Yikes, that's a rough way to end a trip. I've seen a bunch of posts online where people get so into those fixer shows they start seeing demolition projects everywhere, even in their own spotless kitchen. It's like the shows put you in a zone where real world chores just... vanish. You basically paid for the show twice, once with your streaming fee and once with that cleanup charge. Those home makeover marathons are dangerous like that.

Ever think about putting a hard limit on how many zucchini seeds one person can drop off? We had to start doing that after our community swap turned into a zucchini support group. It's always the zucchini.