A guy at the farmers market said my pour-over was too fast

He was selling beans and watched me make a cup. He told me to try grinding a bit finer and pouring slower, like over 30 seconds. Has anyone had a tip like that really change how your coffee tastes?

Just blew $40 on a cheap cable cutter that mangled my housing, had to buy the good one anyway

I used to think checking my credit score would hurt it, but my bank in Charlotte showed me I was wrong last month.

A guy brought in a Leica M3 from 1955 covered in beach sand.

He wanted a full CLA but refused to pay more than $100, saying 'it's just a simple clean, right?' Happened at my shop in San Diego last month. How do you even start that conversation without sounding like a jerk?

Had to pick between a $2000 ad spend on Instagram or TikTok for a new skate shop launch.

Went with TikTok and got 50,000 views in a week, but only 12 link clicks to the site, so was that even a win?

Watch out for that new batch of PVA from the big craft store chain

Honestly, I used to buy their standard PVA for years with no issues, but the last bottle I got from the downtown location was way too thin. Ngl, it ruined the spine on a custom journal I was making for a client last month. Has anyone else had problems with their glue lately or found a better brand?

Vent: Our shop's coolant went from clear to a swamp in under a week.

Honestly, it was fine last Monday, but by Friday it was thick and green. The new guy on the Haas VF2 was topping off the tank with plain tap water instead of the mixed solution. Ngl, it killed two pumps and we had to do a full system flush. Has anyone else had a coolant crash that fast from a simple mix-up?

Saw a cash only sign at a food truck in Portland and it made me think

I was grabbing lunch from a taco truck on 12th Avenue last week and they only took cash, which was a pain since I never carry it. The owner told me the card fees would eat up too much of his small profit, and he doesn't want a bank tracking every single $3 sale he makes. Does that mean going fully digital could push out the smallest businesses?

Back in 2010 I thought those online booking apps were just a fad for fancy salons.

But after seeing a shop in Charlotte fill 30% more chairs using one, I had to admit it was a game changer for managing walk-ins and no-shows, so what's the best system you've used that actually saves time?

Remember when everyone's garage door openers in Amarillo sounded like a jet engine starting up?

I mean, you could hear my old chain drive from two houses down, but the new belt drive I put in last year is basically silent. Anyone else notice how much quieter the whole neighborhood got once those old ones started getting swapped out?