Oh my, that would drive me insane. I have a brother quilt club that only does straight stitch, in fact I love this machine so much that I have two of them just in case lol. I also have a bernina that I never use, must try to some day lol. The only time I use my Janome is when I need to that lovely blanket stitch on an applique or my crazy patches etc and that is very seldom. I mostly just sew straight, so this certainly works for me. I feel for you guys as this would happen to me too. I like to make my life easy....