The Cynic Says……

OK…. I just don’t get this… my job is to hook people up with their installers for their newly purchased DTV systems, right… It’s a really easy job and normally it’s not very stressful. I’m not a very high-stress kinda person anyway; I just don’t get stressed over little things. What kills me is how life-or-death these people treat their TV situation. Going 24 hours without TV sounds like going a week without electricity. I don’t get it one single bit. People also use this lame-ass excuse that they have kids and they just CAN’T go without TV. What does having kids have to do with that? Are you and your kids so reliant on TV that you can’t go a day or so without it? Why do people these days seem to use TV as a babysitter for their kids? Go out and DO something, read a book, play a game, actually spend some fucking TIME with your kids, for god’s sake. Plopping them down in front of the TV to occupy their time while you walk around the house talking on the phone is NOT taking care of your kids, people. I gotta say, sociiety today is really fucked up. People watch WAYYY too much TV… personally I prefer the computer, as I have some control over the content I view. Plus, teaching your kids how to use the computer is going to be a lot more useful down the road anyway… so why plop them down in front of the TV when you can put them on the computer and actually teach them something worthwhile? I can see renting a DVD or something and sitting down with the family and watching it. That’s not a bad thing…. but using the TV to babysit your kids isn’t. heh… end of rant… I just had to get that off my chest.