Finding humor in the 'oops' moments...
I'm going to share a couple of stories from this week that hopefully will make you laugh (mostly at me).
A couple of days ago I decided to check out the Captain's Lounge. Many marinas have these gathering places where you can use the wifi, meet others, watch TV, or just lounge. I always check them out for their bookshelves. Boaters don't want extra 'stuff' on their boats, so we often read a book, leave it for someone else, then take a book. Some of these books have likely been around the planet a few times. Anyway....I went to take my first look at the book selection (huge). I chose a few, left a few and was ready to return to the boat. I couldn't get out. I used a key card to get in and the door had locked behind me. No one else was around. There was a 'push to exit' button. Yeah, that didn't do anything. It appeared the power was out in the room, lights wouldn't turn on, fan wasn't running. Probably affected the button too. I laughed at myself as I texted Jack who was on the boat and who had a 2nd key card (thank goodness). Then Jack laughed at me as he let me out. He said I wasn't going to live this one down. If I want to go get more books, I will need to take someone with me to post outside!
The next day I went to a large grocery store, Soriana. One of the items I needed was a pound of ground beef. Well, I knew I needed to order it in kilograms, so I did a quick conversion. I asked the butcher, in my best Spanish, for 2 kilos of ground beef. He began gathering and wrapping up what looked like a HUGE amount of beef. It was then that I realized I had converted in the wrong direction - I should have requested less than half a kilogram. At this point, I was too embarrassed to ask him to take back over 4 pounds of ground beef, so I took it like I was making burgers for 20. Kids, learn the metric system!!
There will be many more oops events - they are all learning moments and the best way to deal with them is laugh. When life gives you too much ground beef...invite someone over for tacos!
On a side note - I'm cleaning out a cupboard, anyone need any of this?
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| Text from me to my son Jack. Once you're done laughing at me, read on to see how I ended up in this mess.... |
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| Costa Baja, La Paz Captain's lounge |
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| Jack in the act of letting me out - this is after he laughed at me |
The next day I went to a large grocery store, Soriana. One of the items I needed was a pound of ground beef. Well, I knew I needed to order it in kilograms, so I did a quick conversion. I asked the butcher, in my best Spanish, for 2 kilos of ground beef. He began gathering and wrapping up what looked like a HUGE amount of beef. It was then that I realized I had converted in the wrong direction - I should have requested less than half a kilogram. At this point, I was too embarrassed to ask him to take back over 4 pounds of ground beef, so I took it like I was making burgers for 20. Kids, learn the metric system!!
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| Lots of frozen ground beef in my freezer |
On a side note - I'm cleaning out a cupboard, anyone need any of this?
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| Probably don't need this anymore. |
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