Had a client in Spokane tell me I didn't know what I was doing with her color

Honestly I've been doing hair for 8 years now and this woman walks in with box dye disaster on her head. She insisted I use the same $7 drugstore brand she always uses. Took me 45 minutes to explain why I can't just slap that over her previous layers of black dye. She kept saying her cousin does it at home and it looks fine. I finally refused the service and she left a bad review calling me unprofessional. Has anyone else had to walk away from a client like that?

Tried to rewatch my favorite anime from 2015 and the dub was completely different

I was hyped to show my roommate 'Parasyte' last night on Crunchyroll, but the English voice actors were all swapped out and it ruined the whole vibe. Has anyone else run into a show where they changed the dub cast for a rerelease?

Question about sharpening vs. replacing lawn mower blades

I spent 2 hours sharpening my old mower blade with a file last weekend, but my neighbor just swaps his out for $15 new ones at the hardware store. His cut looks better and he's done in 10 minutes. Am I wasting my time with the file or is there something I'm missing?

My rooster crowed at 4am and my neighbor threatened to call the city

I finally admitted my brake bleeding technique was wrong after a buddy watched me do it

I've been bleeding brakes for years using the old pump and hold method. A friend came over to help with my 2005 Tacoma and said I was letting air suck back in at the bleeder valve. He showed me to keep a hose submerged in fluid while cracking the valve and now my pedal is rock solid first try. Cost me zero dollars and saved me from buying a power bleeder. Anyone else have a basic thing they did wrong for years?

Shoutout to the elevator at the old Post Office building in Cincinnati

I was doing a service call there last Tuesday and noticed the original 1920s Otis machine room still has the old hand crank emergency brake. The building manager said they never replaced it because it still works perfect. Has anyone else run into old gear that just won't die?

Shoutout to the dollar store for fixing my comic storage problem

I kept having my long boxes get all soft and bendy on the bottom after about 6 months. Tried buying those plastic bins but they were $15 each and that adds up fast with 8 boxes. Then I grabbed 4 plastic cutting mats from the 99 cent store and slid one under each row of comics inside the box. Been 3 months now and not a single box has sagged. Has anyone else found a cheap fix for storing floppies?

Talked to a roofer who changed how I look at my gutters

He told me most Atlanta homes have gutters that are too small for our heavy rain, and that 5-inch gutters just overflow during a storm like we had last week. Anyone else dealt with water pooling around their foundation after a big downpour?

That $200 fire blanket I bought for boiler work was a total joke

I grabbed this fire blanket off Amazon thinking it would save my skin if something went wrong near a torch. First time I tried it out on a small test flame, it barely held up for 30 seconds before it started smoking bad. Cost me $200 and I feel like I just threw the money down a hole. The packaging made it look heavy duty but it felt thinner than a cheap tarp. Has anyone else bought safety gear that turned out to be useless when you needed it?

My mentor said to stop using glycolic acid on clients with active breakouts

Tried it their way for 3 months and saw way less irritation and faster healing, but now I'm second guessing if I should stick with it or go back to my old method since results were slower at first - anyone else get conflicting advice from senior estheticians?