
| 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 heâs threatening to sue the cable company. 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. So you can add internet porn addiction to your next suit? Dumouchel blames Charter for his TV addiction, his wifeâs 50-pound weight gain and his childrenâs being âlazy channel surfers,â according to a Fond du Lac police report. I pity the cops who have to write these reports, no wonder they get drunk and eat their guns. Charter employees called police to the local office at 165 Knightâs Way the evening of Dec. 23 after Dumouchel showed up with a small claims complaint, reportedly intimidated an employee and made âlow-level threatsâ to employeesâ safety, according to a police report. The report states Dumouchel gave an employee five minutes to get a supervisor to talk to him or their next contact would be âin the ocean with the sharks.â Dude, this is the CABLE COMPANY!! They eat sharks for breakfast! According to the report, Dumouchel told Charter employees he plans to sue because his cable connection remained intact four years after he tried to get it canceled.The result was that he and his family got free cable from August of 1999 to Dec. 23, 2003. 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. Gee, I wish I had this kind of problem. 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 âmade a dealâ with her that âshe could watch TV as long as the cable worked.â He then went back to Charter and asked that they disconnect his service, which they reportedly never did. Tim, maybe your wife made her own deal with the cable guy. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 He ain't as dumb as a guy I know. He called the cable company to come out and fix his black box when it broke. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-1-7 10:28:45 PM |
#7 Hey, I hate the cable company as much as the next guy, but I have to piss on the fire:...after Dumouchel showed up with a small claims complaint Anyone can file in small claims court (up to 5K limit here in MA), just ask my ex-girlfriend. For that reason I highly doubt a lawyer's involved. He's dumb as dirt for doing this after getting a free ride for almost 4 years, though. |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-1-7 10:08:59 PM |
| #6 Chris, Rantburg is about the only thing that's kept me from completely going postal and start playing "Muslims and Cowboys" in my neck of the woods. If you sue Fred, and Rantburg closes down, then I may not be able to restrain myself. It would be all your fault. Lucky for you, I hate lawyers. On the other hand, the government itself taught me some really nasty ways to turn human beings into wallpaper paste....... 8^) |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-1-7 9:34:07 PM |
| #5 That's It!! I'm suing Fred Pruitt. I've repeatedly requested that this site stop being so damn entertaining and informative. The only reason i'm attracted to this site is because of the proximity of its server to my house. Fred, you're gonna pay my Federal Hill rent for the rest of my life...bwaaahaaahaaaaa..... |
| Posted by: Chris McGrath 2004-1-7 7:41:13 PM |
| #4 Tommorow, he will probably get the cable bill for service back charges to August 99, plus interest, penalty charges, and disconnect fees. Shark bites hurt! |
| Posted by: john 2004-1-7 7:28:10 PM |
| #3 After all it's nobodies fault for anything they do to themselves anymore. I'm having anxiety attacks, lets sue the freaking lawyers. Works for me |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2004-1-7 5:49:45 PM |
| #2 Man, it's not the cable it's the Devil's Tool Tivo that made me an addict. I used ta watch football and disasters... now I have 18 hours of the Wonder Years that I just can't delete and can't watch either. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-7 5:38:07 PM |
| #1 Awesome, finally a class action I can join! Well, we're movin' on up... |
| Posted by: Daniel King 2004-1-7 4:39:59 PM |