Seventy percent of household hazardous waste like paint can be recycled or reused, but bosses never think that far ahead. I had a manager at a auto shop tell me to dump old brake cleaner into the storm drain once, and I just flat out refused until he threatened to fire me. The trick is to always get the order in writing or on video like you did, because people get real stupid when they have to explain themselves to the owner. The city would have hit the store with a $5000 fine MINIMUM if that paint made it to the river, so your $200 bonus was a steal for them.

Oh man, that's wild! My buddy just told me his neighbor gave up completely and now has all packages routed to a locker at the gas station down the street. Said it's a pain to drive over there but beats losing another $80 worth of stuff from their doorstep.

The pressure sensitivity thing is brutal when it disappears. I lost a whole afternoon once because my Wacom drivers decided to revert to an older version after a Windows update. Ended up reinstalling the whole thing twice before I noticed the version number was wrong.

Blame it on the ice maker man, those things are like the check engine light of refrigerators. Honestly, I've been that husband before where my wife gives me that look and I know we're going shopping whether the thing needs a $40 part or not. Ngl, I'd probably take the bigger job every time just to keep the peace at home, my wallet can recover but my couch sleeping days are over. Tbh, the real fix is letting her pick out the new stainless steel model while I quietly fix the old one to sell on Craigslist and pocket the cash. Works every time, I swear.

And that rooftop bar alone would've made the hostel better than sleeping next to someone's laundry pile, @paul346.