Had a client once on the outskirts of town, by the sea, who called us over to program a remote. When we got there all the lights were off, and as we enterered a woman shrieked from upstairs "don't let them come up here."

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The man who answered the door and let us in, who we presumed to be the husband to whoever was upstairs, gave off Bates Motel vibes. He stood in the doorway the whole time, in the unlit gloomy room as we starting programming.

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His only request was that his wife be able to operate the remote to which I explained I would have no problem teaching her but he insisted that she couldn't come down and we couldn't go up.

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I kept programming and as much as I was enjoying the cringy awkward silence of the Danny Devito in Throw Mama From The Train like character lurking in the shadows of the doorway, I decided to try and break the ice with a joke or sarcasm.

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I can't even remember what I said because his reply consumes my memory of the situation.

He said, "don't joke around with me Mr. Tyler."

Mister first name? What kind of creep days mister first name?

Being the consumate professionals we were my colleague and I...

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managed to contain our laughter for the most part.

I never had the opportunity to teach his wife the remote and he refused to have me teach him so we tested it and left completely baffled by the experience.

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A few days later him and his wife came tearing into the store with the remote flipping out about how it's impossible to use the remote. They were cartoonishly upset. There is no easier remote on the market, even to this day. Made even eaaier by the mere 2 devices they had.

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I still wonder about that couple and who they might have been or what creepy things they might have done.
Characters for a future project no doubt.