AIBU to ask what you can never get the hang of using?

[PeachyCandle]

For me it's window blinds. The strings always confuse me, they flip the wrong way, or get jammed. At work I managed to pull some off the wall. We moved into a new house last week and I've already got the blinds in 2 different rooms wonky and stuck.

I'm also pretty useless with tin openers and usually have to ask for assistance.

Mobile phones!

my tumble dryer, my old one was recalled by manufacturer it was simple and worked great for nearly 10 years. Got an upgrade/replacement with all the bells and whistles, yet, I cannot work most of the damn programs. so I just use the basic drying cycle.

Eyeliner/Mascara

Changing a tyre on my bloody car.

Have to resort to looking helpless for man to rescue me.

It's pathetic.

Excel.

However, my CV says I'm proficient in it

My bloody DVD player. Always echoes the tv channel when I'm watching a film ☹️
Can anyone help?

Locks and keys. Always turn them the wrong way, useless with those that need a bit of a wiggle.

My burglar alarm. Good job I have dogs, burglars paradise here otherwise.

Can do Excel though.

Fax machines
Twitter
My hair

A hoover on the stairs

Had a bamboo roller blind in the 90's - none of us could control it. We used to yank it up then lash the cord round the window latch. Flatmates boyfriend was the only one who could control it when he visited.
Wallpapering. I can cut, paste and fold. Just don't ask me to put it on a wall.

Doors. Unless there is a very obvious label, I don't know whether to push or pull. Even if there is a label, I often get it wrong. Even if I've used that door plenty of times before

Parallel Parking...I will literally drive around for hours to find somewhere I can park.
I cannot keep a houseplant...without it dying within a couple of weeks!
Excel formulas....baffling!
Flat pack furniture! ...I can't even....

Forks. Soup always leaks between the gaps

My stroller I can get it up but have to refuse lifts in the rain as I cannot for the life of me put it down DP makes it look so easy if I drove Id have bought a new stroller.

Social media. It's just showing off. I don't get it.

I'm a fully grown adult but if a bottle of wine has a cork instead of a screw top I can't open it and have to call on someone more adultier.

Social media. It's just showing off. I don't get it.

Oooh, now that I do know. Mumsnet is a form of social media, so surely you must get it on some level?!

Numbers. I can remember my dad's first car reg and our first phone number (when they had letters! ) but pretty much nothing since then! But I know Latin plant names like Bellis perennis for daisies, which is rather less useful.

Timers for the lamp in the lounge

Plastic wrap. I think you all call it cling film. I can work it. It sticks to itself, it sticks to everything but what I need it to stick to. I love the press and seal kind.

Looking smart. I've been trying for years. Something always gives it away. Shoes perfect? Nails still full of the morning's gardening. Everything coordinated and hair tamed? Gravy stain on shirt.

Thanks OP, great thread, I identify with so many things people have said. Thought it was just me

Anyone else's washing machine.

Those pump dispensers for hand wash.

YY to corned beef tins.

Loads of stuff and I'm a reasonably competent middle-aged woman

Getting sleeping bags back into those thimble sized bags that they come in. I fold,I roll, I scrunch, I squeeze, I still end up with half the sodding thing spilling out the top.

Recently took my year 6 class on residential and couldn't do a single one of the sleeping bags I was asked to help with. Had to find a competent child and send her round to do them all . She showed me her technique several times. Still couldn't do it. Might as well be magic.

I can't wink - much to my DH's amusement both eyes insist on closing together!