I don't know why, but this reminded me of that Clive Barker story about a demon trying to claim some guy's soul only to be thwarted time and again by how mundane and boring the guy was.
I think it's because the climax of the story involved the demon making everything in the house go bat-shit only to have the guy completely ignore it while his family freaked the fuck out. They kept trying to convince him it was paranormal only to have him insist it was the wind or the house settling.
That's one of the very few episodes of "Tales from the Darkside" I haven't seen. I only know about it now because it popped up in the search. I could only find a small clip online, but it looked good.