If you could get scout badges (or guide) for adult life, what would you get

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If scout or guide badges were given out for adult life skills - which ones would you get?

I reckon I could pass 'making a good cheese sauce' and 'advanced excel skills'.

I could definitely get a Wine and spirits 'appreciation' badge
also;
Making the house presentable in 10 mins or less
Hangover management/curing
Last minute Homework coordination
Excessively elaborate children's birthday parties

The very first adulting badge should be ‘does not run out of toilet paper’. That was my first adult life skill.

Time wasting

Changing three beds in under 10 minutes

Looking in cupboards in the hope of finding something non-fattening to eat and shutting the cupboard door again - repeat throughout day

Getting everyone out the door in the morning with minimal things forgotten

Dog walking

Pretending to care
Being nice to annoying people
Not saying "actually I'm a volunteer" to people dropping their kids off at the activity I help with asking me "are you one of the workers?"
Sewing on badges
Making a DC who "wants all the badges" work towards them
Necking vodka and not having a hangover

I'd get a skiving badge.

newyear - how do I work towards the "being nice to annoying people" badge? I really really need to and I'm so so bad at it.

Working on the laptop while breastfeeding a toddler badge...I think I should get a super shiny one too for the time I submitted a maths assignment while feeding a grumpy 2 year old who'd just woken up.

Makes a nice sponge with a variety of fillings badge.

Took weaning baby on a plane by myself badge.

I would fail a 'using google maps' badge. I hand my phone to strangers and ask them to point me the right way!

Spider eviction.

If get the golden 'P'
Pacifist
Pessimist
Procrastinator

Today I think I deserve a “putting MYSELF out to do other people a good turn” badge.
2 extra kids added to the school run (along the route) at the last second. Yes, I am keeping a mental tab...
But my Honorary badge would be in “Reading Bedtime Stories 20 Years’ Service”.

I am currently wearing three badges. One is a bullying and harassment adviser badge, the other two are badges are for completing activities at Center Parcs .

I have one for laser combat, which is nothing to be proud of, but I wear my Aerial Adventure badge with definite pride. Its very useful in meetings, to think 'no matter how shit this is, at least I'm not 6 m up a tree being harassed by a wasp.

Dishwasher loading badge.

I am literally an expert in loading dishwashers efficiently.

A 'sewing on Beaver badges' badge. No-one told me that I would need to be able to sew (a lot!) when I signed DD up for Beavers - challenge badges, district badges, group badges, activity badges...

I'd get a 'Delegating' badge no bother. Not to blow my own trumpet, but I'm very good at that.
I'd also get a 'Making Decent Meals From Leftover Fridge Crap' badge.

DH would easily get his 'Spider/Moth/Caterpillar... Catching' badges.
And an 'Always Completes Jobs From A List' badge. He's great at it.

Looking properly, with my eyes Badge
AKA: finding things others have already "looked" for Badge.

I'd definitely have my folding fitted sheets badge

I definitely wouldn't! Please share your tips especially the king size buggers.

Hanging the laundry in a logical way badge.

Being able to programme multiple programmes to record on the TV box.

Being able to dispose of nuisance phone callers in less than 5 seconds.

Being able to keep houseplants alive.

Being able to find things in less than 5 seconds when DH or DC are getting very cross and shouting about "it's GONE! someone's STOLEN IT!"

Being able to pack the fridge in a logical way with raw meat at the bottom and desserts at the top (I am famously particular about the way our fridge is packed after shopping and have trained DH and DDs to obey the fridge packing rules).

Washing and vacuuming the car badge.

Comparison shopping badge.

Getting the wireless printer to work badge when it's gone offline again and no one else in the house can get it to come back online again...

Embroidery
Lace making
Reading
Marathon sleeping and TV watching
Writing
Orienteering
Lateral thinking
Money management
Homework patrolling
Cleaning
Cake making
Office skills
Navigating
Making a scene

• fish finger sandwich making
• doing things one handed whilst holding a small child
• taking flippant comments to heart
• cosy evening planning
• advanced holding a grudge badge

The 'spending all day in a classroom without swearing' badge

Festival camping
Cooking on both gas and electric cookers
Getting a doctor's appointment in under three days
Driving for a month without upsetting another road user
Holiday booking

Filling up tyres with air. Still can't master that one

With my teacher hat on:

Writing reports with a positive slant : 'is beginning to interact positively with his/ her peers' etc

Ticking boxes and jumping through hoops

Smiling and nodding at parents

Being mum to kids on my class who haven't been fed etc

Advanced procastination

Frittering away evenings on MN

Finding Things Badge (I have 'magic finding eyes' accordingto DH)

Extreme Sleep Deprivation

Holidaying Solo With Baby (Inverness with 8 month old DS)