Did he really say no permit needed?

Sounds like every group project where the quiet one still gets the A.

Those smooth days are exactly what scare me the most. When everything lines up too perfect, you know the next shift is going to be a total dumpster fire to balance it out. The gremlins don't just take a day off, they store up all that mischief and hit you twice as hard later. Better to have small annoying problems every day than one giant catastrophe waiting around the corner. Trust me, I've seen the calm before the storm turn into a 14 hour shift with a stuck rudder and no parts in the state. That paperwork you bragged about is probably cursed now.