hoped for the best" lol that's the part that got me. You can't just hope with glass, it's gonna lose every time. Spending 45 minutes to definitely save the item is a no brainer. The blanket crew basically gambled your $700 table. I'd be so mad if that was my stuff. The extra time is always worth it for anything that can't just be replaced easy.

Man, I used to think those tiny connector issues were just ghost stories. Had a similar thing with a flap position sensor last year. The readings would jump around only in a left turn. Spent a whole afternoon looking at the sensor itself and the control box. Turns out it was just a slightly loose cannon plug at the wing root. Felt like a total idiot, but now I check every single connector first.

Found a half-finished crossword in a pencil cup at the old video rental place they turned into a gym. It’s like you said, the small stuff shows where real life just stopped. Makes me wonder what I’m walking past every day without seeing.