Just doss out and chill with a beer 🍺 and forget you even did the application. I did it whilst in Da Nang and just got lost on the beaches and hiking etc and totally forgot about it until I got the approval email
Luckily still kept my SCB account from the work visa days when i worked for a crappy agency back in the day (lol they forced teachers to close their bank account when they wanted to quit or even move jobs, i refused and just bounced, so glad I did) SCB have been really cool since and weren't that bothered when I told them my visa status changed to DTV in case anyone is in a smilar boat
???? Could've should've would've. Makes no difference. What's done is done and if the embassy are being that picky and bothered OP can literally mention the e-gates and they'll have a record if they really want to go through the effort and check ffs