But what about overcast days when lasers work perfectly?

But have you ever had to deal with the nest of identical black cables behind a desk? My old monitor, printer, and external drive all used the same power cord. Labeling saves me from unplugging the wrong one every time. It also helps when you're using adapter dongles that make ports look the same. For me, that five seconds with a label stops ten minutes of troubleshooting later.

That's honestly everywhere if you look for it... forcing something usually makes it break. Like rushing dough before it's proofed, you just get a dense brick. Or pushing a conversation too hard before someone's ready to talk, it just shuts them down. We're taught to just power through things, but so much stuff works better when you give it the right conditions first. Patience isn't just about being nice, it's about not wrecking the material you're working with, metal or otherwise.

Yeah my book club got stuck for twenty minutes once arguing if a side character's hat was a metaphor. Sometimes I just want to talk about if the plot was any good.

That is a perfect lesson in why prep matters. The mud just can't stick to a layer of loose dust. Never skip the cleaning step.