Loose wires

Notes from the neighbors' never-ending remodeling project:

This morning I heard an engine revving and looked out our front window to see the the electrician's van rocketing away from the curb. Then, a screech of brakes, as the electrician's assistant stops the truck, hops out of the cab, and runs around to secure the van's rear doors, which he'd left flapping wide open.

One of his co-workers appeared in the front door of the house, clapping slowing and sarcastically.