You know I'm with you mccrabney.
This ended up happening to me yesterday at least 4 times, maybe 5 times.
At least twice it happened when there were no other notes beyond the stop point. That's not so bad, because you can either cut the note and delete the part you don't want or simple delete and replace it.
On the other hand, if there other like notes beyond the stop point, there is no other option but to hit Ctrl-Z.