@Bruce-And-Patty0
I always like to find plausible solutions rather than mystical ones.
I bring up the 'remote' as far as the TV is concerned because you may be aware that there are on the market 'remote scanners'. The criminal element in the community have discovered these and use them as part of their burglary tools. They aim the scanner at a carport rollador and as soon as it finds a matching frequency it operates the door.
There is a possibility that someone drove past your property with one of these scanners which activated the TV.
It's possibly a little bit long but can I relate a story that happened to me in my working life which involved one of these remote scanners that had a very satisfying ending.
Everyone has their moment in the sun....their moment of glory....and this was mine!
In my working life I was a mechanical services contractor….I owned and ran an air conditioning company.
No ethnic origin mentioned here, but we did find customers from one particular European country difficult to get along with and please! They always wanted something for nothing!
We had a ‘client’ come in one day and ask one of my sales guys to design an air-conditioning system for his house. Our salesman, Garry, did, and had the recommendations and quote delivered to the client. We didn’t hear back from the ‘client’ and presumed that the business ended up somewhere else.
About 9 months later a very irate ‘Person’ entered the building wanting to talk to the manager……me! He fumed his way into my office and proceeded to tell me his air conditioning didn’t work and he required compensation!
I calmly said to him…. “Are you a customer of ours?”
He said… “Yes. I came here 9 months ago and you designed an air-conditioning system for me.”
I said, “Sorry, I can’t place you. What is your name and I will get the file out, tell me when did we install this system for you?”
He said…. “No, you didn’t install it, my family members are all competent tradespeople, they did the job, but you designed it, and it doesn’t work!”
I said to him…. “Are you seriously expecting me to take responsibility for something I did not have any part in supplying and installing? If you are, you are seriously mistaken.”
He got up and said ever so aggressively “See you in court!”
I said to him…. “Now hang on, this is not an admission of any liability but would you like one of our guys to have a look at the unit and see if we can find an issue for you?”
When you run a business you must be a diplomat and a conciliator!
He agreed….and there set in chain the most amazing sequence of events!
Backtrack: About five months before, our unit lock-up had been broken into! The b*stards had one of those roaming scanners that searches frequencies until it gets a match and as soon as it does…..bingo, the electric roller door opens. They cleaned us out….took eight brand-new units, copper piping and electrical gear!
Back to the present, I organised for two of our service guys to go and have a look at this unit. They did and reported that the installation was fine but the unit did have a faulty “reversing valve” and refrigerant was bypassing, compromising the performance of the machine. I got the fridgey to get the details off the machine and I would try to get some manufacturers help for this “customer”!
When our guys brought back the information, it turns out this non-performing unit which was going to end us up in court was in fact one of the units that had been stolen from our lockup five months before!!!!
I rang the “customer” and said to him…… “The unit does indeed have a problem and I would like to get the manufacturer to accept responsibility. Could you please give me the purchase details for this unit?” The reason I made that call to him was, I wanted his version of the purchase, and of course, that conversation was recorded! This was what I wanted to hear!
He said…. “My cousin bought the unit from xxxxxxxxxx and sold it to me as part of a family deal!”
There you go…….. noose around the neck!
I said to him….. “Well, mate, you have shafted me twice.”
“1/….You came in here after free advice which you then wanted to use against me for your advantage!
“2/…. The serial number of your unit matches one that was stolen from my premises five months ago…..At this point it’s become a police matter, goodbye!”
I hung up the phone and I thought ‘sucked in you **bleep**’…… I gave all the serial numbers to the police for a second time, and this time as they had a red hot lead, they managed to track down all but two of the stolen units.
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It was three months later when I next saw he and his cousin in the dock. You have to understand, this is not Grand Jury stuff and this theft case was one of twenty listed to be heard in this courtroom on that particular morning. There were twenty defendants to various cases plus their supporters or detractors plus all their legal representation. The courtroom was filled with perhaps 230 people or more waiting for their case to be brought on!
At one point after the prosecutor had questioned me about details of the case, the judge turned to me and asked me if I could identify anyone in this courtroom, I pointed over to the dock and I said to the judge……
“Yes, your honour, that person over there, the one on the right said, he would see me in court!”
Sorry I know that's a bit long!
Cheers……Rob
