I'm going through something similar, wish they fire me to be able to apply for employment insurance (http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/sc/ei/index.shtml) and "not work" (develop my own projects) for a while. But no, they love all the whizzy automation that I've created and have saved them month's of work.
I had a similar experience with Amazon, they refunded me the extra bluray remote for the PS3 and told me to donate it and even said that maybe my local library would want it (???).
In Alberta a new law was passed that bans all this stuff, including while on a red light.
I guess this is to prevent people from not noticing when the green light goes on. I don't think I've seen any less people talking on their phones while driving though :(