Comcast installs roach-infested cable…

Sometimes I wonder what lives inside my Comcast cable box. Just occasionally, it will behave erratically, twitching nervously at the sight of “Top Chef.”

A story that has emerged from Aurora, Ill., suggests an emergent solution: creepy-crawly creatures.

I am grateful to the Chicago Sun-Times for describing the dilemma of one Comcast customer, Antonio Munez, who claims that after the company installed a cable box, cockroaches crawled out of it.

It is unclear if the roaches were protesting Munoz refusal to watch cooking shows. However, he says that he suspects the equipment was old and adds that no one from Comcast was able to help with the sudden infestation for a few days.

Some might find this hard to believe. Comcast can occasionally provide lightning service. Occasionally, though, the company’s service becomes a little crunchy, something I have myself experienced recently.

And then there’s a class-action lawsuit enacted by certain current and former Comcast employees who claim, among other things, that they were forced to install boxes that had cockroach eggs falling out of them.

Oddly, this lawsuit is also Illinois-based.

Munoz says he even collected some of the cockroaches (dead) in a little plastic bag and took them along to Comcast for a viewing.

A Comcast spokeswoman told the Sun-Times that the company had now installed a new box and that its customer care ought to have been more careful.

Surely the company might find a little time to disinfect its boxes before plugging them into another location.

Perhaps, though, the alleged emergence of cockroaches might be a viral ad for a remake of “Joe’s Apartment.”

Should you not be familiar with this movie, its tagline tells you almost everything: “Sex, Bugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll.”