Did you try flipping it over to see if the air was just shifting? I had a pad lose a seam in the middle of a downpour at Grayson Highlands once and ended up stuffing pine needles and my rain jacket under me, worked better than it should have honestly.

Did you at least get a good caramelized onion recipe out of it, or was it all just 'umami depth' nonsense? I once wrote a whole detailed reply to a bot about sourdough hydration, only to realize it was just copying comments from a bread machine video. My phone autocorrected 'hydration' to 'hydration station' and I still sent it, so I guess we both lost that round.

The "random subs" thing is exactly what bit us, so yeah, we put a straight penalty clause in the new deal where any no-show costs them 25% off that month's invoice. It keeps them honest, and if they ghost you again, at least you're not paying full price for nothing.