- Making comments directly to the TV...and when someone asks "What did you say" you say "Nothing...I was talking to the TV."
- Yelling directly at the TV (complete with arm waving and assorted histrionics).
- Standing in line-of-sight to the TV, especially during the last 30 seconds of the show.
- Finding the TV remote in the car, the refrigerator, or anywhere else where it couldn't possibly be used.
- Fellow viewers who ask questions about the program currently playing. Frequently these questions overlap with the part(s) of the show you are trying to watch: for example, "why did that person do that?" to which you can only reply "I dunno" [cuz I missed it while listening to your question].
- Saying you're 'busy' watching TV, or too 'busy' to do anything else because your program is on.
- Watching un-essential TV in a room full of people, or watching TV when your guests arrive.
- On-go-Off-return-On-go, etc. Person 1 turns on the TV then immediately departs. Person 2 turns off the TV and Person 1 immediately re-appears to turn it back on, then leaves the room again.
- Overusing quotes from the TV, such as 'at this point in time,' someone is a 'desparate housewife.' 'giving one hundred and ten percent,' 'talk to the hand,' 'last but not least,' 'at the end of the day.'
- Hogging or hiding of the remote.
- ADHD-TV:
- channel surfing and indecision between one or more channels/shows.
- changing the channel at every commercial.
- changing the channel with asking while someone is clearly watching a show. - TV too loud all the time; refusal to go get a hearing exam.
- Bragging about ownership of biggest/best TV and/or nagging you about changing your own TV to something more current/hip.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Watching TV Manners
Another reason to avoid the TV...the irksome behaviors from other people who watch with us and/or our own conduct in front of the tube. A few easy examples come to mind...
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