Wait, the excavator's Bluetooth beacon is strong enough to ping from the bathroom? That thing must have a signal like a lighthouse. I've had my truck's dashboard unit pick up my phone in the passenger seat, but never a piece of heavy equipment from across a store. Honestly, the fact that your own phone hijacked the machine's location is both hilarious and a little terrifying for anyone running a fleet. Those trackers are supposed to be dumb, not social.

2 weeks for a small commercial build seems slow to me. I had my first solo permit set done in 9 days and the city still kicked it back twice. First pass approval is lucky, but it doesn't mean you know what you're doing, it means the plan checker had a good day.

My first CAD job was in 2008 and I remember the old guys complaining that the computer would make us lazy. Honestly, some of those same guys still can't set up a layer list to save their life. But the whole tolerance thing feels overblown to me. A kid can learn what a plus or minus .005 means in a week, doesn't take years of board time. Is the real issue maybe just that you're used to doing things the hard way?

Seasoning my kitchen ceiling for free" is honestly the best way I've heard it put, that's exactly what I was doing with olive oil for months. Once I looked up the real numbers I started keeping a little sticky note on my stove so I don't accidentally turn dinner prep into a fire alarm test again.

Wait, they already said it was a burner account with no post history, but then they told you they archived it. Those two things don't really add up, unless they made a fresh account just for this. Either way, that's a weird move on their part. Keeping a post alive that someone clearly deleted on purpose isn't a favor, it's just stirring the pot. If the client is still threatening legal stuff, I'd push back hard and ask them to take it down again. Nobody gets to play hero with your stuff without asking first.