Guitar players struggle to understand why the chromatic scale fingering pattern breaks between the third and second strings

Guitarists learning chromatic scales encounter a frustrating exception where the standard one-fret-per-finger pattern doesn't work the same way when transitioning from the third string to the second string due to the tuning interval difference. This breaks their mental model and slows down their practice, causing confusion and requiring manual workarounds that existing guitar tutorials don't adequately explain.