Do you ever do little, subtle dumb things? Not obvious bloopers like blurting out the wrong things, running a red light because you were zoned out..but things you'd never even know you did if noone pointed them out to you.

Yesterday at work I asked my coworker if she'd ring me through with my purchase(and I wasn't on a break, there were just no customers around) and as I was waiting for her to finish what she was doing and start putting in the purchase, I saw a customer walking towards the desk from the neighboring department(I work in a department store, btw) and I must have gotten really focused on that for some unknown reason. When she asked what I was paying with I thought I had already given her the card, and when I mentioned that she said, "no, you were holding it then i watched you put it right back in your wallet" and she was quite amused not just by the fact that I'd done that but also that I had no idea I had.

These minor things can be embarassing..nothing to get uptight over really, I just laugh at myself..but when you do it frequently it gets a bit irritating. Does anyone else find the same thing?

Wheresmykeys, I have to laugh at myself when I do stuff like that.

Sometimes in the morning, I'm looking all over for my eyeglasses, I catch myself in the mirror, and find them literally right in front of my eyes, I already have 'em on. The other day, I caught my son putting the cereal in the fridge. We both cracked up about that one, because I know that's pretty commen thing to do. :-)

Every Tuesday morning I take the train from the suburb where I live into the centre of Glasgow, where I get another train to London.

I usually buy a ticket before boarding the train then go through this embarassing search through my bag, purse and every pocket for it when the on-board ticket inspector demands to see it. I usually find it eventually though two weeks ago I lost it for real and had to buy another ticket. I guess it must have fallen out of whichever pocket I'd absent-mindedly thrust it into.

Last week I was determined to keep focussed. I bought the ticket and carefully placed it in my inside jacket pocket and left the ticket office repeating "inside jacket pocket" to myself like a mantra.

I walked to the far end of the platform and waited for the train. I was lost in thought when I heard a voice behind me saying, "Excuse me but I believe this is your wallet." It was the clerk from the ticket office. I was so focussed on looking after my ticket that I'd left my wallet with all my cash and credit cards on the counter.

And I'd been about to begin a 400 mile journey without it.

:eek:

The other day, I caught my son putting the cereal in the fridge. We both cracked up about that one, because I know that's pretty commen thing to do. :-)
:D I can top that one. When my son was little I used to put a bowl of cereal out on his little table for him before I went to bed with a little jug of milk next to it. I'd trained him not to disturb me when he woke at the crack of dawn but to come downstairs, eat his bowl of cereal and watch cartoons on TV for a while.

One day he woke me at the crack of dawn in some distress. Instead of leaving his bowl of cereal on his little table, I'd left a couple of empty milk bottles.

I'd put his bowl of cereal outside on the doorstep to be collected by the milkman!

One time as I was walking out of a restuarant my cell phone rang. It was one of my good friends from high school and we started to chat, and once I got into the car I said "Shoot, I left my phone in the restaurant!" I ran inside in search of my phone and I wasn't even paying attention to my friend on the line. I ran into my server and asked, "Did I happen to leave my phone on the table?" (I still had the phone up to my ear) After a 5 second pause I said "Nevermind, Its right here." I felt really dumb and the server just laughed. My friend was trying to explain to me that I was talking to him on my phone the whole time, but I wasnt paying attention to him because I was so busy trying to find it. What was I thinking? I obviously wasn't.

HAHA ADDguy that is hilarious. I can't find my phone all the time, often as I am talking on it or holding it, or doing something with it. Or, if I don't have it and put it in a friends bag or something, I am constantly having mini panics "Where are my keys?!" ahah I mean "where is my phone". That just goes to show how often I can't find those either. Anyways, your little story really amused me because that is definitely something Id do, but I usually have someone with me whose used to that and knows how to clue me in faster than I can run into a restuarant and start asking. I would have been mortified if I had done what you did, but I would have laughed later for sure.
Yep, life is never dull with ADD.

This July 4th weekend, my sister and her family (2 girls, ages 8 and 2) went to a BBQ where there were quite a few bugs. My sister had come prepared with bug spray....so she brought each kid over and fully sprayed their backs, legs, everything. All the while, my nieces were complaining about how yucky bug spray felt on thier skin, and my sister was like, well, you don't want the bugs to bite, do you? Anyways, after they had all been sprayed, my sister starts to put the can away when she notices the label for the first time--not for OFF as she had thought, but of cooking oil spray!

My brother-in-law claims that my sister was planning on BBQing the kids ;)

Love this old thread - it's so funny!

Here's my little dumb thing:
A few weeks ago I had an early meeting, so I made a special effort to leave the house in plenty of time. I even had enough time to go through the McDonald's drive thru for breakfast.

As I pulled out of the drive thru lane, I stopped for by the trash can to toss out some trash I had in the front seat and then drove on toward my meeting location, intending to eat my breakfast along the way. But where was it?

I searched all the parts of the car within searching reach while I was still speeding down the highway before it dawned on me that wasn't trash I tossed out...it was my breakfast! And, I could not go back because then I would no longer be on time, after I made such a special effort....

If I'm doing something mundane and boring, I can't even remember if I've done it or not. It is like an out of body experience takes place and I float away while the dull details are attended to or not. Leaves a lot of double checking on bad days.

If I'm doing something mundane and boring, I can't even remember if I've done it or not. It is like an out of body experience takes place and I float away while the dull details are attended to or not.


BLINK!!! I LOVE YOUR DESCRIPTION! That's EXACTLY how I'd describe that state!

However, now that I think about it -- I did PLENTY of boring, mundane tasks when I was working at my last job, BUT I'D SCREW THEM UP A LOT so I'd have to find a way to PAY CLOSE ATTENTION to them. How'd I do it? I GUESS (from other peoples' observations of me) whatever I did to stay focused (usually talk to myself, saying each step over & over like a mantra) it involved a STRANGE EXPRESSION on my face. Upon seeing me, my co-workers would always say something like, "What's wrong?" or "Oops! Looks like somebody's having a bad day!" or "Are YOU OKAY?!"

And I'd usually say, "I'm fine. I'm just concentrating." Or I'd say, "Shhhhh!!!!"

Looking back on it, it's kinda embarrassing.

Sue

This July 4th weekend, my sister and her family (2 girls, ages 8 and 2) went to a BBQ where there were quite a few bugs. My sister had come prepared with bug spray....so she brought each kid over and fully sprayed their backs, legs, everything. All the while, my nieces were complaining about how yucky bug spray felt on thier skin, and my sister was like, well, you don't want the bugs to bite, do you? Anyways, after they had all been sprayed, my sister starts to put the can away when she notices the label for the first time--not for OFF as she had thought, but of cooking oil spray!
I used to use a spray underarm deoderant, but had to switch to a stick type, because I kept mindlessly using hairspray on my underarms. (Talk about feeling yucky -- and HARD to wash off!)

Have also found myself standing in front of the door to my house, wondering why it won't unlock, then realizing I'm standing there clicking at it with the remote for my car.

Oh, Futz, that reminded me of a dumb thing at work. There, we have the automated everything in the bathrooms, so you don't have to touch anything in there. We are all OCD, dont' even touch the door for the strategically-placed paper towel bin right by the door. All these things are great, except they train you to: Walk out of ANY potty and not flush, and wave your hands fruitlessly under the sink and in front of the paper-towel dispenser. Causes really funny looks, say, in a restaraunt restroom.

I've done the car remote thing too, in front of the front door, AND in front of the child. Didn't work either time. :-(

whatever I did to stay focused (usually talk to myself, saying each step over & over like a mantra)
Can't think of anything funny right now, but I do talk to myself all of the time - it's so much easier to think that way - especially when I need to concentrate or figure something out. I used to keep it to a mumble and be careful about doing it in front of others - but since I've been working at home, I've kind of let that defense down. So sometimes I'll forget that people are around and will be talking to myself in a normal voice without realizing it (until someone says, "What?"). It's so natural for me - I forget it's not something that everyone does.

I used to use a spray underarm deoderant, but had to switch to a stick type, because I kept mindlessly using hairspray on my underarms. (Talk about feeling yucky -- and HARD to wash off!)That is funny. Thanks for the first big laugh of the day.