Waiting for Godot, or the Electrician...

or Someone Like Him, or, in this recent case, the Cable Guy, RCN to be exact. File it as one of life's inevitable little irritations. You get a three hour block of time, 11 AM - 2 PM. And you know, as sure as you know your name, that in that three hour block of time the service person will show up at two minutes before two. (Unless of course you choose to nip down to the corner deli for a quick purchase, in which case he will come and go in those five minutes, leaving you the "please call to reschedule" note.) Who are the people, where are they who actually get lucky enough to have him show up in the first hour of that window? Never known one. Never been one. They're as invisible as Tony Soprano's guys on a construction site. Except of course when you opt for the 8 AM - 11 AM block and he's there five minutes early, ringing the bell, wondering why it's taking you so long to let him in.