That water on the surface trick is a sure sign of panic setting in. What a lot of crews forget is the heat coming up from the subgrade, not just the sun beating down. If the ground itself is hot from days of baking, it'll suck the life out of that concrete from below before you even start. Sometimes you see them check the air temp but totally ignore the slab temp, which is the real problem. A cheap infrared thermometer could save them a world of hurt, but good luck getting that through to someone who's already behind schedule.

Listen to that feeling, it's trying to tell you something. I spent years ignoring little comments about my own place until I realized they were pointing out stuff I secretly hated too. Start with ONE small, cheap fix in the area your neighbor mentioned, like a new lamp or a rug. If fixing that one spot makes YOU happy to walk in the door, then you know it's worth doing for yourself, not for them. If it doesn't, then you can drop it and know you tried.

Ever wonder if getting a rule wrong actually makes the first game more fun? Like it becomes your group's own weird version of the game...

Man, that sounds like a brutal way to learn the lesson. I can't even imagine the headache of updating all those files. Your lead designer definitely knew what she was talking about.

Hold up, he used a gas station magnet on a King Air? Those things are barely strong enough to pick up a washer off my shop floor. I'd be terrified of the magnet coming apart and leaving little metal bits in the avionics bay. That's a straight up nightmare waiting to happen.