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08 June 2009

Please list the silly, petty little mistakes you make over and over again. →[More:]
Mine: One of my sliding closet doors has a latch on the inside (useful, I know). Every few weeks, I spend 10 minutes or so straining at the door, cursing at the stupid closet before remembering to check that the latch has, once again, fallen into the "closed" position. This has only happened 50 or 60 times, so you couldn't really expect me to have learned to check this first, right?
Bonus question: What do you call this kind of iterated mistakes?

post by: signal at: 16:41 | 20 comments

I knock my iPod off the treadmill almost every time I run. Didn't today, though! Success!!!!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 08 June | 16:45

Sphexishness.

posted by Wolfdog 08 June | 16:52

I almost always forget to open the medicine cabinet before I take a shower. That way, after I dry off, I can close the medicine cabinet and have half a mirror that isn't all fogged up.

posted by Ardiril 08 June | 17:05

I'll always go down the aisles in order, even if I need to skip one. (So for instance, I'll need to go down 5, 7, and 12, but I'll wind up going down 9/10 anyways, and usually get about halfway down before realizing 'good job dumbass, you don't have anything pull down here'.)

posted by sperose 08 June | 17:05

Get a handful of produce at the market (apples, pears, carrots, etc., THEN try to get a plastic bag off the roll, and open, with one hand. I do this all the time and I marvel at how easy it would be to get the bag first and then just put the shit IN it but no, I do it that hard way.

posted by danf 08 June | 17:59

What do you call this kind of iterated mistakes?

Insanity.

posted by netbros 08 June | 18:55

Every so often I'll be lazy enough to convince myself that I can walk my dog wearing flip-flops, that this time will be different, I'll be more careful and more aware of where I'm stepping.

Every damn time I wind up busting one of my big toes and cursing loudly, usually in front of a house that has a few dozen small children playing happily in the front yard.

Damn dog.

posted by ufez 08 June | 18:59

Everytime I see a birthday cake I steal the handmade flowers off the icing and scoop out a huge chunk of cake to eat with my bare hands before anyone can ruin the cake by singing Happy Birthday over it.

Why do I have no friends?

posted by saucysault 08 June | 19:01

saucysault, you just made me snort hot tea through my nose.

posted by scody 08 June | 19:04

Me too.

posted by JanetLand 08 June | 19:20

Thank God I wasn't drinking hot tea myself!

posted by bunnyfire 08 June | 19:20

Only mine was cold tea.

posted by JanetLand 08 June | 19:22

I put my house key in my left pocket when I leave the house. When I get home, almost invariably, I'm carrying everything (backpack, purchases, library books, etc.) in my left hand/arm. Why don't I put the damn key in my right pocket? Why?!

posted by deborah 08 June | 19:51

I do the same thing as deborah.

posted by gaspode 08 June | 19:56

Probably because you lock the door with your right hand and it's more natural to reach across and put it in the left pocket than in the right.

I prefer to chuck my keys in my bag and then scramble around wildly while carrying child, groceries, stuffed animals etc to find them again.

posted by gomichild 09 June | 00:10

It's not my thing, but the other people who live in my house leave their dresser drawers mostly open. So, when I have to help them find whatever thing, I catch my leg on the open drawer. Ouch!

Also, I routinely forget my mandatory nametag. Luckily, most folks at work know me or expect the grey-haired lady at the desk to know what to do.

posted by lilywing13 09 June | 02:32

I just WILL have one more glass of wine, even though I know I'll end up with a vague headache the next day.

posted by Specklet 09 June | 03:38

Ardiril - take a teeny dab of shaving foam, wipe it over the mirrors (you only need a very little bit and it goes a long way) and then buff it off with paper towel. Hey presto! No more fogged up mirrors.

posted by essexjan 09 June | 11:22

Hm, shaving cream, eh? I just happen to have a small old can. I wonder if it has any pressure left in it. I'll know soon. Thanks, EJ!

posted by Ardiril 09 June | 11:58

I always, always, hit the bedpost on the bottom part of my bed while making the bed, or even just rounding the corner! I think I have a semi-permanant bruise on my shin.

posted by redvixen 09 June | 12:45

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