[ WP ] After brushing your teeth in the morning you go downstairs to fry an egg , but when you try the frying pan buzzes at you and text appears reading , `` level 18 cooking required to use object '' .

I'm one of those people, like most people I'd imagine, that does n't read contracts very well. A salesman came to my door with an offer to reset my skill tree. For $ 500! 
 
 I know I did n't balance my early life leveling well at all. Here I was, 45 and baffled by my younger self's choices. I could have done so much better knowing what I know now! I jumped at the opportunity to get as close to a `` do-over'' as I could in life. 
 
 One check and a few signatures later, it was done. My skills were reset and I had oh so many wonderful points to spend. What I did n't expect was what was on the news. Thank god I left the TV on, I was too low level to turn it on now. 
 
 The SkillBank had been hit - a major crisis and the service was down `` until further notice.'' Fuck. I ca n't do anything! I started to read through what I just signed. At least, as I found out, they could n't legally take away all my points, things like language and strength. I can still read the damn thing, I can still walk around. 
 
 It'd been so long since I had encountered skill barriers I was curious as to what I needed to do what I do everyday. I could n't grind my way out of this - even though I was effectively a child I still had hundreds of skill points to my name. The time it would take to get a new one was unthinkable, and I had just gotten a new point yesterday. No leveling up for me. This is the worst. Well, time to see what I need. Really should have done this before signing that thing. 
 
 Breakfast first. That was going to be a problem. I got out the eggs and a pan. A fried egg is easy, right? I see the text in front of me requiring 18 points in cooking, not so easy I guess. Maybe a sandwich? 12 points. I swear this used to be cheaper. 
 
 Screw it, it's 9:45. I'm getting McDonald's.
