You really think tape sticks the same on rough cedar or textured drywall? Real scribes need a compass or a tick stick, tape is just a shortcut that fails the second the surface isn't smooth.

Saw something like that on a car forum once where a guy swore a certain engine was getting recalled a week before it hit the news. His thread sat there with 3 views and no replies too.

The tear squeeze is the tell. If they hit the right mark and the eyes stay dry you know the whole thing was scripted by a manager. I started skipping to the last 20 seconds, that's where the actual apology lives if there is one.