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A customer's simple comment made me rethink my whole cleaning step
I was fixing a laptop with a sticky keyboard and thought a quick wipe with isopropyl was enough. The customer came back a week later and said, 'It felt clean, but the keys still felt a bit grimy under my fingers.' That got me. Now I always take the extra five minutes to pull the keycaps and clean the scissor switches with a soft brush, every single time. It adds a bit to the job but the feedback is way better. Anyone else have a small step they added after some feedback?
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perez.mia1mo agoTop Commenter
That's the difference between a job that's done and one that's done right. I see it all the time with quick fixes, not just tech stuff. People will slap a coat of paint over a wall without sanding it first because it looks fine from a distance. But up close, you can feel every old bump and flaw. That extra step to prep the surface is what makes the result actually good, not just good enough. It's easy to skip when no one is watching, but you always know, and eventually, someone else will too.
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perez.mia1mo agoTop Commenter
My dad always said a shortcut is just the long way with extra steps later. He learned that fixing his own plumbing disasters instead of calling a pro. The bill for water damage was way more than the plumber would have cost.
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