Buddy of mine did the same thing with his anvil, except he was using that cheap spray lube from the hardware store. Spent weeks fighting sticky crud before his grandpa walked by and just handed him a can of 3-in-1 without saying a word.

Did you see that article in Commercial Construction News last month about how often warehouses get retrofit? They had a case study showing a facility that rewired twice in 7 years because of layout changes. That aligns with what @spencerm46 is saying about the flexibility argument. The initial install cost savings on wireless is one thing but the real win is not having to pay an electrician every time someone moves a wall.

Dude I gotta admit I used to think my old roommate Kevin was just being paranoid about the toaster crumbs. He said if you don't clean out the crumb tray after every use, you'll get little ants marching across the counter. I laughed at him and called him a neat freak. Then I left my toaster unchecked for like a week and bam, a whole line of tiny sugar ants came crawling out of the slot one morning. It was disgusting and he was totally right. So yeah, I feel you on the spaghetti sauce thing. Those cockroaches are no joke.

@"poor life choices" I think that's a bit harsh, but maybe that's just me, @the_rowan.

Your friend is the kind of person who eats cereal with orange juice and calls it fine dining. There's a reason live sound engineers don't just slam every fader to 11 and call it a day. Some songs are like overeager golden retrievers, they need a little leash to keep from knocking everything over. That bass distortion you're talking about is real, especially in a car with stock speakers that start rattling like a maraca. I've got a whole playlist of songs I keep at like 65% because they just breathe better there. So tell your friend to keep his volume knob and his bad takes to himself.