Two Conversations: The Wiley Ways of the TV Equipments

Me: How did you do that?

Matthew: Do what?

Me: Turn off the TV like that.

Matthew: I ... used the remote?

Me: But that's the wrong remote! That's the cable remote. You have to use the TV remote.

Matthew: It's a universal remote.

Me: No!

Matthew: Um.

Me: It's a miracle!

Matthew: [Crickets.]

BTW? I have had this set-up for over a year.