Thanksgiving morning from Hell

Let me paint a picture for you it Thanksgiving morning and you and your wife get out of bed. You sit down on the couch and turn on the tube to watch the parade and the football game. Your wife goes in the kitchen to start dinner for you and your guests. She puts the bird in the oven and goes in sit down with you for a few minutes the power goes out. You get up and check you fuse box... Nope all fine. You go out side and see a neighbor and just before you ask him he asks you.

"Your power out?"

You go back in the house get you cell phone and call the power company (in this case one in Florida). After you go through the computer and get to a real person (it is Thanksgiving) twenty minutes have gone by. This is what you are told.

Over a THOUSAND customer in your area are without power this morning.
We have crews in the area working on the problem.
It maybe 10:30 or so before your powers back on.

True story I couldn't help but laugh at the woman on the line. I asked her if she just told me that a THOUSAND people are not going to be able to cook their dinner till 11:00 or 12:00. She apologized for the inconvenience. I told her that i really feel sorry for the poor fool that got to be out fixing the power to a THOUSAND people on Thanksgiving Day. What was the worst was the flippant way the woman spoke to me, just like it was an everyday thing.