Spent three hours chasing a phantom door lock fault that turned out to be a single, perfectly wedged Skittle

Honestly, the call was for a hotel car in Dallas that kept faulting on door close, and after checking every sensor and switch twice, I found the culprit was a red candy jamming the sill roller, which the night cleaner confirmed a guest had dropped during a 'vibrant' party the evening before.

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angelamason22d ago

Read a story once about a tech fixing a washing machine that wouldn't drain. They took the whole thing apart before finding a single kid's sock stuck in the pump. It's wild how the smallest, dumbest thing can cause a huge headache. Your Skittle story is exactly that. Makes you wonder how many service calls are just for random junk in the wrong place.

gray_nguyen222d ago

Remember when I thought techs just swapped parts until something worked? Stories like this show it's real detective work. Finding that Skittle proves you have to actually LOOK at the thing, not just trust the computer codes. Totally changed how I see any repair job now.