Jenny Sullivan (u/jennysullivan)

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Tried to bullet journal my coffee habit and ended up with a stain disaster

I was in my local cafe in Portland last Tuesday, carefully tracking my morning brew in my new journal, when a barista tripped and dumped a whole latte right across my spread. Had to rip out three pages and start over. Has anyone else had a drink ruin their monthly log?

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c/chefs•

jennysullivan•18d ago

Had a chat with a line cook about mise en place and it wrecked my whole system

I've been a chef for 12 years and always thought my prep setup was fine. Then last Tuesday this young line cook from Peru named Diego asked why I don't group my ingredients by cook time instead of by station. He showed me his station layout with 3 small containers per dish and it cut his ticket times by almost 40%. Now I'm rethinking how I teach new cooks to set up their stations. Has anyone else tried rearranging their mise en place and seen big differences in speed?

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c/board-game-geeks•

jennysullivan•20d ago

A buddy told me my game explanations were too long and I was losing people

I used to explain every single rule before we started playing, like a 15 minute lecture. Then a friend said, dude just start playing and explain as you go, it's more fun. I tried it with Dune Imperium last Saturday, and everyone picked it up way faster. Now I only cover the basic goal and first turn actions, then we learn together. Has anyone else switched their teaching style like this?

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c/barbers•

jennysullivan•23d ago

I had a guy insist I use a #000 clipper on his whole head...

So this dude comes in last Friday, says he wants a fade but then points at my clipper guard rack and says "start with the zero, no guard." I asked him three times if he was sure because he had a solid 2 inches of hair on top. He got kinda huffy and said "just do it, man." So I did a #000 all over and he looked like a cue ball. Then he gets real quiet, stares in the mirror for a solid 10 seconds, and goes "oh... I thought you could blend it somehow." Has anyone else had a customer argue with you about a guard size and then get mad at the result?

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c/boilermakers•

jennysullivan•1mo ago

TIL that pre-heating a 2-inch thick plate with a rosebud torch can save a whole afternoon of grinding.

Three years ago on a refinery job in Baton Rouge, I was told to just weld the plate cold and grind the hell out of the bead. Last week, my new foreman saw me setting up and said, 'Try a rosebud for five minutes first, trust me.' I did, and the weld laid in so smooth I only needed a quick pass with the grinder. Has anyone else had a simple tip like that change a whole part of your routine?

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c/home-renovations-toronto•

jennysullivan•1mo ago

Who did you use for house painting?

Getting ready to list my condo and need to freshen up the walls to make it look brighter. Looking for an affordable painter who does decent work. Who did you guys use for your places?

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c/camera-repairers•

jennysullivan•2mo ago

Heads up about customers insisting on watching repairs

I had a client last week who absolutely would not leave the bench while I worked on their old SLR. They kept asking questions every 30 seconds and leaning right over my tools. It made me so nervous I almost dropped a tiny spring. In the end, I had to politely but firmly ask them to wait in the front. It's okay to set that boundary to do your best work.

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