Six months of 60 hour weeks and my boss still complains I'm slow

I've been grinding at a logistics company in Memphis since last June and my manager Karen keeps calling me into her office to tell me my numbers are below average. I'm processing 40 shipping invoices a day and she wants 60. Last week I found out she hired her nephew for the same role and he only does 25 a day with zero pushback. Anyone else dealt with a boss who plays favorites like this and how did you handle it?

My shop foreman told me to stop using Park Tool grease for everything, he was right about that one thing

Just finished Dark and I'm confused about the timeline

I binged all 3 seasons of Dark last week with my roommate and we spent 2 hours arguing if the ending actually closes the loop or not. The family tree in season 2 alone made my head spin. Anyone else have a clear explanation for how the last scene works?

Just had the worst dive day in a month - 15 minutes, zero viz, and a line tangle

So I'm out on a bridge inspection job near Charleston. Get suited up, double check everything, splash in. Fifteen minutes in the water and I hit a patch of silt so thick I couldn't see my hand on my faceplate. Then my umbilical catches on some old rebar and I had to spend 10 minutes just finding my way out of that mess. Surface called it after that said the tide was shifting anyway. Whole morning wasted for basically nothing. Anyone else ever have a day where you spend more time dealing with problems than actually working?

Had a gallon of primer split on me last Tuesday at the shop in Albany

The seal looked fine but it blew out when I tipped it, got that stuff all over a customer's hood before I could catch it. You guys ever have a bucket let go like that for no reason?

Tried that 'check the oil cap for sludge' trick and got a surprise

Looked under the cap of a 2012 Civic last Tuesday and found clean oil but a cracked dipstick tube, which the seller tried to hide with zip ties. Anyone else ever find a creative cover-up that had nothing to do with the usual red flags?

Had to pick between a hand plane and a power planer for my barn door project

I spent two weeks going back and forth on whether to buy a Stanley No. 4 hand plane for $45 or grab a cheap power planer from Harbor Freight for $30. Went with the hand plane because I figured it'd be quieter and I could use it on other stuff. Three hours in and I'm still flattening that oak board, and I'm starting to wonder if I made the wrong call. Anyone else regret going the manual route on a big job?

Appreciation post: Our CEO killed their fancy all-hands script last quarter

For like 3 years our quarterly town halls were this super polished, vetted script with no real talk. Then our new comms director pushed to just let the CEO talk freestyle with Q&A from the floor. The difference was night and day. Engagement went up like 40% on the internal survey after the first unscripted one. Anyone else see a big shift when leadership stops reading from a teleprompter?

My visa run to Chiang Mai turned into a 3 week tax mess

I thought I had my tax setup sorted with a simple online service, but a payment glitch with the Thai revenue department flagged my account. It took 17 days of back and forth emails and two local office visits to clear it up. Has anyone else had a simple admin task blow up like that in a new country?

My plumber friend in Albuquerque said my water heater install was missing a drip pan

He pointed out that my basement floor could get damaged if it ever leaked. I added a 24 inch pan under it the next day. What other small details do you guys check on a water heater job?