Stood up to give a high five after a big win in a meeting once and totally forgot I had my laptop plugged into the presentation screen. Yanked the whole thing off the table and it crashed right as the CEO walked in. Screen shattered and the room went dead silent for a solid 5 seconds before someone whispered "that was expensive." Had to sit through the rest of the meeting knowing everyone was thinking about the dent in the budget I just caused. Spent the next hour trying to make small talk with the IT guy while he transferred all my files. Still cringe thinking about it whenever I walk past that conference room.

You're not wrong at all, @hunt.nora. I had basically the same thing happen at one of those tunnel washes by the grocery store. Paid for the top tier package, watched the big spinning brushes go over the hood, and when I pulled out there were still big patches of mud from a dirt road I'd taken the week before. Dry mud too, not even stuck on that bad. Drove home and spent twenty minutes with a garden hose and a sponge to finish the job. They're really just a light dusting kind of deal, like you said. I've found that if you can't get the wash done by hand, the touchless spray-it-yourself bays with the pressure wand actually work a lot better for anything stuck on.

My dad once told me to trust the guy selling oranges on the corner and now I get the best fruit every time.

90 dollars for woodworking patterns? Man, that stings a bit but I'm not sure I'd call it a tragedy or anything. I mean subscriptions are annoying sure but it's not like you signed a mortgage. You can cancel anytime and you still have all those PDFs. Maybe one day you'll get around to making a birdhouse or something. People act like companies are tricking them but nobody held a gun to your head when you put in your credit card. If you got some use out of it even for a few months then it's not a total loss. We all do stuff we regret, just not sure it's worth getting all worked up over.

Whoa, five years? That's wild dedication.