So did Dave actually convince you on Troll 2, or did you just leave with a new respect for the people in it? Because I feel like those are two very different takeaways from the same cold fries.

That same thing happened to me with my grocery list, of all things. I had this color coded system with categories and little checkboxes for every aisle, and it took me an hour to set up each week. My daughter took one look and asked why I needed a spreadsheet to buy milk, so now I just use a plain index card with a pen and it works better.

Honestly, the $150 you ate wasn't the real cost here. The real cost was that backup crew showing up at 9:15 without a blade, that's the part that should scare you. They didn't check their own gear before rolling out, and that tells you more about their work than any late fee ever will. I'd rather eat the $150 and have a talk with that backup crew about double checking their truck every single morning before they leave the shop. Tbh, if they pull that again, you're not just losing money on a job, you're losing clients who will tell their whole building about it. That blade run on Woodward was the cheapest part of your whole morning.

My 11th attempt finally made a decent boule and I literally cried over my cutting board. The sad part is my husband walked in and thought I was having an emotional breakdown about chores, but nope, just bread. Totally get that win feeling lol, makes you forget every pancake disaster you ever pulled out of the oven.

You ever find the tension was so far off it was basically a full re-string job, or was it just a minor tweak for you?