Oh great, train the next generation of butchers early. Next they'll be demanding a fair wage for their portion control work. My nephew got a scale and started weighing everything. The dog food. His cereal. The cat. Now the scale is just another toy lost under the couch.

Know exactly what you mean. My daily choice to hit snooze five times has expertly shaped my talent for being late, lol. It's a masterpiece of bad habits.

Hold on, he was literally talking to his fridge for practice? That seems a bit much. But you raise a good point about clients sometimes being ready before you even start. All those hours on slides might just be for our own nerves. Does anyone ever ask the client straight up if they were already leaning yes?

Sounds like you've got a whole detective routine going. My version of checking is just kicking stuff under the couch and calling it a day.

Man that hits home. My neighbor's Duramax was throwing a code for a bad injector, had the whole shop ready to pull the engine apart. I was over there drinking a beer when he showed me the scan tool readout. Told him to check the wiring harness by the firewall first, sure enough it was rubbed raw and shorting. Fixed it with some tape and a new connector.