Small tricks from strangers change everything, like grandma's pie crust.

Good grief, one guy's opinion at a hardware store and you tore out 14 runs? That's like burning down your house because someone said your curtains clash. I get wanting it to look clean, but that bird's nest comment would've gotten a laugh out of me, not a whole weekend of rewiring.

Did he think you were gonna trade a star for a carpet cleaning like it's some kind of hostage deal? That phone call is proof he cares way more about his rating than about doing the job right the first time. You just know that 4.8 average is built on a bunch of people who got the same call and gave in.