A customer in Denver said my camera work was making his chimney look worse than it was

I used to take all my inspection photos from the ground with a zoom lens, thinking it showed the full picture. This guy, after I gave him a quote for a full rebuild, asked to see the shots. He pointed at the screen and said, 'That angle makes the crown look like it's falling off, but from my roof it's just a small crack.' He was right. I was making things look more scary to justify bigger jobs. Now I carry a small drone for top-down shots and always take a ground photo next to a ladder for scale. My quotes are more honest, and I've actually gotten more referrals because people trust the report. Has anyone else had a client call them out on how they present their findings?

Just finished a carpet job where the homeowner had already painted the subfloor with glow-in-the-dark paint. Yeah.

My quest for greener bookbinding supplies hit a snag

I'm trying to use only recycled materials, but the paper often tears. Any ideas for stronger eco-friendly paper?

The parking space that wasn't there yesterday

I drove to work and parked in my usual spot. When I came back after lunch, the space was gone, replaced by a bike rack. I asked coworkers, but they all say the bike rack has been there for years. I even checked old photos on my phone, and it shows the bike rack. This is messing with my head. What could explain this? Any ideas on how to deal with it?

My loader's tire change turned into a three-hour saga

We had a flat tire on the loader, so we went to get the spare. It was buried under a mound of dirt from yesterday's dig, and digging it out with shovels felt like forever. Ended up using the backhoe to help, which just made more of a mess.