HM, I'm glad you are not trying to pick a fight. Your other hypotheticals are excellent examples of what we flight crew are faced with every single day.
I can assure you I am fully cognicent of the threat posed by "get home itis". We Pilots are Human after all. Please continue to respect the fact 99% of us are genuinely doing our level best to perform our role Safely and Legally.
Roast Chicken dinners, woeful QF leadership and the ongoing war against Engineering excellence replaced by worlds best practice I consciously forget whilst doing my job with the tools I'm given.