Saturday, November 7, 2015

an unexpected gift

I'm at the subway station, on my way to meet Jill for a screening of The Danish Girl, and a Q&A after with Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hooper, the director. I realize I've forgotten my metrocard.

I take out $3 and offer it to some guy at the turnstile. He says, "No problem," and swipes me through. I hand him the money, or at least try to. He refuses. I love these kind of little surprises. It makes me love New Yorkers all over again.

The screening is good; the Q&A better; and the catch-up after (more than our usual five minutes), the best.

I come home and take a week's worth of mail from my mail box. I open, what looks like a handwritten envelope with no return address.




I can't think of anyone who'd be thanking me for something.  I open it up.



And really, there are no strings attached.  "Your 12-month subscription is completely complimentary...It will automatically be activated... After the 12-month trial subscription ends, both channels will be automatically removed from your account, no need to cancel."

I've been wanting to watch The Affair and Homeland, but didn't want to pay the additional $15.99/month to do it.  

I've shocked at Time Warner's unsolicited generosity. I write about the bad, so I am compelled to also write about the good. Hmmm. I'm almost starting to — dare I say — like my cable company.



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