What are your underwhelming skills that you’re privately quite proud of

[Breakfastburrito]

Mine are:

Being exceptionally good at slicing bread (straight, even slices every time, even on squishy, unevenly shaped loaves)

Uncannily accurate at guessing the time when I haven’t looked at a clock for hours - I’m never more than a few minutes out.

Tell me the things you can do that are not that impressive!

I can scan read documents and pick out the important points without actually reading it. Can also spot a typo at the same time.

I too know the time with out looking at a clock, even if I wake up in the middle of the night during a deep sleep I can guess the time within about 30 mins without looking at the clock.

Omelette and scrambled egg making.
Knowing what direction I'm going in places I've never visited before. I never get lost.
Sudoku.
Remembering phone numbers and license platess.

I can fold fitted sheets perfectly every time.

Days I want your job I have zero experience, an English degree, and a yearning to do something which involves being a right pedant for a living — any openings?

Also I'm spectacular when it comes to fitting lots of camping gear in the car. I even amaze myself with what I can cram in.

I'm excellent at remembering everyone's birthday and mobile/telephone numbers - even people who i haven't seen for years.

I too am good at map reading, from a paper map....give me a sat nav though and I haven't the foggiest where the hell I am.

I used to be awesome at waking in the night and knowing exactly what time it was til I started doing shifts work and its knackered my spidey senses.

I can make a bed /change a duvet in seconds, but that probably due to being under ridiculous pressure working in hotels .

Nutella — definitely a curse sometimes. I once had to go round a waiting room reading all the notices and posters because my feeling of discomfort told me one of them had a misplaced apostrophe, but I didn't know which one.

Me too Uannanana.
I can't do it in a car tho. Envious of that.

And I remember everyone's birthday.

I have a great memory for song lyrics

Excellent long-term memory including date ranges & tiny details, remembering phone numbers.
Short term memory is crap.

I'm really good at wordsearches. Like a pp said, it's like they glow or stand out in a different colour

I’m really good at asking Alexa how much time is left on my cooking timers when there’s less than ten seconds to go.

I am really good at getting everything into the freezer. DH insists everything won't fit but everything DOES.

I can read really fast and take in all signs and information around me without really consciously reading. I don't actually feel this is a skill but if I'm ever anywhere new with people they ask questions which seem inane to me "ooh which way is the conference room" or "how much is the parking" or "what time does it close" etc and I don't understand how they don't know, we've walked past the sign that says the answer. DH says not everyone reads every word that they walk past.

I can make a white sauce by eye using the roux method, lumpless and perfect every time.

I can make four pancakes at a time (four different pans) and never have a duff first one.

I can also fold a fitted sheet.

Clock in the head here too!

And I’m very physically strong.

I am really good at converting currency in my head when on holiday. No mathematical process is involved, I just know.

Put a selection of jewellery on front of me and I will always choose the most expensive!
Today's example of "oh that's nice" was a ring from Boodles - a snip at £62.5k!!

If you throw anything at me, literally anything, I will catch it.

My DH throws legso at me from across the room to check I haven't lost my 'powers' 🙄

Christ these are like some ninja level skills. Folding a fitted sheet, this is impossible!!!!!

Also Tetris and punctuation, spelling etc. Also an astonishing memory for numbers and the like.

On the other hand, I can fall over a flat floor in flat shoes whilst stone, cold sober.

I always make perfect poached eggs.

My ‘body clock’ is very good, I always wake up at 5:43, my alarm is set for 5:45, I’m also very good at approximating the time during the day.

I'm good at reversing trailers and finding underground water. (not at the same time)