Three years ago I was torquing F connectors to 30 in-lbs on every drop because some ancient training sheet said so, and it took a weird intermittent issue on a brand new build to realize the spec for RG6 quad shield is actually 22 to 25. The senior guy who caught it just laughed and said the torque wrench was the problem all along, not the toning. That little difference caused enough micro-flexing on the center conductor to create a marginal connection that passed DC continuity but failed on high frequency. Honestly, half this trade is unlearning what someone showed you once and never questioned again.

Mediation definitely works for some cases, but my landlord tried that route and it just made things more messy. He thought he could talk me down and I ended up taking a worse deal just to end it. Sometimes having a lawyer push back hard is the only thing that gets you anywhere, especially when the other side won't budge.