I know this has nothing to do with Simplified Success but I wanted to get it off my chest.
The longer I live the more I learn and the more learn, the more I see things that make me say Duh! As a matter of fact, I have been gathering information to one day write a book called; What else? ; “Things that make me say Duh!” It will be filled with things like:
When people push an elevator button that is already lit. Wasn’t my push good enough for them?
Signs that say, “Bear or Deer Crossing”. Be honest, do you ever look at how fast you are going and suddenly say, Oh! I better slow down, or do you even look for bear or deer? I have been driving for over 32 years and have NEVER seen a deer come out near the signs, including the ones I hit! Why not make signs that say, Warning! There are pot holes ahead because we spent our money putting up ridiculous signs instead of fixing them.
Fuel Prices Why is it that the price of everything else goes down when the demand goes up but when the demand for fuel goes up, so do the prices? That makes me want to slap someone. I know, that wasn’t Christian like, yeah but it was honest and that is Christian like.
Boys that wear pants that are 5 times too big for them They can’t run or even walk without holding onto them or they have to stop and pull them up every 3 steps. Let’s see, I can buy pants that fit but I don’t want too. I can buy a belt to hold them up, but I don’t want to do that either. Maybe its an excuse not to help someone carry something. “I’d help you with that, but my pants will fall down, so I will just stand here holding them up while you do all the work.” I don’t know maybe I am just getting old. I had bell bottoms with fringes, a vest and a shag haircut, but at least my clothes fit!
Warnings on products that anyone with a half a brain would already know On an Iron: Do not use on clothes you are wearing. On a package of peanuts: Warning! This package may contain nuts and do we still need to tell everyone that a cup of hot coffee may be hot and that if you spill the hot cup of coffee that it may burn you? Duh!
Directions in Braille on a drive up ATM. Even if a blind person would somehow manage to use a drive up ATM, Money and the receipts don’t come in Braille and while we are on the subject, almost every sign and room number in hospitals are in Braille. Has anyone ever, at any time in your life, come across a blind person in a hospital that was not accompanied by someone else. I think, and it may just be me, but if a blind person ever did wander away and got lost, they just might ask someone to assist them before searching for and reading every sign and room number they can feel. Picture a blind person searching for a sign 4″x8″ on a wall in your mind and tell me you don’t laugh. Folks, they are blind, not foolish, they will ask for help.
Our Correctional Institute. Over 80% of those coming out of our correctional institute fail to become corrected and return to a life of crime and yet we continue to put billions of taxpayers dollars into it every year. It fails 80% of the time and no one ever say’s Hey,maybe we should do something else?
Anyway, I just wanted to get that off my chest. If you come across anything that makes you say “Duh” please leave it in the comment section. (please no political comments or individual attacks)
Make it a Great Day!
Bob
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Yes Bob, We are getting old..You (we) probably wore the hair to long and the clothes to tight for the near 50 year olds back then. Those same people set most of the standards that you (we) are going Duh about. Parents to our generation. Now we are setting standards that our kids may look upon in years to come and one morning in the fall of thier life time say ” What Duh ” were thinking when they look at things we have put in place. I wonder what would be the best way to Change some of the Duh things? I tell my 4 boys ” Doing what you always did , gets you what you always got,,just what you don’t want” Duh Change is a hard thing to convince people to do, but has such great rewards. Thats my 2 cents on Duh FPN I agree completely with each and every Duh you described.