Picked the wrong line on purpose without knowing it? Happens to me at red lights too, I always pick the lane that stops moving. Pretty sure the universe just wants to watch us stand there holding our cold stuff.

Standalone scopes are a waste of money for this work. The tip diameter is what kills you every time, and every all in one unit I have tried has a fat head. My phone scope was 30 bucks and it fits places the expensive ones will not go. Cheap and thin beats fancy and blind.

Read somewhere that most startups that go big after downturns kept hiring while others froze.