Michael Ross

Your template is solid; give your manager a forwardable version they can paste to clients so you’re not the bottleneck. Anchor it with evidence so it doesn’t feel negative: the last two similar deliveries took five business days so a two-day run means we either cut scope or accept prototype-level QA. I use the three levers framing - time, scope, quality - and ask which to flex. Sample line: Happy to go fast; to hit Wednesday I’ll ship X and Y at production quality with Z as a wireframe, otherwise all three land Friday with full QA; feedback needs to land by 2 pm ET since I sign off at 6 my time.

Before opening anything & try load and speed which, yeah overfilled jars hammer the motor and make the whole thing dance. Leave some headroom, add a touch more liquid, put frozen stuff on top, and cut hard pieces smaller. Start low, give a few short pulses, then step up. If it starts chattering, stop, lift the jar off, give it a quick swirl to redistribute, and resume. One more easy tweak is jar orientation. Some bases have several lock positions and one may run smoother than the others. Rotate and try each spot to see which is quietest and stick with that.

Hi Jason, Try a few tweaks first. Make sure your hair is fully dry and detangled and take smaller sections, and use the comb chase trick run a fine-tooth comb right in front of the iron so the hair is smooth as it goes through. Keep a light grip and glide in one steady pass. After the plates cool, wipe them clean and check for any misalignment or rough spots; if you see a gap, consider exchanging since you bought it last month. If it still snags, switch to Conair flat iron. The extra-long floating plates stay in contact as they flex, which helps prevent catching, and the 5 heat settings let you drop the temperature to a level that glides without tugging. It is pretty light, so go a bit slower on very thick sections, but it should feel much smoother.

Prioritize a strong signal that gets through floors, dead simple setup, and a long lasting rechargeable battery for outages, since solid options under 80 dollars exist. Test the range by walking downstairs while it runs upstairs to confirm it stays connected.

Try the simple things first. Move it to a different outlet and hit reset on any bathroom safety outlet. Make sure the handle sits squarely on the base on a non metal surface, then wipe the charging area and the top of the base with a bit of isopropyl alcohol to clear toothpaste residue and dry everything well. If the battery went fully flat, leave it parked for a few hours without touching it. Some handles wake up after a long press of the power button which acts like a reset. If none of that changes anything the base or the internal battery may have failed which means service or that model. Works often.