Funny how the cheap version of stuff usually does the exact same job and we just pay extra for the worry. Had the same thing with a coffee maker and a toaster, the basics never let me down. Half the time the extra buttons are just there to make us feel like we're getting more.

Ha, I just turn the volume down instead of cutting.

That flooded escalator pit with clothes still on hangers is wild, like the mall just froze mid-day and nobody ever came back for their stuff. I bet the mechanical rooms are where all the real stories hide, the stuff shoppers never saw or cared about.