The time a pilot asked me to fix a 'noisy' seatbelt sign with a hammer

This was at a small regional airport in Kansas about two years back. A pilot came into the hangar and said, 'The sign in my cockpit keeps buzzing, can you just give it a good whack?' He was dead serious. I opened it up and found a loose wire nut on the bulb socket, which took all of five minutes to tighten. I told him it was fixed and he just said, 'See? I knew percussive maintenance was the answer.' Has anyone else had a crew member suggest a wildly wrong but confident fix for a simple problem?

I thought 'The Bear' was just a show about a kitchen, but the stress is so real it's actually helpful

Showerthought: My freelance logo design payment is MIA after a month

I made a logo for a small startup, and they said it was perfect for their launch. Now I'm checking my bank account daily and getting no replies to my invoices. Any tips for when a client just goes silent like this?