The Netflix Scrimmage

Kurt started a Netflix account years ago, and when it was first started he encouraged me add movies to the list that I would like. I added movies that I had already seen, thought were funny, and wanted to share with Kurt like Twelve Chairs, Same Time Next Year, and In-Laws. I interspersed the movies I selected with the ones Kurt had already put on his list. I placed them every third or fourth movie. After a few weeks, I logged into our account again to see if there was anything else I might want to add and to see when I might get to see one of my movies. SOMEHOW, all of my movies were at the bottom of the list. I moved a couple of them near the top. I checked on them the next day. They were at the bottom AGAIN. I asked Kurt about it and he apparently didn’t realize that those were my picks. All he knew was that HE was not in the mood for those movies so down to the bottom they went. I stopped adding movies.

He is now on a Zombie movie kick and I’m tired of it. Every time he reads off the list of movies we have at home to choose from, I complain, so he tells me to add movies I want to see to the list. I’m not big on movies. If it were up to me we wouldn’t have a TV even though I like the History Channel and Food Network - I can live without them. So I don’t really know what to add. We have already been through all the George Carlin stand-up. A couple weeks ago I finally broke down and asked Kurt for the account name and password again and started looking for things that I think might be interesting. I started reading descriptions of various documentaries, many of which sounded interesting to me. “Don’t add that one,” he says, “I don’t want to watch that one.” Fine. I’ll add these - click click click “Don’t add nothing but a bunch of documentaries,” he says. I didn’t know he had all these rules - where are they written? *grumble* I give up!