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I've torn open a sugar packet before, thrown the full part into the bin and the torn-off corner into my coffee.
I also had a terrible habit as a teenager that if my parents were out for the day, they'd leave a chicken or a roast in the oven and ring home at a certain time to ask me to turn it on. We'd chat for a minute or two, I'd put down the phone, walk into the kitchen and then completely forget about the oven.
I've parked at a train station halfway along my usual route and forget to get off the train there on my way home.
But I think my worst moment was when I worked in retail and told a customer his total was 10.36, before realising I'd just read him the time.
I have owned my current house for about a year, and for some reason haven't figured out how to change the time on the oven, which was way off, or set the timer properly. (I know I could look up how to do it, but just haven't gotten around to it, and in my old place I never used the timer anyway.) Instead, I look at the actual time and then keep track or, sometimes, if I am working in the kitchen anyway, I just look at the off time on the oven and add 20 min or whatever for when I'll check on the food cooking.
Multiple times I have looked at the time, thought "okay, starting time at 4:25" and then when I looked again "wait, still 4:25 -- why?" Immediately followed by "oh, oops, I looked at the temperature!"
Hard to believe I'm actually a functioning adult sometimes! ;-)
I may be able to change your life here.
If you have an iPhone, just push the little button and say, "Timer 25 minutes." Siri will set off your reminder ring tone for you. I don't know how I ever cooked without an iPhone.
However, in the spirit of this thread...when I say, "Timer 25 minutes," sometimes Siri will say, "You already have a timer running," and I will have no idea what that first timer is timing.
Also, sometimes I get up and turn off the timer and never do the thing I was supposed to do - because I use that timer so much I think I'm becoming habituated/numb to it. There have been a few crisp potatoes...
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cmriverside wrote: »I've torn open a sugar packet before, thrown the full part into the bin and the torn-off corner into my coffee.
I also had a terrible habit as a teenager that if my parents were out for the day, they'd leave a chicken or a roast in the oven and ring home at a certain time to ask me to turn it on. We'd chat for a minute or two, I'd put down the phone, walk into the kitchen and then completely forget about the oven.
I've parked at a train station halfway along my usual route and forget to get off the train there on my way home.
But I think my worst moment was when I worked in retail and told a customer his total was 10.36, before realising I'd just read him the time.
I have owned my current house for about a year, and for some reason haven't figured out how to change the time on the oven, which was way off, or set the timer properly. (I know I could look up how to do it, but just haven't gotten around to it, and in my old place I never used the timer anyway.) Instead, I look at the actual time and then keep track or, sometimes, if I am working in the kitchen anyway, I just look at the off time on the oven and add 20 min or whatever for when I'll check on the food cooking.
Multiple times I have looked at the time, thought "okay, starting time at 4:25" and then when I looked again "wait, still 4:25 -- why?" Immediately followed by "oh, oops, I looked at the temperature!"
Hard to believe I'm actually a functioning adult sometimes! ;-)
I may be able to change your life here.
If you have an iPhone, just push the little button and say, "Timer 25 minutes." Siri will set off your reminder ring tone for you. I don't know how I ever cooked without an iPhone.
However, in the spirit of this thread...when I say, "Timer 25 minutes," sometimes Siri will say, "You already have a timer running," and I will have no idea what that first timer is timing.
Also, sometimes I get up and turn off the timer and never do the thing I was supposed to do - because I use that timer so much I think I'm becoming habituated/numb to it. There have been a few crisp potatoes...
In this same vein, I can't count how many times I've taken the thing out of the oven, and then wondered why the timer was still going. In my lizard brain, taking the thing out of the oven should've solved the problem.6 -
I have an iphone, ipad and apple watch and used to frequently use all three plus my oven timer when cooking. But once i got confused about which was which and ended up with dry, rock hard rice and meat that only LOOKED cooked. Now i set different alarms on my phone with names for what is what. “Hey siri, set an alarm for 530 for beef.” as an example. I haven't made such an awful timing error since at least. Just can’t trust my brain anymore. 🤪cmriverside wrote: »I've torn open a sugar packet before, thrown the full part into the bin and the torn-off corner into my coffee.
I also had a terrible habit as a teenager that if my parents were out for the day, they'd leave a chicken or a roast in the oven and ring home at a certain time to ask me to turn it on. We'd chat for a minute or two, I'd put down the phone, walk into the kitchen and then completely forget about the oven.
I've parked at a train station halfway along my usual route and forget to get off the train there on my way home.
But I think my worst moment was when I worked in retail and told a customer his total was 10.36, before realising I'd just read him the time.
I have owned my current house for about a year, and for some reason haven't figured out how to change the time on the oven, which was way off, or set the timer properly. (I know I could look up how to do it, but just haven't gotten around to it, and in my old place I never used the timer anyway.) Instead, I look at the actual time and then keep track or, sometimes, if I am working in the kitchen anyway, I just look at the off time on the oven and add 20 min or whatever for when I'll check on the food cooking.
Multiple times I have looked at the time, thought "okay, starting time at 4:25" and then when I looked again "wait, still 4:25 -- why?" Immediately followed by "oh, oops, I looked at the temperature!"
Hard to believe I'm actually a functioning adult sometimes! ;-)
I may be able to change your life here.
If you have an iPhone, just push the little button and say, "Timer 25 minutes." Siri will set off your reminder ring tone for you. I don't know how I ever cooked without an iPhone.
However, in the spirit of this thread...when I say, "Timer 25 minutes," sometimes Siri will say, "You already have a timer running," and I will have no idea what that first timer is timing.
Also, sometimes I get up and turn off the timer and never do the thing I was supposed to do - because I use that timer so much I think I'm becoming habituated/numb to it. There have been a few crisp potatoes...
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cmriverside wrote: »I've torn open a sugar packet before, thrown the full part into the bin and the torn-off corner into my coffee.
I also had a terrible habit as a teenager that if my parents were out for the day, they'd leave a chicken or a roast in the oven and ring home at a certain time to ask me to turn it on. We'd chat for a minute or two, I'd put down the phone, walk into the kitchen and then completely forget about the oven.
I've parked at a train station halfway along my usual route and forget to get off the train there on my way home.
But I think my worst moment was when I worked in retail and told a customer his total was 10.36, before realising I'd just read him the time.
I have owned my current house for about a year, and for some reason haven't figured out how to change the time on the oven, which was way off, or set the timer properly. (I know I could look up how to do it, but just haven't gotten around to it, and in my old place I never used the timer anyway.) Instead, I look at the actual time and then keep track or, sometimes, if I am working in the kitchen anyway, I just look at the off time on the oven and add 20 min or whatever for when I'll check on the food cooking.
Multiple times I have looked at the time, thought "okay, starting time at 4:25" and then when I looked again "wait, still 4:25 -- why?" Immediately followed by "oh, oops, I looked at the temperature!"
Hard to believe I'm actually a functioning adult sometimes! ;-)
I may be able to change your life here.
If you have an iPhone, just push the little button and say, "Timer 25 minutes." Siri will set off your reminder ring tone for you. I don't know how I ever cooked without an iPhone.
Definitely trying this. Thanks!0 -
Nearly every time I use my car, I try to open the door before I have unlocked it.
This only really started regularly a few months ago but it has definitely settled into it's own routine. Yay.
It's great cos you totally look like a car thief when you try the door and it doesn't open2 -
RelCanonical wrote: »Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »One time my husband were at a diner at some early hour(or late depending on how you think about it), something around 2am. Anyways our food came and I got french fries with my sandwich. I reached over and grabbed what I thought was salt and started shaking it on my fries. I thought about how odd the salt shaker was, why is it so big? I then realized I had grabbed the sugar shaker by mistake and dumped it all over my fries.
Not gonna lie, that actually sounds appetizing right now. I'm weird.
Yeah, I didn't see a problem with it either. Maybe with some cinnamon too?0 -
In the same vein, our car has a remote starter. Perfect for those brisk Canadian winter mornings so you can heat up the car and get the defrosters going before you go out.
Can't tell you how many times I've then hopped into a nice, warm car, put my seat belt on, put it into reverse and then had the engine stop because the keys weren't actually in the ignition.
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Oh, and I've also used the garage door opener remote to try and start the car. Thought the car's battery was dead.
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my cousin just posted on facebook that the car she has had for 2 years has remote start and she never noticed...And she is a very smart woman. It happens to all of us.3
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Nearly every time I use my car, I try to open the door before I have unlocked it.
This only really started regularly a few months ago but it has definitely settled into it's own routine. Yay.
It's great cos you totally look like a car thief when you try the door and it doesn't open
When my car was brand new (this was back in 2008), I met some friends at a theater in the suburbs, with the plan to drive them home. My car (both model and color) is quite common around where I live. After the play, I led my friends to where I thought I'd parked and pointed out my car and opened the door (I have a no hands electronic key). They were at the doors waiting to get in when I realized it was not my car, just one that looked like it. I shut the door and we quickly backed away and then I saw my actual car nearby and we made our getaway.
I guess out in the 'burbs not everyone locks their car.2 -
my cousin just posted on facebook that the car she has had for 2 years has remote start and she never noticed...And she is a very smart woman. It happens to all of us.
My dad also has an electronic no hands key like I do, and has for some years, but until I told him earlier this year (he was worrying that it was getting flaky sometimes and that he didn't know what he'd do if it didn't work), he didn't realize that there is also a traditional regular key contained in the fob. My dad is an engineer.3 -
my cousin just posted on facebook that the car she has had for 2 years has remote start and she never noticed...And she is a very smart woman. It happens to all of us.
My dad also has an electronic no hands key like I do, and has for some years, but until I told him earlier this year (he was worrying that it was getting flaky sometimes and that he didn't know what he'd do if it didn't work), he didn't realize that there is also a traditional regular key contained in the fob. My dad is an engineer.
my juke has a key in the fob to open the door but there is no ignition to put it in. you pop the cover off and its empty. guess the original owners didn't spring for the "extras".1 -
Wow, like I said I haven't gotten a car since 2008 (although my dad's is newer and has one), so I didn't know an ignition is now an "extra."0
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My car has no place for a key, just a button that will start the car as long as the fob is somewhere inside the car (like inside my purse). Similarly, as long as the fob is near the car, the car door will open when I touch the door handle. No need to push a button on the fob first. It’s cool.0
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I kept checking the clock on my phone realizing I was going to be late for an appointment while I was running around the house looking for my phone so I could leave.5
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I kept checking the clock on my phone realizing I was going to be late for an appointment while I was running around the house looking for my phone so I could leave.
Haha.
On similar note, every time my wristwatch gets put into jewellers for new battery and they say will be ready in, say, 15 minutes - so I wander around shopping centre for a while and then go to check my watch to see if 15 minutes is up yet.
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My car has no place for a key, just a button that will start the car as long as the fob is somewhere inside the car (like inside my purse). Similarly, as long as the fob is near the car, the car door will open when I touch the door handle. No need to push a button on the fob first. It’s cool.
Yeah, that's what my dad and I both have, but in both of our cars the fob contains (folded up inside so it's not noticeable) a key that you can use as a backup, should the batteries in the fob go out (I had to get mine replaced once, like I said 2008 car).
When I first got the fob, I would constantly forget about it when I'd try to hand off the car for valet parking, and the valet would have to remind me I needed to take it out of my purse and give it to him (or stick it in the spot for it in the car).0 -
if the battery dies in the fob you can hold it to the start button and it will start. not sure how it works with no battery but its saved me before.1
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if the battery dies in the fob you can hold it to the start button and it will start. not sure how it works with no battery but its saved me before.
Btw, perfect for this thread, I am a total idiot. I just drove my car and realized my car doesn't have an key ignition -- what I was thinking of is the place where you can fit in the fob. I usually don't but leave it in my purse, but if it's getting weak it still works there.
The issue I had in the past (and what my dad was worried about) is it not working for the door, even when you took it out and hit the open button (usually it's always just in my purse). What I showed him is that there's also a traditional key -- at least in ours -- that can be used on the doors.1
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