Is double checking every tool actually necessary though? Modern gear is pretty reliable and that kind of false reading has to be rare. Spending all that extra time adds up over months, and most of the time you're just confirming what you already know. Sure, your scare was real, but making it a strict rule for every job seems like overkill to me.

Oof, I've definitely earned a few close calls being that careless.

Use bacon grease in everything.

Thought airport food was fine until your post changed my mind.

Copy-paste got me through the first month at my last gig. Then I built a doc of short, adaptable phrases for common issues. Let me tweak things fast without starting from zero every time.