TV Company tried to SCAM US… so I Found a Way to Get Everyone FREE TV

Am I the Jerk?

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Society & Culture, Relationships

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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0:00.0	TV company tried to scam us, so I found a way to get everyone free TV.
0:06.0	I'm the maintenance director at an independent senior living centre.
0:11.0	It's pretty much an apartment complex in which you have to be a senior citizen to reside.
0:16.0	We provide three meals a day, housekeeping, activities, a bus for transportation, and several other amenities
0:22.4	to increase the quality of life because, more times than not, they'll spend the final years
0:27.6	of their life here. Our facility is family owned and operated. Family members of current employees
0:33.5	are encouraged to apply for positions. We have one rule in our employee handbook, ensure resident safety, happiness and prolongment of life.
0:43.3	I take my job very seriously and I take pride in it.
0:46.3	I try to go above and beyond to make them all happy.
0:49.3	Each resident during the daytime either listens to the radio, plays crossword puzzles, or most
0:55.3	of the time watch their favourite TV shows.
0:58.1	We don't provide television service.
1:00.6	Each resident has to provide it themselves, if they choose.
1:04.1	Over the last year, there's been a trend of televisions not working in countless units,
1:08.9	and when this happens, they're rightfully very upset.
1:11.9	When I get a work order for a TV, I go and check it out.
1:15.4	Most of the time, there's nothing I can do.
1:17.5	If the cable isn't cut, everything is plugged in, and there's no obstruction to the satellite signal,
1:22.4	it's going to be a software issue.
1:24.6	When this happens, I install an air antenna until their regular service is fixed.
1:29.4	I call the company and a techie comes out, fixes it, and usually within a couple of hours,
1:34.9	it stops working again. This is a never-ending cycle of upset residents. Over the course of an
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