Just saw a restaurant in Austin charge $18 for a tiny jar of pickles

I was at a spot on South Congress yesterday and they had 'house fermented' pickles on the menu. The jar was maybe 4 ounces, and it cost more than my beer. The waiter said they take 3 weeks to make, but come on, that's just vinegar and cucumbers. It felt like they were just using the word 'ferment' to jack up the price. Has anyone else seen places do this with simple ferments?

Walked into a Best Buy in Springfield and their demo laptops were a total mess

Every single one had like 20 browser tabs open, random toolbars, and the fans were screaming. One of the HP Pavilion models was so hot you could feel it from a foot away. How are people supposed to trust us to fix their stuff when the store shows them this is normal? What's the worst 'tech demo' fail you've seen?

TIL my paint roller cover has a 400 square foot life expectancy

Honestly, I was just finishing up the second coat on my garage walls and the roller started leaving these weird little fuzzies everywhere. I checked the package from the hardware store and it said right there, 'covers up to 400 sq ft'. I did the math on my wall space and I was right at 380. It blew my mind that something so simple has a real, specific number like that. I always just used them until they felt gross or fell apart. Now I'm wondering what other basic tools have a hard limit I've been ignoring. Has anyone else found a surprising spec on a common tool?

My cat staged a protest during the final episode of Severance

I was on the edge of my couch in Chicago, completely absorbed in the last ten minutes of the season finale, when my cat, Miso, decided the Apple TV remote was a chew toy and changed the input to static. I had to scramble to find the tiny remote under the cushions while my heart was still pounding from the show. Has anyone else had a pet totally ruin a crucial TV moment?

Update: Stuck to my guns on a sketchy subfloor fix

Had a job where the builder wanted me to patch rotted wood with filler instead of replacing it. I said no and did the full repair, which cost more time but saved the homeowner big trouble down the line. When have you had to push back on a cheap fix to keep your work honest?

Stripped fuel line threads. Part backordered. Whole job stalled.