Sunday 20 February 2011

165. The problem with late porn

Background

Father aged 80, living in Spain, has asked his daughter in England to organise adding a channel to his Sky subscription.  He wants the adult channel, but would prefer it if she didn’t mention it to her mother.  The daughter is half way between amused and embarrassed, but doesn’t feel she can refuse the request, and he’s paying for it anyway. 

Further awkward phone calls with Sky take place when he can’t get it to work.  The daughter finds herself having to make calls to Sky from her open plan desk during office hours, telling Sky staff that no, she’s not the subscriber named in the contract, and no they can’t speak to the named person wanting to add the adult channel to the portfolio because he’s 80 and doesn’t understand the technology anyway… (plus he’s in Spain, but this is carefully not mentioned, in case it contravenes their rules… in fact it almost certainly does, but father is not interested in Spanish soft porn…). 

Daughter can well imagine the sort of comments being exchanged by the Sky staff when she puts the phone down…

Two months later, on the phone…

Father (80):  Could you cancel the adult channel, I don’t want it.

Daughter (47):  After all that hassle, and you’ve changed your mind?

Father:  It’s on too late – it starts at midnight, but that’s 1 a.m. Spanish time, and I just can’t stay awake.

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