'My name is Maytagbear, and I am an idiot'

[maytagbear]

Well, maybe not totally, but sometimes I do wonder.

I took the racks out to run the cleaning cycle of my Whirlpool gas range, and after the cycle was over, and the oven returned to room temperature, I tried to put the racks back in.

I could not. I tried, and I tried.

I eventually called Whirlpool's helpline, and the guy was polite, and hid his amusement pretty well. (He's probably laughing his backside off, or will, at break-)

Yes, dear friends, and dearer enemies, I was trying to put the racks in upside down. The little "v" shapes at the front of the racks should point "up." I was on hold several times, and I kept fiddling around and one time, I just got lucky, I guess.

I are an idiot! Je suis tres stupide! !Y soy idioto!

I am smiling what Miss Manners calls "a weak smile." Tomorrow, I will be laughing.

Any appliance moments that are making you blush today?

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[danemodsandy]

Aren't You....

'My name is Maytagbear, and I am an idiot'

Aren't you breaking an anonymity on yourself? ;-)

 

[foraloysius]

We all have these moments. I recently put a ring on the wrong side on the bottom ring of a blender jar and wondered why my smoothie was leaking out of it! lol

 

[whirlcool]

I've done stupid stuff before but I can't remember what any of it was. Thankfully.

Don't be hard on yourself, it happens to us all from time to time!

 

[abcomatic]

LOL I loveit

Bear, I too have a Whirlpool electric stove, 1990. Get this one for stupid. I pre-heated the oven and when it was hot and ready to cook in, I discovered that the roaster was too big to put in with both racks that were in the oven. It was the winter so I took one of them out and set it outside on the side porch.
I forgot about it and by spring time, it had disappeared. I went to the dealer (10 years later) and ordered a new one. They looked at me sort of funny and asked what happaned to the rack. I told them that I had lost it, (more really weird looks).
I got a new one. I have known these people a long time and had all of their kids in school. They asked me if I should go back to school and see if it is there somewhere. Very funny- ha, ha! Gary

 

[maytagbear]

Heh.

Sandy, it only matters if someone else does it to you.

Louis-- them blenders can be "devilishly tricky blighters," according to J. K. Rowling's Gilderoy Lockheart.

Allen...I said "I will be laughing tomorrow." I am smiling now. Just a bit overscheduled and preoccupied this week.

Gary--Thank you! I feel a bit less stupid.

L/Mb

 

[kenmoreguy89]

Oh well, it's better for me to do not say the things I do at times, we all have these moments, just last week on Monday I was very tired as I didn't sleep, (kitten we saved and adopted  kept me awake all night long), well you know what I did?

I was unpacking after supermarket  and was in hurry as we had to go to dining out minutes later,  and I managed to put a soap in the refrigerator and the butter in the bathroom into soap holder!!!!

When I returned home and used toilet I expected to find  then a soap bar to unpack but no! What I found was a butter stick!!!!
I did laugh so much!
Everyone have these moments, don't be hard with yourself!

 

[petek]

Entering my dotage

Probably the worst of late... earlier in the year I bought a new HB crockpot but it failed in the middle of cooking one evening after about the 3rd use and I returned it to Lowes for a replacement. The replacement was working fine and then about a month or so ago I put in all my fixins for beef stew, plugged it in and nothing.. I was livid, since it hadn't cooked yet I put everything into a big bowl, stormed down the basement and got the box, put it all in as best I could. You know how stuff never goes back in the original box right but to hell with it.. Grabbed the box and flew off in the car to Lowes crockpot in hand. I get to the customer service desk and demand my money back but they said I was over the time limit for cash refunds or something and of course I'm biting my tongue trying to be pleasant telling them to go get a manager yada yada yada.. So while all this is going one of the girls who also works there is pulling the pot out of the box and I glance over at it and see the on/off button and it's like Oh fuck under my breath.. I'd forgotten to press the on/off button.. Well here's me feeling like the biggest idiot, apologizing, whatever and feeling 2 inches tall while I cart the thing back home LOL

 

[yogitunes]

We have all been there.....kicking ourselves after we figured out how simple a fix it was....sometimes you can stare and work at something for hours, and can't figure out why it doesn't fit or work....after a break, you can come back, and with a fresh mind, it all fits.....it happens.....

I fall along the lines of no short term memory at times.......was putting in my contacts one morning.....and put both in the same eye......now that was beyond stupid......I mean, its not like I have 100 eyes, and forgot eye number 78 again, one is in, one is out, one eye sees clear and one is fuzzy, even the labeled caps of the holders could not help me on these days.....its days of being brain dead....and better to just stay home.....or start over....later we do laugh at ourselves.....

theres no help for us......lol

 

[thor]

Kenwood Smothie Blender

After owing a Kenwood smoothie blender for a couple of months just for the sake of convenience I decided to store it with the small plastic cap INSIDE the blender jar and the long plastic fruit stir stick through the top cover, where the plastic cap usually sits. My wife doubted next time I used the blender I would remember to remove the plastic cap from the inside of the blender jar before turning it on. Of course, next time I used the blender I chopped the plastic cap along with the fruit. My wife was so right, I felt soooooo stupid...

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[fester]

We call that having a brain fart around here.

At least those minor goofs and screw ups can be easily rectified. My all time mechanical brain fart came while stuffing a freshly assembled 454 Rat motor in my old 72 Nova. My Bro and I massaged the headers a bit for clearance and set the big block on small block mounts to position it lower, dead center and closer to the fire wall. Next we bolted up the transmission and drive line and all the plumbing. Then we spun the oil pump with a dummy shaft to prime everything for initial fire up and run in. No oil pressure and oil running everywhere on the floor. That's when we noticed the main oil gallery plug sitting on the bench. As soon as the cursing contest eased up, we got to sop up all 7 quarts of oil unhook the trans, drive shaft and flywheel, install the plug and put it all back. It was 03:00 when the beast finally roared to life, flames crackling through the open headers. My old landlord, now thoroughly awakened, came over in his house coat to see what the hell was going on. He was a sport about it though. He snagged a beer out of the garage fridge, gave a little grin and said "sounds good, glad y'all got it going" before returning to bed. So much grief for forgetting that he devil truly is in the details. I make and use an assembly check list now.

 

[fido]

At least you have shelves to put in the wrong way! When I bought my solid fuel range last year I asked the seller for the shelves but he didn't have them. He buys these stoves and furnaces from Austria a truck load at a time so it was not something he had used himself. He said I could buy shelves anywhere but I'm still looking. The universal, telescopic sort would do but they are not easy to get.
Many years ago my mother was about to serve the chicken she had bought for Sunday lunch. She looked in the hot oven but no chicken! She had prepared and stuffed the bird, put it in the roasting tin and put the tin back in the cupboard instead of the oven!

 

[xraytech]

About a month ago I was cooking for a work picnic, I had several electric roasters lined up on my counter.
When I went to use the last one, a Westinghouse RO-91 I couldnt find the detachable cord for it, and had assumed that when I let someone borrow it it didnt return. So after cooking Kielbasa and sauerkraut for about 4 hours I lifted the cooking pan out to place in my trunk, and I then found my cord under the cooking pan.
Amazingly the cord never melted after baking at 350 degrees for a few hours. It was extremely hot when removed

 

[fido]

kolbász

Kielbasa? That's a Polish sausage isn't it? Does it contain paprika? There is a popular sausage in Hungary called kolbász which contains paprika but Hungarians are very fond of their paprika anyway.

 

[franksdad]

So glad

I'm not the only one who does stupid things.  About a month ago I had an apple core in one hand and a dirty glass in the other.  When I unloaded the dishwasher and found the apple core on the top rack and wondered what the...   Later I went to throw something in the trash and found the glass.  I realized then what I had done.   I felt so stupid!  Senior moment.  

 

 

[hotpointfan]

This is a good one

We keep sugar in a big plastic container sometimes near the laundry. I use a P&G big scoop to scoop sugar into the bowl. My gran came over once, and as the washer had been fixed, we hadn't got round to putting all the detergent back in place. My gran loaded it up, poured in a scoop of what she thought was powder, and she then asked me where the softener is, I peeped into the draw and said, "Grandma, that's sugar"!

I showed her where the Persil was after that.

 

[kevin313]

Lawrence - these are the crazy little things that make life interesting...you just have to keep your sense of humor!

A couple of weeks ago I was cussing out my old Westy stove because my pan of tomato soup was not getting warm - I was sure the element went dead or worse, there was a wiring problem. Turns out I had the rear burner turned on insteaad of the front. Color me dumb!

 

[ovrphil]

I can think of similar jokes myself played on me. I blame my other self, wherever it lurks.

Too funny, Maytagbear -thanks for giving everyone a smile today..reminds me of many moronic dupiash (spelling might be wrong)things I have done in my life.

Phil