Stuff Happens…especially to old people
OK, so a few
weeks ago I put diesel fuel into my regular gas burning car. It happens.
I was confused. It was a new car
so I was not familiar with the gas tank.
I’m from NJ so we don’t normally fill our own tanks.
A week ago I
came back from a night out, no drinking involved, and hung my pants up with my
wallet still in the back pocket. The next
day I could not find my wallet. It
happens. Anyone could make such a mistake. I was sure that it had fallen out on my
pocket and was left at the theater. Panic
was setting in until Mrs. C suggested I at least check my pants.
Oops! Hey it
happens.
Saturday, I
gave Mrs. C a check for our monthly expenses. Sunday, I went into my account to schedule a
payment. I had a rather large negative
balance. What the heck? A bit of
research and I realized I gave Mrs. C a check for monthly expenses from the
wrong account.
Easy mistake. It happens.
Mrs. C
showed me how to deposit a check from the correct account into the overdrawn
account at the bank’s teller machine, even though the bank is not open on
Sunday. I checked the account on-line
and the deposit negated the overdraft and everything was just fine.
No harm no
foul.
This stuff
happens to people all the time…right?
It didn’t
used to happen to me.
I used to
get miffed when Mrs. C would double check me for things.
“Did you remember your wallet?”
“YES!”
“DO you have your glasses?”
“Y E S !!.
Did you remember to turn off the
water?”
“O F C O U R
S E !!!”
I may be
getting old. I gave Mrs. C carte blanche
to question me any time about anything and I will understand and no longer
catch an attitude.
Stuff
happens, but it might be avoided with a little well-placed understandable
nagging.
joeh; you're scaring me. I don't have anyone here to give me a little understandable nagging. I might find myself out shopping one day with all my clothes on backwards and inside out.
ReplyDeleteThat's okay - just as long as you have clothes on.
DeleteAs we get older we all get a little forgetful and easily confused. Like squeezing the canary on our food instead of a lemon.
ReplyDeleteI went to visit an old lady the other day. Much older than me, she was. As we sat there reminiscing about the previous day I noticed, embarrassingly, that she had a suppository sticking out of her ear. I told her about it. She replied: "Oh goodness me ... I wonder where I put my hearing aid?"
God bless.
Yeah, stuff happens.... it happens to me all the time. Sadly there is nobody to check me so I have to find my own mistakes and suffer embarrassment by myself. I never swore until recently ... well I have to let it out sometime. So lone as we can look on the funny side we'll get by.
ReplyDeleteStuff like this happens to me all the time. BUT it always did, for as long as I can remember so it can't be age.
ReplyDeleteI live alone, so my frequent mistakes go unrecognized and then unresolved, sometimes forever. Having someone to "nag" me once in a while might keep me on track.
ReplyDeleteYes we tend to forget things when we get older. I say it's because we've lived so long we have too much information in our heads. We need a good program to delete the stuff we don't need anymore.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day, Joe. 😎
Mrs. C sure earns her keep. Like Harry I don't have anyone to point those slips out so I may or may not make them. Ignorance is bliss.
ReplyDeleteI hate it when that happens! I'll give you a pass on the gas faux pas, since you are not accustomed to pumping your own gas.
ReplyDeleteAre you familiar with the fishducky theory as to why our memory seems to disappear as we age? If not, don’t worry. I’m going to tell you. What was I talking about? Oh, yes--memory. If you subscribe to the theory, as I do, that the brain is like a computer, then you know that it has a finite number of memory bytes. As we age, gravity pulls these memories down, filling first our feet, then our legs, our bellies & butts (which would also explain why many older people seem to have gained weight in these areas) & finally reach our brains, which eventually become full. Since humans don’t have a DELETE key, there is simply no room for new memories. This is why we people “of a certain age” can remember who sat next to us in the third grade but have no idea of what we ate for lunch yesterday. We are NOT forgetful--WE ARE SIMPLY FULL!!
ReplyDeleteI've become quite the nagger at our house.
ReplyDeleteThe well paced understandable nagging is a must for me to stay on track, and also gives Cindy something to do...otherwise "It Happens!!"
ReplyDeleteIt was because of an oversight that led to a death that pilots created checklists. It doesn't hurt for all of us to have them, actually.
ReplyDeleteWelp, as long as no drinking was involved😂
ReplyDeleteI must be one brave (or foolish) camper. I bought a new phone yesterday and have been learning it's features and my fallibilities. I was texting with a friend today and made a mistake about the number of seats in the House of Representatives. When I later corrected myself he responded, "I thought you got a 'smart' phone."
ReplyDeleteI’m with you brother.
ReplyDeleteYeah...it happens to all of us.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm still hysterically laughing at the Like squeezing the canary on our food instead of a lemon comment.