My journeyman told me to always check the panel schedule before touching anything

I thought it was just busywork until last month on a Reno job. I was about to cut into a wall for a new outlet and he made me stop to look at the schedule. Turns out the circuit I thought was dead was actually feeding the neighbor's garage! The schedule was a mess, written in pencil 15 years ago. If I had just trusted my tester, I could have caused a real problem. Now I see why he was so strict about it. Anyone else have a close call because of a bad panel schedule?

Hot take: I spent $75 on a 'local experience' cooking class in Rome that was just a guy microwaving frozen pasta in his apartment lol

Has anyone else fallen for a tourist trap 'authentic' activity that was a total scam, and what's a real budget-friendly way to actually meet locals?

Am I the only one who had a client offer to pay in exposure?

A guy at a coffee shop in Denver said he'd pay me with 'great portfolio work' for a full website build. I said no, but part of me wonders if I should have taken it to fill a slow month. When do you all decide a free job is worth it?

I was at a used bookstore in Akron and found a whole shelf of old anime fan club newsletters from the 90s