I signed up for this fresh meal kit delivery thing back in March, thinking it would save me time and money on groceries. After three weeks I totaled up my receipts and realized I'd paid $200 for boxes of wilted spinach and tiny portions that left my family hungry. The kicker was I still had to cook everything, so it wasn't even saving me time. Has anyone else fallen for one of these promises and ended up feeling ripped off?
After pulling my laptop out of the bin at PDX TSA last month, I found the screw for the wifi card was gone and now I use a tiny piece of electrical tape to hold it in place, has anyone else lost a tiny screw this way?
I was at Commonwealth Hardwoods in Hartford grabbing some cherry for a kitchen job. An old guy probably 70 years old saw me struggling to get a clean cut on some figured maple. He told me to stop using my standard blade and switch to a 60 tooth triple chip grind for veneer work. I always thought more teeth just meant slower cuts. He let me borrow his spare blade to try it out right there in their shop. The difference was night and day, zero tearout on the curly stuff. I ordered two of those blades that same afternoon. Has anyone else found a weird blade swap that fixed a specific problem?
I work retail at a mall in Phoenix and I'm trying to study for my IT certification between customers. She told me if I have time to lean I have time to stock shelves, even on unpaid break. Anyone else get hassled for trying to better yourself at a dead end job?
Tbh I bought this standing desk converter from FlexiSpot last summer cause everyone in this sub was raving about how it saved their back and made them more productive. I work a data entry gig at a call center in Phoenix and sitting 9 hours a day was killing my hips. Ngl though after three weeks I stopped using it entirely cause my neck hurt worse from looking down at the screen. The thing sits on your existing desk so the keyboard tray is at a weird angle unless you have a monitor arm, which I didn't. Plus my boss made a comment about how it looked unprofessional during zoom calls. Has anyone else here regretted throwing cash at ergonomic gear that just created new problems?
I was just cleaning up after a transmission job on a 2015 Freightliner when I realized I'd been keeping a tally on my shop calendar. Counted them up and it was exactly 1000 oil changes since I started my mobile service in Austin three years ago. That number hit me different because I remember struggling to book my first 10 customers. Has anyone else had a simple work milestone like this catch them off guard?
I flipped the order and glued the middle joint first instead of working from one side. The panel actually came out flatter with less clamping pressure. Anybody else mess with their glue up order or just stick to what they know?
I was playing Catan with my group last month and someone questioned me for trading resources before rolling the dice. They said the official rules say you can only trade on your turn, not before. I told them we have always done house rules where any trade is allowed anytime. It got pretty heated and now my group is split down the middle. Do you stick with the printed rules or let house rules slide for the sake of fun?
I was grilling in the backyard when I heard a loud crack and felt the board give way under my foot. It was a 16-foot pressure-treated pine board I installed myself just two years ago, and the split went from one end to the other. I had to quickly put down a scrap piece of plywood as a temporary fix before someone got hurt. Has anyone else had deck boards fail this fast, and should I be checking the whole structure now?