Knoxville, TN- Cable Pro of Knoxville has for years had to put man hours and money into the problem of cable company clients who were delinquent in their payments. The practice has traditionally been that cable customers who persisted in not paying their bills would, after three notices, have their cable service cut off until their account was settled. While this practice has been successful in rooting out non-paying customers, it still costs the company an estimated $60,000 per year in lost time, and man hours.But recently Cable Pro president, Marcus Smith experimented with a new idea that has so far been very successful. Now, instead of canceling a person’s service, or sending him or her repeated notices of delinquency, Cable Pro simply changes a customer’s subscription preferences resulting in his or her service becoming 24 hours of the Trinity Broadcasting Network on every channel.“It’s worked beautifully” said Smith. “In the past we’d have to try and try to get in touch with the people who weren’t paying, try and get our man out there to cut off their service. It was just a big hassle. Now, they call us!”
Cable Pro customer Eric Wiezorek was one of the first to experience Cable Pro’s new policy.
“All I wanted to do was watch a little golf on Sunday afternoon” said Wiezorek. “I turned on my set and all I saw was this lady with big poofy hair singing. I just thought the cable company had switched up all the channels again. So I changed the channel, and it was the same thing on every channel. When I called the cable company they said I hadn’t paid up my bill in over a month.”
Now, “like clockwork” customers who are behind on their payments for cable services usually call the company within 24 hours wondering what is wrong with their cable service, only to told that they must pay up if they wish to have any channels other that TBN.
“This is the greatest idea we’ve had in a long time” said Smith. “We’ve literally saved thousands of dollars. And last week when TBN ran the non-stop Benny Hinn marathon people were calling in so fast we couldn’t keep up.”
While a number of cable customers have complained that Cable Pro’s practice amounts to “cruel and unusual” measures, Smith has no plans to change.
“The rule stands” he said. “Either pay your bill or all you’ll be watching is TBN, twenty-four-seven.”
[HT: TBNN]
Filed under: Bad Theology, Religion, TV
While a number of cable customers have complained that Cable Pro’s practice amounts to “cruel and unusual” measures, Maezell has no plans to change.
heh, too bad they have to resort to that, makes mainline ‘normal’ christianity look bad. Yet again.
”oh dang it, Dorothy! You didn’t pay the cable bill again, now we have to watch God! Get the cable number, we’re gonna miss desperate housewives! and get me a beer!”
I wouldn’t be so quick to say that watching TBN is watching God. In fact, I would say that on the whole they do little representing of Jesus and God whatsoever.
TBN is theological dreck. The use of such dreck as punishment is akin to dripping water on a face until the victim screams for mercy and confesses every crime ever committed by anyone. Good for them!
it was a joke in quotes! a joke, the middle american/red neck/typical worldly TV watcher says that, not me!
Sorry Kris. I’ll brush up on my reading comprehension skills!
Thanks for the “laugh out loud” moment! You have added a moment of great mirth to my day…
Plus, I picked up a new term – “theological dreck”. That’s better than what I usually call it!!!
I could imagine the typical TBN fan (where faith was going to pay their bill), turning on the TV – and seeing Benny on EVERY channel.
Or the person who got high, and turns on the TV, and see’s Paul and Jan on their golden thrones on EVERY channel.