yes atc has forgotten me...here is a nice thought, if you do the same route all the time, write the freq changes on your chart (yes, you tv wizards would have to pull out a paper chart).
and when you have passed one sector and they aren't answering, you might try the freq you had from your previous journey...oh well.
but here is the really dopey one.
Inbound to Reno, NV an airliner rec'd a handoff from oakland center to reno apch...no answer, no answer on tower freq...many mountains around and unable to contact center at the lower altitude assigned prior to freq change.
so, the plane climbed up (vmc) contacted oakland center...they called the reno police department which went to the tower...and yes, the controller had fallen asleep
oh yeah!!!!