PSA: Don't mod a controller on the tailgate of a truck at Lowes

I was swapping out joysticks on my Xbox pad in the Lowes parking lot because I couldn't wait to get home. A gust of wind took my little bag of screws and springs and scattered them across three parking spots. Spent 20 minutes crawling around with a magnet before some guy backed his F-150 over the thinnest spring I own. Now I keep a tackle box in my truck for all the tiny parts, even for quick jobs. Anyone else have a disaster trying to mod in a weird spot?

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paul_mason1210d ago

Man I used to be one of those guys who'd just crack stuff open wherever I happened to be. Thought I was being efficient or whatever. Then I swapped thumbsticks in a McDonald's parking lot and watched a spring bounce off my knee into a storm drain. That's when I learned my lesson - now I carry a little folding table in my trunk specifically for this stuff. Those tiny parts are gone in a second if the wind catches them. Nothing worse than spending half an hour chasing a screw that cost fifteen cents down a hill. You live and you learn though, right?

rivera.jesse10d ago

Oh man, I've been there. I once tried to swap out buttons on a DualShock in the passenger seat of my buddy's car and a tiny screw fell into the seat rail. Now I just stick to doing mods on my kitchen table like a boring adult who learned his lesson.