My supervisor at work started a conversation today about simple things that we realize after years of "dealing" with not knowing them. The first one he mentioned was the little arrow on the gas gauge of your car. We have all gotten into a rental or borrowed a friend's car and pulled up to the gas station not knowing which side of the car the fuel door is on. Well... there is a small arrow beside the gauge which tells you!
That one I did actually know before today, but the second one he mentioned I didn't. He has been dealing with leaky paper cups from Starbucks or Caribou and just simply thought "Well, you get a leaky one every now and then." It took him 40 years to realize that if the seam of the paper cup lines up with the opening of the plastic lid, your cup leaks!
Then, I started thinking. This is actually an interesting topic- what simple things have I "discovered"? The one that just came to mind has to do with bed sheets. For a long time, I put the fitted sheet on as usual, then put the flat sheet on top- right side of the fabric up. This way, along the side of the bed, you could see the pretty side. I was always annoyed when I got into bed by feeling the semi-scratchy wrong side of the fabric. Turns out, I learned from my Grandmother a few years ago (while helping her make her bed!), that the right side of the fabric is supposed to face down and the top hem of the sheet gets turned back!
Ok, I know there are more. I'm on a mission.
