here's one for you, Solomon

Watch the video below. So who's being a jerk?

I can tell you this: When I buy eggs at the store, I expect that my eggs won't be cracked when I buy them. There are tests you can do, while at the store, to see whether any eggs are cracked in the carton, but sometimes, even those tests don't catch the occasional cracked egg. I'm enough of a cook that, if I find an egg is cracked when I get home, I know there are things I can do to salvage it, e.g., microwave it with salt, pepper, cheese, and herbs, then eat it on the spot, or use the egg right away in that night's recipe. So for me, a cracked egg is no big deal.

If the thrust of the video is that the woman was making some kind of petty, money-grubbing complaint, I'm not seeing it, especially after watching the video and noting the woman's perfectly civil behavior. Yeah, she gives the guy a look of disbelief as he's "repairing" her one broken egg, but I don't think it's unreasonable for her to expect that all of her eggs will be unbroken when she leaves the store.

Now—did the egg break once she got home? I have no idea, and the video offers us no clues. If she broke her own egg at home, then tried to return the carton to get a supposed $15 back (really? $15 for fifteen eggs?), then she's obviously at fault. But I can only judge according to what I see, and from what I see, there's no reason to have a laugh at this lady, who didn't rage, who didn't make a scene, and who was totally civil. If anything, I'm inclined to see the guy behind the counter as being a smartass to someone who's already having a bad day.

The video has the caption "This is how you respond to absurdity with even more absurdity," so I assume the caption writer is siding with the counter guy. He's assuming that the woman's request is absurd. I've been out of the country for a while, so it's up to my fellow Yanks to school me on this: Is it reasonable or unreasonable to expect all of your eggs to be unbroken when you walk out of the store with them, and if that's an unreasonable expectation, why?

This is how you respond to absurdity with even more absurdity. pic.twitter.com/uO0r9f5SJy

— Steve 🇺🇸 (@SteveLovesAmmo) April 23, 2026