Last job at Terminal 91, I watched a diver surface with half a tank left after a simple piling inspection. He was on 32% and his deco clock was basically clear. I made that same mistake my first year, thinking richer was always better, until an old timer asked me if I brought my wallet down to pay for the extra gas. Miajenkins is right about shops getting lazy with the standard mix. We switched to running 36% for anything under 45 feet in cold water, and the bottom time difference is real. You can actually finish a full survey without that second drop, which saves the company money on boat time.

Heard about a place called Grocery Outlet? My cousin in California swears by it, says the deals are wild.

Oh man, that's a killer prompt. I love that idea of building a whole story from one tiny, weird detail. My own attempts at that usually end with me writing three paragraphs about a lost sock and then giving up to go watch TV. It's way harder than it looks to make something small feel that big.