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re: Tasks that should be simple that give you issues.

Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:04 am to
Posted by RazorBroncs
Harding Bisons Fan
Member since Sep 2013
13546 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:04 am to

Generally just looking for things out in the open.

If there's a specific item we need from the grocery store and it's not right at eye level, forget me finding it in any timely manner. Same with items around the house like my shoes, a remote, keys, etc.

I'll look everywhere and look over the item in question a dozen times, especially if I'm starting to get frustrated that I can't find it.

Can't tell you how many times I've spent 10+ minutes looking for the remote, only to have my wife find it immediately. Same with grocery stores, she luckily has a photographic memory and can text me which shelf to find something on that I'm having trouble with.
Posted by bikerack
NH
Member since Sep 2011
2137 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:06 am to
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If there’s a hell, there will be a room where you fold fitted bed sheets all day.


Fitted sheets are my arch nemesis....folding them....putting them on....

I'll start putting on one and see that I've got the sides wrong so I'll rotate the thing 90 degrees and somehow it is still wrong.

Same for plugging in USB cables (but 180 degrees this time).
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
28712 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:06 am to
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I can't put a damn straw in to a Capri Sun for my kids without poking a hole through the back.
Squeeze it at the seams so the hole points down. Index finger over the top of the straw when you poke it through.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64190 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:08 am to
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plugging in USB cables


This is a good one. No matter what angle I choose, it's always the wrong one on the first try.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
53963 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:09 am to
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Resorted to remember them NFL player jersey #

Sad


Recently moved into a new place and I’m using the same technique for the street address. Sadly, it’s OJ I’m using for the association.
Posted by Laloosh
Member since Dec 2019
104 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:10 am to
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Replacing weed-eater string.


You gotta get that ego trimmer friend. Never been easier
Posted by Shotgun Willie
Member since Apr 2016
3788 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:11 am to
Folding a fitted sheet
Posted by bayouvette
Raceland
Member since Oct 2005
4764 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:17 am to
Smoothly covering drywall tape with mud. Damn near impossible.

Posted by jag211
DFW
Member since Mar 2009
226 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:19 am to
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Expenses at work.


Wish I could upvote this 100 times. Worst part of my job can't stand it and I don't really know why.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
13710 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:21 am to
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I will proudly admit to being that guy. Autozone has installed my last two truck batteries and my last set of wiper blades. I detest working on stuff automotive, so why not take advantage of a free service?


Battery is a no-brainer. It's a free install and they do it faster and if it fricks up, better chance they replace it.

Wiper blades get jammed, I get it, but it's so simple and takes literally 30 seconds if you just pay attention.

Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
13710 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:23 am to
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How about undoing a bra strap? Who fricking designed that shite? Houdini? After several minutes of screwing around with it, my wife can reach back with one hand and pop it off in seconds.....



I can pinch it and undo it like that in less than a second with either hand because I put a bra on a pillow as a middle schooler and practiced like my life depended on it

It's a skill that actually proved useful in college
Posted by Mr Breeze
The Lunatic Fringe
Member since Dec 2010
5975 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:25 am to
Remembering 3 or 4 important phone numbers now that they're all stored in our phones.

Sometimes I have to think about my own number.

Mainly because I don't call myself.
Posted by TheArrogantCorndog
Highland Rd
Member since Sep 2009
14820 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:27 am to
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How about undoing a bra strap? Who fricking designed that shite? Houdini? After several minutes of screwing around with it, my wife can reach back with one hand and pop it off in seconds.....


The rubik's cube of underwear

It's a one handed snapping like motion

2 hands and I'm dead in the water
This post was edited on 7/12/21 at 11:34 am
Posted by Mr Breeze
The Lunatic Fringe
Member since Dec 2010
5975 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:28 am to
quote:

Generally just looking for things out in the open.

If there's a specific item we need from the grocery store and it's not right at eye level, forget me finding it in any timely manner. Same with items around the house like my shoes, a remote, keys, etc.

I'll look everywhere and look over the item in question a dozen times, especially if I'm starting to get frustrated that I can't find it.



Glad I'm not the only one...

Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
40081 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:32 am to
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Replacing weed-eater string


Every damn time
Posted by SERVON225LLT
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jun 2010
275 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:34 am to
Writing on a whiteboard or chalkboard
Posted by MintBerry Crunch
Member since Nov 2010
4863 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:49 am to
Cutting a perfect miter on a table saw
Posted by Epaminondas
The Boot
Member since Jul 2020
4233 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:49 am to
Putting the new cover sheets on my TPS reports despite having seen the memo.
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
Member since Mar 2008
47763 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:52 am to
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Remembering 3 or 4 important phone numbers now that they're all stored in our phones.

Sometimes I have to think about my own number.

Mainly because I don't call myself.


This. The only numbers I have committed to memory are a few family members landlines.
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
6604 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 11:57 am to
The shake after peeing.

No matter how much I shake it out, there seems to always be that one drop that wants to hit my trousers and show everyone where my dick hangs.
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