Commercials vs Real Life xD

[AnaGamble]

I am sure more people find some commercials and product info's really annoying on bad days, simply because they think they've made them easy but our hands prove them wrong. So here are a few I can think of;


Commercials with products that say; "look how easily you open it, just rip off the tab blah blah"

8)Yes it opens real easy... after I got the scissors out


Commercials that say; "look how easy you can swish over the floor and get it all clean"

8)Yes... if you could just sell a person to do the swishing for me


Products saying; "The lid being bulged shows that it's still fresh and properly sealed"

8)I beg to differ, that's the sign of needing to call in my boyfriend to open the jar for me


Instant coffee commercials saying; "Just add a spoon to a mug of hot water and stir"

8)Make that two spoons... the first one ended up on the counter


If anyone can think of any more please add them. =^_^=
This kind of dark humor makes me cope with every day nuisances.

[olmphoto2]

So true!

I was a student teacher specializing in working with kids with disabilites back when---profoundly affected children.  It was important to be able to write and implement a very detailed, step by step plan for them to be able to learn to accomplish a given action.  How can you teach something, after all, when you can't break it down into steps that are a part of the whole job?  Teach the parts, then the sequence.  It was amazing how complicated seemingly small tasks are.

One day a year or so ago I decided to break down my making coffee in the a.m.  I use a French press with water heated in a kettle and I do grind the coffee beans.  That may make for a couple of extra steps verses perhaps an automatic drip but few only.  But it totaled to 78! Yes, I said seventy eight! Think about it:  opening and closing a drawer and a cupboard, taking out a spoon and a cup are six steps alone.

I got to thinking about this when you said one scoop on the counter.    I didn't even count my mistakes that are frequent...and then the resulting clean up.

[AnaGamble]

All the mistakes with various foods, spices and liquids in my household is starting to seem like I am trying to feed the counter in the kitchen.
Greedy old bench! 

[Joe S.]

Spoon Theory Reminder: http://butyoudontlooksick.com/navigation/BYDLS-TheSpoonTheory.pdf

[AnaGamble]

Spoon Theory Reminder: http://butyoudontlooksick.com/navigation/BYDLS-TheSpoonTheory.pdf

Indeed a brilliant way of explaining it.
I shall try and remember that when I tell my in-laws about my problems, just in case they stare at me as if I am an alien and don't get it.

[Meld256]

Thanks, Ana.    I like your humor! 

If I think of some good ones, I'll add. 

I told a story of hacking into the bleach jug a while back.  I could NOT get it open and took a steak knife to it!  When my husband saw the bottle with a huge gash near the top a few days later, he asked what did it do to you?   I told him it ANNOYED me!

[AnaGamble]

I told a story of hacking into the bleach jug a while back.  I could NOT get it open and took a steak knife to it!  When my husband saw the bottle with a huge gash near the top a few days later, he asked what did it do to you?   I told him it ANNOYED me!

Oh that reminds me, those darn "child proof" caps!
I've stopped putting them on properly because there is just no way I'll get in ever again if I close them. 
I would so hack away at a bottle if it annoyed me enough too. 
"Just press and turn, easy!"
It's easy? my bum!

[Pisces24]

When I got a jar or bottle lid stuck, my dad would always tell me to let hot water run over it. For some reason it helped loosen it up.

Be thankful at home you have a hubby/boyfriend, knife or a good set of pliers. I got one of those pepsi bottles out of the machine once (sooo thirsty at work  then) and I just could not unscrew the cap. I had to ask a coworker to open it which was embarassing.

Yeah, whenever I hear the word "EASY" I think yeah Only easy for the person who has done it a million times before. Hate the childproof caps too!

[AnaGamble]

Another way to deal with a new jar of something is to put a spoon or a table knife under the edge of the lid and bend a bit, it usually makes a pop sound and then it slides open smoothly.
(Well as long as the manufacturer didn't goo it all up inside, had an evil jam jar that refused to let me win a few weeks back )

[Meld256]

Good idea, Ana.  I hate those "evil" jam jars!    My husband and I both fought with a cookie tin last night.  Both of us laughing didn't help.  And we were both tired.

It's one of those tall, cylinders of long wafer cookies, with tape around the top. He got the tape pulled and it broke at the start.  Then he tried to "man-handle" it; his normal way to open anything since he has these big strong hands.  That didn't work.  I finally scored the tape with a knife and he could pop off the top.

It was just funny.  He was saying "C'mon...All I want is a cookie before I go to bed." 

[AnaGamble]

 
Me and my BF did something similar but with a pack of grated Parmesan cheese the other week.
And as usual with males they refuse to just cut the plastic thing open so my BF manhandled it until if broke open and we had Parmesan snow on the carpet. 

[soycoffee]

A handy helper for opening stuff is a soap holder, the kind that's rubber, with little suction cups on both sides. Put it on a counter, gently smash a jar down on top of it. Then turn it, holding steady with one hand, turning with the other. It doesn't increase the strength in your hand, but it does save the energy you would otherwise waste with the slippage of all the parts. So your hand is putting maximum effort into opening. I got the soap holders I use on Amazon.

Soycoffee

[Meld256]

Good idea, soycoffee!  I'll need to look into those soap holders.  Sometimes my hands just seem like they have no strength, so maybe that will give me some leverage.

Thanks,
Melinda

[bloodless]

On the pill tops that have a separate ring on the outside for the "push down and turn", after you open it once, smash the center down. That stops the child proof thing and makes it a regular cap. Reuse the same cap on your refill. I do this with all my pill bottles.