Stop in for a cup of coffee

I said to take all the weights off the small stack and the same amount off the big stack and it should be close to balanced. Some brainiac disagreed with me.
You see, it called for .25 on opposite side, and all they had was .50’s. Then it called for another .25 on the first side. Then back on other side...
Tempted to go sign up just to throw another stick in the fire..