@felix824 oh god maybe I need to name mine "The Cheater" too lmao. Worst part is I caught myself telling a client "yeah I hand cut these dovetails" while standing right next to it.

Wait, "buddy laughing instead of helping"... that's the part that's got me shook. You're telling me you're wrapped up in a net at 40 feet and your dive partner is just cracking up? That's not a buddy, that's a liability. @piperwhite had a point about the gross stuff being a sign, but I'd argue that buddy of yours is a bigger red flag than any shrimp guts could ever be. Honestly, that kind of reaction could get someone killed on a more serious snafu. You definitely got off easy with just a stinky suit...

Oh man, I totally feel you. I've been there too where I thought it was just about looking clean and then bam, something stupid like a kinked cable ruins your whole night. The velcro thing is smart, those zip ties always seem like a good idea until you're cutting them off.

I read somewhere that these referral middlemen are just data brokers in disguise, scraping public directory listings and charging people for the same info. Sounds about right if they handed you a list you could have pulled from your phone in five minutes. Three hundred bucks for a printout of Google results feels like a scam dressed up in a website.

I heard a guy in construction say QR codes just add an extra step nobody needs.