That parking garage audit in Tucson flipped how I see stripes

I took a side gig counting cars in a four story garage near the university for a week. The job sounded boring as dirt, but I ended up noticing the painted line spacing was off on level two, cars were squeezing into spots meant for compacts. I brought it up to the building manager and he had me measure all 300 stalls with a tape measure. Turns out the striping crew saved money by shrinking bays by 6 inches, and now I check line widths everywhere I park. It paid $18 an hour, but the real payoff was realizing boring work can uncover stuff nobody else sees. Has anyone else found a hidden issue in a place you were just supposed to observe?