Had a guy at Market Basket tell me to check the clearance endcap first

Some older fella in the produce section told me he always hits the clearance endcap before anything else. Tried it last Tuesday and snagged a half-priced bag of coffee and some marked down bakery bread that was still fresh.

Bought the cheap store brand ketchup to save $2 and now I'm rethinking my whole life

I was at the Safeway on Broadway last Tuesday and grabbed their generic ketchup because the Heinz was almost $6. Figured ketchup is ketchup, right? Wrong. Took one bite of my burger at home and it tasted weirdly sweet with a hint of metal. Now I'm sitting here wondering how many other store brand things I've been lying to myself about. Has anyone else been burned by a supposedly harmless swap like this?

Tried standing on the last car of the L train to avoid crowds, big regret.

The swaying was so bad I nearly threw up on somebody's laptop, has anyone else found a spot that actually works for rush hour?

Tried giving my chickens a frozen watermelon on a hot day turned into a full yard battle

Last week it hit 95 degrees here in Ohio so I thought my girls would love a frozen watermelon to peck at. I tossed it in the run and within 2 minutes all 8 of them were fighting over it like it was the last snack on earth. Feathers flew everywhere and one hen stole the whole thing and ran behind the coop with it. Lesson learned next time I'm cutting it up first or at least hiding from the pecking order drama. Anybody else have a treat go totally sideways like that?

Hit 50 air fryer batches of chicken wings this month, finally nailed the perfect crisp

Tried the express bus to downtown for a week - nearly lost my mind

I thought taking the 7:15 express from the Park & Ride on Route 9 would save time. Turns out the bus driver took a detour through a residential street to beat traffic every single morning, weaving around parked cars and school zones. By day three I was 20 minutes late and queasy in a way my morning coffee didn't help. Has anyone else had a driver with a "creative" route that backfired?

Coworking spaces are killing actual productivity

Every digital nomad I meet brags about their $300/month coworking membership but half of them spend the day chatting instead of working. I got more done last month at a quiet cafe in Medellin than I ever did at Selina.

A home owner in Alexandria told me my panel placement was ugly and it made me rethink my whole layout approach

He said it looked like a spiderweb in his laundry room so now I hide all my wiring behind a false panel or in the ceiling before I even touch the keypad, anyone else get complaints about looks over function?

Hit 50 successful shell swaps on the Switch OLED without breaking a ribbon cable

I started modding Switches about 8 months ago. Mostly just transparent shells and button swaps for friends. Last night I hit 50 shell swaps on the OLED model without snapping any of those tiny ribbon cables inside. The first one took me almost 3 hours and I was shaking the whole time. Now I can do one in about 25 minutes with my eyes almost closed. Has anyone else noticed how the OLED ribbon cables feel a bit more fragile than the original model?

Bought a cheap wireless meat thermometer off Amazon and lost a whole brisket to false readings

The probe said 203 degrees but when I pulled it off and checked with my old wired ThermoPro it was only 165 and the flat was completely dried out, has anyone else had a cheap thermometer fail on a big cook like that?