How I Wasted My Morning Like a Total Idiot

You won’t believe what happened to me this morning. Go on, guess. No? Aight, I’ll tell you.

So, today I had a medical appointment. A follow-up. ‘Cause last week, during a basketball game... yeah, basketball, surprise! Not all programmers are fat and glued to their screens 24/7. Some of us actually have a life outside of code. Wild, huh? Anyway, back to the point—I took a nasty hit to the chest. Spent a whole damn week on painkillers, feeling like I got run over by a truck.

The follow-up? They booked it right when I was at the ER. And me, like the absolute genius I am, assumed (big mistake) that the check-up would be at the same hospital where they saw me the first time. Made sense, right?

Nah.

I show up this morning, swipe my health card at the machine. Error: No appointment found. Lovely. Walk up to reception.

"Hey, I got an appointment today."

The lady checks. "Oh yeah, you do… but not here."

"Sorry, what?"

"Yeah, your appointment’s at another clinic. Like five kilometers from here."

And boom. My soul just leaves my body.

Then she hits me with the final stab: "It was in the confirmation text we sent you."

Oh, of course. The damn details. The little bastard details I didn’t check.

Now, why am I telling you this? ‘Cause details matter. Not just in real life, but in our world—tech, programming, whatever you wanna call it.

Are you the type who cranks out a task, slaps a PR together, and moves on? Or do you actually check—really check—that everything’s in place? Did you push all the files? Did you commit all your changes? Did you make sure the damn thing actually does what it’s supposed to?

Or are you one of those who reads the Jira or Trello ticket like a blurry road sign at 120 km/h, half-guessing what’s needed, rushing through, thinking, “Eh, close enough”?

Let’s be real. Few people move fast and get all the details right.

So, which one are you? The sniper or the spray-and-pray guy?

Tell me. I wanna know.