I was digging through a bin of old VHS tapes at a 24 hour thrift store last Tuesday around 2am. The clerk walked over and said "you know half these tapes have mold inside and nobody checks before buying." He pulled out a copy of The Thing and showed me white specks on the tape itself. He told me he sees people grab old media all the time and bring it back saying it doesn't work. Has anyone else been burned by moldy tapes from late night thrifting?
I was washing my hoodie at 2 AM and noticed the machine had these tiny packs of random buttons for 50 cents each. Has anyone else run into weirdly specific vending machines at odd hours?
She pointed at my combo of a single sad banana, a pack of highlighters, and a bottle of Tums and asked if I was building a mood or a meal, has anyone else gotten called out like that by a stranger at a weird hour?
Last week I was up way too late trying to heat up leftover pizza and my microwave just died. Nothing happened when I pressed start. I was about to toss it when my neighbor who was smoking on his porch saw me cussing at it. He came over and showed me it was just a blown fuse in the back panel. Cost me $2 at the hardware store the next day and it works perfect now. Has anyone else had a random late night fix like that where you almost gave up on something simple?
Found him on a late night forum in Phoenix - he told me the control board error was just a loose solder joint, not a $400 replacement. He walked me through reflowing it on my stovetop in 15 minutes. Anyone else had a random stranger save them a ton of cash on appliance repair?