Decorator in Austin asked me to Photoshop her client's face onto a different body

She said the client's head looked fine but their outfit was ugly and she wanted to swap the whole body to something from Pinterest, has anyone else dealt with a request that just felt illegal?

Old realtor in Raleigh swore by handwritten contracts over digital ones

I ignored him for two years until a buyer backed out and that paper trail saved my commission check, so has anyone else ditched electronic signatures for the old way?

Old school barber in Chicago told me to stop using clippers for beards, now I use shears only

Game store tournament was a mess last night

The organizer tried to run a 16 player bracket without any round timers. First round took 45 minutes because one guy was explaining every single card to his opponent. Then someone argued about a rule for 20 minutes. Tournament started at 7 and we didn't finish until almost 11. I get that it's casual but how hard is it to just set a 15 minute chess clock per round and stick to it? Has anyone else had a local store event just fall apart because nobody wants to enforce basic structure?

Shoutout to the guy at Bass Pro who told me my tent stakes were 'more for picnics than storms'

After he said that last spring during a trip to Gatlinburg, I switched to 6 inch MSR Groundhogs and my tent didn't budge during a 40 mph gust on the Blue Ridge Parkway, has anyone else had a stranger's random advice totally fix their setup?

Hot take: I was paying my credit card bill all wrong for 5 years

So I had this moment last month when I was looking at my credit score and it hadn't moved in forever (stuck at like 690). I called Discover to ask why and the rep said "you're paying your balance down to zero every month right?" and I said yeah. She said that's actually not helping my utilization. I always thought paying it all off before the statement hit was the best move. Turns out letting a small balance post (like under 10%) then paying it off is better for your score. I felt so dumb lol. Has anyone else gotten bad advice like this from family or whatever?

Pro tip: An old sous chef told me to salt pasta water like the ocean

I used to be timid with salt, just a pinch in the water. Then this guy Ray, been cooking for 20 years, pulled me aside and said put enough salt in so it TASTES like the sea. I thought he was crazy. First time I tried it, I used like 2 tablespoons for a big pot. The pasta came out PERFECTLY seasoned on its own. No need to oversauce it just to get flavor. I swear it made my carbonara way better. Has anyone else gotten a tip from an older cook that went against what you thought?

Overheard my neighbor telling his kid to charge $50 for a whole day of yard work

I was grabbing my mail and heard this dad coaching his 14 year old on pricing for helping out the old lady next door. $50 for 8 hours of mowing, weeding, and hauling brush, that's like $6 an hour lol. I almost yelled over the fence that even fast food pays double that now. Made me think about how I underpriced my first freelance graphic design gig at $100 for a full website banner set. Has anyone else had that moment where they realized they were basically working for pocket change?

Wifi went down during a client call in a Bali coworking space and I had to finish the pitch using my phone hotspot on a bench outside

Lost a $500 project because I couldn't hear the client over a scooter parade and they said the recording was too garbled to salvage. Has anyone else dealt with internet failure while pitching a big client?

That time I spent 3 years using the wrong notch technique on big removals

Had a veteran climber on a job in Philly last month call me out on my notch cuts. He pointed out that I was basically making all my notches too small and it was messing up my hinge control. I always just cut what felt right, never really measured or thought about it. He showed me his method with a bigger face cut and proper notch depth and it was night and day on the next spar. Made me wonder how many other basics I've been doing wrong. Has anyone else had a seasoned guy correct a fundamental thing like that?