I'm sure that each of us Mavic owners have been an "idiot" at least once.
That's not as bad as my first three days here in the forums - I wondered why this forum user "fans<whatever>" was constantly posting. It was about the forth day when I finally realized ...
Somewhere I saw a bit of advice - use a length of ribbon on you gimbal clamp to make it very obvious when it's on. It dangles past the camera cover and would be very hard not to notice before takeoff.