I taught my neighbor to keep the volume down

“Like a circus animal trainer, I remained consistent. If the volume of his TV went above what I imagined to be 15 to 20, I would press the power button.”

A neighbor’s TV kept blasting audio through the walls. The author discovered their Dish Network RF remotes were on the same frequency. His remote could control both TVs. He disabled RF on his own box and used operant conditioning to train the neighbor. Every time volume went above 15-20, he powered off the neighbor’s TV from his bedroom. After weeks of this, the neighbor learned to keep volume low without understanding why. Pavlovian discipline via remote control.