Oh...so this is The Cornfield™....

…what IS the eye watering method to get the scissor tool to act in the expected manner? (I’m sure it’s in another thread somewhere, a link would be just fine) -thanks!

Ah. it’s been awhile since I discussed this…but better late than never. The link below is the response that I found to be…um…“eye watering”. You need to read all of it and watch all the accompanying animated gifs to get the proper tear duct response that I did.