Selective seeing?

[Summerfly413]

I went to Publix to get milk and eggs.

Yes, I have been to a supermarket before. I know to expect the eggs and milk to be near each other.

I find the milk. Now, where are the eggs? They must be around here somewhere.

*look* ..Hmm...

I see an employee and ask where the eggs are(holding the milk already).

"You're joking right?"

-Sadly I wasn't.

The eggs were RIGHT NEXT TO the milk. I probably looked right at them, but didn't see them at all.

I thanked him, got my eggs, and felt stupid and laughed at myself.

[Aethian]

When one can laugh at themselves....it's a good thing.

[HYHYBT]

There have been threads around here complaining of folks like you from time to time, but EVERYBODY does it.

The other day I was looking everywhere for my keys. I checked the counter where they usually are several times, as well as the stove, the bathroom, the pantry, the lock on the outside of the door, inside the refrigerator, etc (all of which have been the right answer from time to time) only to find them, finally... IN MY OTHER HAND.

[Aethian]

HA! I've done that. I will even move the keys from hand to hand while I check my five outer coat pockets, two inner coat pockets, two snow pant pockets, three work shirt pockets, two work pant pockets, and even in my purse. All while holding them.

[bhskittykatt]

We ALL do that. I am famous for not noticing a 4 ft wooden camel in the middle of my living room.

Basically, Hubby found a 4 ft tall wooden camel. He brought it home and put it in the living room. When I got home, he waited for me to notice. After 4 hours he finally gave up and had to point it out to me.

So yeah, don't feel too bad about your brain burp!

[Cazzi]

LOL
I'm so good at doing that it's gotten to the stage where I will ask an assistant for help & say that I've probably been staring at the item for ages without seeing it

Gives them a chuckle anyway

[Larry1]

Too many pockets

HA! I've done that. I will even move the keys from hand to hand while I check my five outer coat pockets, two inner coat pockets, two snow pant pockets, three work shirt pockets, two work pant pockets, and even in my purse. All while holding them.

Please tell me that you don't wear a hat
Why don't you get one of those things that attaches to your belt and put your keys on there? People probably think your having a fit or something when you start checking all those pockets.

[Aethian]

Please tell me that you don't wear a hat
Why don't you get one of those things that attaches to your belt and put your keys on there? People probably think your having a fit or something when you start checking all those pockets.

I wear a baseball cap?

I was still in the house I am assured that the dog's didn't care that I was looking for my keys at 6:50am and more to the fact that the light was on and they were trying to sleep.

As for looking for keys at work, I have several coworkers that sometimes have to check all of their work jacket pockets for maybe a postage due we picked up, filled out collection slip, or maybe our truck key. It's real easy with as many pockets as we have sometimes to grab our keys and stick them into a pocket and then have to remember what pocket we put them into. All I knew is that I had last seen them as I was putting on my various layers to stay warm.

[HYHYBT]

We ALL do that. I am famous for not noticing a 4 ft wooden camel in the middle of my living room.

Basically, Hubby found a 4 ft tall wooden camel. He brought it home and put it in the living room. When I got home, he waited for me to notice. After 4 hours he finally gave up and had to point it out to me.

So yeah, don't feel too bad about your brain burp!

Have to remember that: the elephant in the room is a camel.

[Larry1]

Just kidding you

Please tell me that you don't wear a hat
Why don't you get one of those things that attaches to your belt and put your keys on there? People probably think your having a fit or something when you start checking all those pockets.

I was sorta just making a joke.............. When I asked Please tell me that you don't wear a hat I meant that I've had more than one person ask me if I've seen their hat anywhere? When In fact they were actually wearing it at the time.
The same goes for eyeglasses. Have you seen them? Yup they're on your head.
That's all...just kidding around. nothing deep here

[Ree]

I got really pissed off at work the other day.

I keep a set of cutlery in the breakroom cupboard so I don't have to try and remember to bring them with me all the time.

Every little while, I find that someone has used it and lost or taken a piece, and I end up having to replace a missing fork or spoon.

I'm on my 4th replacement spoon.

I was feeling like crap that day, and I opened the cupboard to see the spoon was missing again.
I looked in the drawers and sink and I asked if, by any chance, someone was using my spoon.

All I had for lunch was a fruit cup because that was all I felt like eating. I needed a spoon.

I ended up having to practically drag myself all the way down to the floor of the store and buy a new spoon.
While I was doing that, I ended up getting called to the service desk by one of my coworkers who had a problem.

I was getting really pissed.

I dragged my butt all the way back upstairs and when I went to wash the spoon, there was my old spoon sitting in the sink.

It had obviously been there before, but I was so sick and tired, and got so mad that I flew off and didn't even see it sitting there.

I felt kind of stupid.

[XCashier]

I thanked him, got my eggs, and felt stupid and laughed at myself.

Everyone has a brain fart once in a while. And at least you thanked him; many people don't even do that much.

[Plague*Star]

The eggs were RIGHT NEXT TO the milk. I probably looked right at them, but didn't see them at all.

You need your eyes eggs-amined.

P*S

[dalesys]

You need your eyes eggs-amined.

P*S

And then the yolk is on you...

[XCashier]

You need your eyes eggs-amined.

And then the yolk is on you...

Just don't be shell-fish about it.