said by gar187er:dismiss it all you want, but fact is the OP had lazy techs.
I have a low threshold for iffy installs during the day, forget about trying them at night. You admit to not having a problem risking your life everyday. I absolutely positively have a problem with that. I can only imagine how that manifests itself during your installs.
In my area of installation, if the job can't pass a quality check we shouldn't be doing it. That includes drop wires hugging branches, which is what I assume would have to happen here.
Because quite frankly, somebody will have to come right back and fix it after it snaps. Makes zero sense.