Man I feel you on this. I walked past a guy at a shop in Ohio last year and he was literally pouring 5 gallons of straight concentrate into his sump like it was nothing. I told him to check his concentration and he got all defensive. Next week he was complaining about foam everywhere and his taps breaking. I check with a refractometer every Monday morning now too.

The Safeway on 5th is notorious for this, I've had the same issue there at least 4 times. @ivanjones, the thing is, the weight sensors are calibrated SUPER badly at that specific location because the floor is slightly uneven. I noticed the scale pad rocks a tiny bit if you put your bag down. The attendant told me once that their machines haven't been recalibrated in like 2 years because the store manager refuses to pay for it. So it's not really about you or your bag, it's the store letting their equipment fall apart. Next time just skip self-checkout and go to the register, the cashiers are faster anyway.

Tom in Austin? I'd have argued with him too honestly.

Automation kills connection every time, manual effort builds trust.

Funny you mention the cloud seeding thing, because I noticed something odd a few months back when I was driving through farm country out east. There were these really thick, persistent trails that just hung there for hours, and later that day the local news mentioned they did some aerial seeding during the dry spell. Not a peep about it before though, just a quiet mention after the fact. Makes you wonder how much of that stuff gets done without anybody really noticing until it's already happened.