Understand Le Pingouin!
Dont take offence to the word 'just sitting there'. What I was trying to say was the controller has your flight plan and your ETD and by this I mean you may not be a 'surprise radio call'.
If you are an ATC controller for either AREA/TERMINAL/APPROACH I would like to know a bit more of the frustrations there are between controller and pilot which you might be able to add your two cents to the disscussion!