We have 100ish planks that need holes drilled in a particular pattern. They made this complex jig where you clamp boards to one end and then there's a little block and dowel you move to position the drill on each of the 10 holes as you move down the 8' plank.
I asked why they don't make a stencil/template they just lay on top of each board. They stared blankly for a minute and went "We've been doing this for 3 years, why didn't we think of that?"
tho to be fair to your coworkers & prove your point, I just checked with my wives & they think they would've gotten the stencil part but not the wire-wrapping/pompom tactic
Yeah, the pompom thing is a pretty niche trick that I don't expect people to come up with on their own, but the stencil part. I can't even. I love them but the tunnel vision is so real.
Yes! I keep doing that anxiety depression thing where I'm like "this is going too well, it's suspicious, what's about to go terribly wrong" but like. Nah.
pompoms specifically, sure, but people who do any kind of sewing or fiberwork? I mean. if you have to cut a lot of stringy things of the same length, it's the same intuitive skill family as coiling cable or rope using your hand-forearm-elbow as a spool