Posted on 09/04/2019 6:53:38 AM PDT by C19fan
It was apparently a slip of the paw that cost a man from North Carolina $70 after his dog ended up ordering pay-per-view porn on cable TV.
Thomas Barnes' dog, a bichon frise called Marino, jumped on the bed of his owner and in doing so stepped on the remote control inadvertently ordering the Hustler Channel.
Upon seeing the risque images on his screen, Barnes claims he called cable company DirectTV within minutes to explain what had happened and to cancel the x-rated service.
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That crap ain’t porn..............
That Bichon!
I bet the dog that ordered it had two legs.
I have a Bichon so too cute for punishment.
I dunno man.
I have made MANY phone calls with my butt than I care to mention :)
Or even with my hands while I slept.
I HAVE come close to ordering a 3 or 4 dollar movie with the remote while asleep.
But this guy’s story does give me PAWS.
If he thinks he can keep blaming a dog for ordering porn he’s BARKING up the wrong tree
But maybe they’ll throw him a BONE
(If this thread doesn’t get me kicked off the board none will...)
“I swear, honey, the dog jumped on the remote!”
I hate it when they do that.
This is more common than you might think.
I have a cat that does the same thing.
Try as hard as I can to stop him but have you ever tried to train a cat?
Wondering if he searched for “doggy style.”
Honey, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Bichon Frise, or a bitch on E?
My dog locked me out of my car once.
“’There’s a problem when there’s a mistake and you expect me to pay for the mistake,’ he said.”
Umm - what? It was your mistake, so you pay for your mistake. Even in elementary school “the dog ate my homework” doesn’t fly.
As far as the context and his complaints, however, it is very bad customer service for them to have treated him in bad faith like that, after they told him he wouldn’t be charged. My point above still stands though.
I’ve seen those remotes. The ones with the big Hustler Channel button.
C’mon, make the ******* pay for playing us all for fools. And confiscate that poor dog. He deserves a better home!
It depends on how easy it is to order. If the dog could easily do it, they should give the guy his money back.
Especially since he apparently called before the show was very far along.
And they should make it harder to accidentally order stuff.
We had a Bichon named Bella, she was the most wonderful dog we ever had. The only time she ever barked is when you didn’t pet her.
“I only buy that magazine for the articles. I swear!”
Or some inter-species ‘Dog-On-Cat’ fur flyin’, claw scratchin’ get down action?!
That’s nothing. Last night our cat told the wife and I she didn’t want to be called a cat anymore. She said from now on she wants to be known as a “Feline-American’’.
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