It turned out the galactic standard for things that screw onto other things was the opposite direction to the international Earth standard.
“What the– this screw isn’t turning.”
“It’s an old-Earth vessel.”
“Yeah? So?”
“They have it backwards. Counter-clockwise loosens their screws.”
Sigh. “Typical human insanity. How hard is it to learn ‘Counter time, fix it fine’?”
“Given the trouble they keep giving us about it? Plenty.”
“Humans…”
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