My buddy had the same thing happen on a conference job. He ate the extra edit time to keep them happy, and they never called him back anyway. I'd say get the change fee in writing next time, because good clients will pay for good work.

Wish we had results like that. Honestly, our team stuck with the old supplier last upgrade and the change was basically nothing. Tbh it feels like we wasted a whole lot of effort for zero gain. Seeing a two hour difference makes me think we picked wrong. Gotta show this to the guys on Monday.

Yeah, I learned that the hard way too. Spent a whole afternoon making a sensor wire vanish into a perfect wall channel, felt like a magician. Client calls the next day because their cat kept setting it off from a window sill I never even thought about. Now my final walk-through is like a weird dance, checking every blind spot. What's the dumbest thing you've seen set off a system after a "perfect" install?

What took you so long? What are you watching now instead?

You're totally right, stella22. My roommate killed a cactus by watering it every single day, said he was being nice. Some lessons just need to be learned the hard way. Watching that thing turn to mush was the only thing that finally got through to him. Natural consequences are a powerful teacher for sure.