Went through the same thing with my shoulders after years of nonstop clipper work, and cutting back to 9 or 10 a day saved me. The money caught up within a year once my regulars stopped bouncing because they hated the cattle call vibe.

So basically you showed up looking like a guy who could actually do the job instead of a mannequin from Men's Wearhouse. Overdressing for a warehouse gig is like wearing a tux to a cookout, technically fine but everyone knows you missed the point. The suit guy probably still tells that story at parties where he explains how unfair the world is.

Those 3 dollar ceramic eggs remind me of the golf balls my grandma used to fake out her hens.