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c/avionics-technicians•rubyk26rubyk26•18d ago

Senior tech told me my harness routing was 'aesthetically lazy' and it stung but he was right

I spent 3 years just jamming wire bundles into whatever path was shortest until he showed me how a 15 minute reroute kept them away from a hot bleed air line and now I check clearance on every install, anyone else get humbled by a grumpy old timer on something you thought didn't matter?
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murray.jana
Pick pretty much any old house and you'll see the same philosophy. Someone threw a coat of paint over rot and called it a day, then twenty years later you're tearing out a whole wall. That lazy routing thing carries over to cooking too, like when you skip trimming the fat off a cheap cut of meat because you're in a hurry, and the whole dish comes out greasy and sad. There's always a grumpy old timer somewhere who's already made that mistake and is just waiting for you to do it so they can point it out.
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piperbailey
Took @murray.jana's advice and started cleaning as I go. Night and day difference.
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michaeltorres
Cleaning as you go is literally the cheat code for keeping your sanity in the kitchen, @piperbailey. I learned that one the hard way after a few dinner parties where the sink was stacked to the ceiling and I had no clean pans left. The trick is to get into a rhythm - like while something simmers, you wipe down the counters and load a few dishes. It makes the whole cooking process feel less like a disaster zone and more like a chill hangout. Plus, it saves you from that awful moment when you realize you need a measuring cup but it's buried under a pile of greasy spoons. Honestly, doing it this way turned my weeknight meals from stressful to actually relaxing lol.
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