Ever have those moments....

Where a thought like "WHAT??? Are you kidding me?" and you want to smack your forehead into your palm.

Whether it is a person, an animal, or a "brilliant" idea/object thought up by someone long before you ever encountered it; i'm sure we've ALL had those moments. Usually on a daily basis.


Many of these moments are derived from our childhood. Someone who was taught how to clear a clogged drain may be confused as to how someone could not know what a pea trap was let alone channel lock pliers. Or someone brought up in a house full of fashionable females, may not understand that everyone doesn't know the difference between cardigan and a sweater.

My home, growing up, was full of life lessons, centered on engineering, common sense, do-it-yourself projects. I also learned very valuable lessons like "see if you can reason it out" and "if you can't figure it out, try a book" followed by the fail safe of "call dad". So my experiences usually led to a feeling of ease when handling problems. That feeling...led to dismay, confusion, and all out dumbfoundedness when I learned the hard way...not everyone is like me.

Moments like (and feel free to face-palm...i know i did):

• "I don't know how to paint a table" when the table in question currently has no paint or varnish on it.
• "A screw fell out of the frame, so I'm just going to get rid of the whole thing before any more fall out" rather than find where the screw came from.
• "what's a phillips screw driver....is it a brand name?" no...it's the one that looks like a star
  
• "How do you right click?" just........fail.
• "the bulb keeps burning out....must be the lamp" or..that you have the wrong wattage.
• "The printer won't work" (looks but doesn't touch and then reads off "load paper"
• "these directions make no sense" ....helps if read the words too, not just look at the pictures
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Many of these leave me wondering how some people survive day to day. I'm not downplaying the damsel in distress ploy played by so many women. Not when you have someone there to come to the rescue who wants to. But when there's no one around, what's the point of bursting into tears?
This brings me to another pet peeve. How can you not know how to use jumper cables? Never mind that some people just plain don't have them in their cars (another "brilliant" idea)...but if you had them, wouldn't you make sure you knew how to use them? Red to red, black to black. Positive to positive, negative to negative. This shouldn't be a brain buster!

My applause goes out to those who can use common sense on a regular basis and avoids those moments where others facepalm over an action or decision or sentence. And for those who have moments of idiotic nature please stand by while I do the obligatory facepalm before i can help you.

Bill Engvall had it right...."here's your sign."

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