I saw a coworker take a $20 bill from the break room floor and keep it

It happened on Tuesday morning around 10 AM, and he just slipped it into his pocket without saying anything. I mean, I get that it's just cash and nobody was around, but idk, it felt wrong and I've been thinking about it all week. What would you have done in that spot, like, would you have said something or just let it go?

Just counted my wire nuts and hit a weirdly round number

I was cleaning out my work van yesterday, sorting all my small parts into bins. When I got to the wire nuts, I started counting just to see what I had. I hit exactly 1,000 of the little red ones. It felt so random, like why do I have a full thousand of just that one size? I guess I've been grabbing a bag here and there for years without really keeping track. Anyone else ever find a stash of something that made you stop and laugh?

Appreciation post: Heard a homeowner in Boise say they'd never pay for a moisture barrier again

They argued a good underlayment is enough, but I've seen too many cupped floors from slab moisture. What's your take on skipping the barrier to save a client a few hundred bucks?

Update: I thought those 'no knead' bread recipes were total BS

For years I avoided them, figured you had to work the dough to get a good crumb. Then my mixer broke right before a family dinner and I was desperate. Tried that basic 3-ingredient recipe from that famous blog, left it overnight like it said. Woke up to this bubbly, alive-looking dough that baked into the best loaf I've ever made. The crust was insane, and the inside had those big holes I could never get before. It completely flipped my thinking on what's needed for good bread. Now I'm a convert, but I'm curious, has anyone else had a total 180 on a baking method they swore was wrong?

Appreciation post: I tried sending a thank you note after a job interview and it actually worked

I had a second interview for a marketing job in Austin last week. After it was done, I mailed a short, handwritten thank you card the next day instead of just sending an email. I got a call from the hiring manager three days later saying they were moving forward with me, and she specifically mentioned the card. I learned that a small, personal touch can really stand out in a digital process. Has anyone else tried something similar and had a good result?

PSA: Did a job at a 100 year old bank building downtown and the wiring was a whole other level of weird.

Hot take: The obsession with 5/8 inch board for ceilings is overkill on most jobs

I keep seeing guys spec it for every single ceiling, even on a simple 12 foot span in a ranch house. I've been hanging 1/2 inch on ceilings like that for years, and I've never had a single callback for sagging or cracking. What's the real benefit that makes the extra cost and weight worth it?

Camping in Olympic National Park and my tent zipper gave out on night three

Finally got a stubborn old server to boot after three days of trying

Last week, a small law firm brought in a 2012 Dell PowerEdge that wouldn't post, just beeping at me. I spent hours swapping RAM, checking the PSU, and finally found a single bent pin on the CPU socket I'd missed twice. Has anyone else had a similar fix that felt impossible until the very last check?

I switched from a basic pencil to a water-soluble one for sketching and the difference is HUGE