Some years ago, the neighbor's cable went out. For some reason, I was outside when it happened so I overheard her conversation with the cable company. She was standing on her porch with her cordless phone in hand YELLING at the top of her lungs telling the poor schmuck at the cable company to get his a** over to her house and FIX IT NOW!! I think if someone had just killed her husband she would have been calmer on the telephone. In some households, cable is more important than life itself.
Don't f*** with the cable!!!