Nope. It's happened in every coffee pot I've ever owned, plus the ones at work. At this point, it's well past the conspiracy and into the obvious.

Hmmm. Those are good issues. The question is, how do I personify them? @@ Well, a barrier of some sort might work for "driving others away". I think that's new canon via CW—hedoesn't have anyone but Pepper right now. (thinks hard on these) The unwillingness to ask for help is pretty all-pervasive. I have wee!Tony refuse to let Steve take out the stitches for example. (poking around ideas in her head)