Tuesday, July 03, 2012

The Village Idiot Strikes Again

Did you know that portable ACs have drain plugs? And while setting up the unit, if you look at that funny little rubber thingie in the shipping box, shrug because it's not on the itemized list of parts in the manual, and toss it back in the box, you'll end up with water all over your floor?

Dudes, it's a wonder I can walk and talk at the same time. I'm actually kind of ashamed of myself at this point.

*sigh*

7 comments:

~~Silk said...

Not your fault. It should have been on the list, and inserting it should have been a step in the setup instructions.

rockygrace said...

Thanks, ~~Silk.

I just feel like the biggest dipshit in the world right now. Last night, I decided to man up and take off my nail polish, to see if my sneaking suspicion that I'm gonna lose the toenail on that toe I busted was actually true.

And I could not find the nail polish remover. Could not. I had to go out at lunchtime today and buy a new bottle. I swear, I'm losing my marbles.

rockygrace said...

But oh, right now I'm watching that "Meet the Hutterites" program on Nat Geo, which is cheering me considerably. Watching a bunch of Amish-like people swear like sailors is cracking me up.

And when the one elder got his back up at a meeting and kept saying "Capiche? Capiche?" Holy shit. Priceless.

I feel better now.

James P. said...

If it makes you feel better, the Hutterites would have to go out to buy nail polish remover too.....Ginny

Becs said...

Obviously, once again, another corporation fails to see the value of a good technical writer. Tsk. Not your fault, R.

rockygrace said...

Ginny, do Hutterites wear nail polish? I'll have to watch more closely ...

and Becs, I'm afraid all the technical writing in the world would not overcome my mechanical incompetence. Asking me to understand this shit is kind of like - I don't know - asking Russell Crowe to understand crocheting or something. Ain't gonna happen.

James P. said...

Don't know about the nail polish. Guessing "no". But I used to be able to go to an Amish market near us...came home to tell my husband that one of the teenaged girls actually had braces on her teeth! My husband said, "Yeah, but they were wooden."