Apparently, more than one. Here is my story....
We have one of those combination light/fan fixtures in our bathroom and the light bulb had blown out. So, I got out the step ladder, newly purchased bulbs and the vacuum cleaner to change the light bulb and clean the fixture. I was going to be up there anyway, might as well bite the bullet and clean it properly.
I removed the plastic cover, vacuumed the fixture and then removed the blown bulb. So far, so good. Right. So, I then grab a new bulb and get back up on the step ladder to screw in the new bulb.
It would not fit.
What?
I tried again and again, and the bulb would not fit. So, I went out into the soon to be dining room and hijacked a bulb from a lamp. It also, would not fit.
What??
When I tell you that I could not figure out what on Earth was going on, I am not kidding. I was truly perplexed. I tried one more time, pushing really hard on the bulb to make it fit. While I succeeded in getting the bulb into the socket, it would not screw in. I tried it both way. No dice.
Huh?
Then it hit me. When I unscrewed the blown bulb, the metal threaded part remained in the socket and I, like a moron, had spent at least a half an hour total trying to change that light bulb. So, I marched downstairs, turned off the breaker, returned back upstairs and removed the metal threaded part from the socket and screwed in the light bulb.
I felt, and still feel, really stupid. Sometimes I wonder about myself - and this did not help. So, if you have done anything silly this week, just compare it to what I did and feel better about yourself. At least you can change a light bulb!
7 comments:
I have 8 burned out light bulbs that need changing. And have needed changing for MONTHS! I went to get a light bulb for the lamp in the living room because, after 4 weeks of it not working, I was frustrated. Turns out my husband returned an EMPTY light bulb box to the shelf. Argh!
Well, you should've seen me, the first time I tried to change a halogen headlight in my car. This isn't the obnoxiously bright sort of headlight - just a regular headlight. I went through two of them before I was told you're not supposed to touch the bulb when you're installing it. I'll tell you what - I was fit to be tied and ill as a hornet when I found out you CAN'T TOUCH THE BULB WHILE INSTALLING IT. ?!!?!?!? That is totally stupid. Apparently, the oils in your hand somehow cause the gases in the bulb to dissipate and then disintegrate when you touch it. They don't tell you these things when you walk into a car parts store and buy a headlight.
And they want to act like women are stupid for not knowing anything about cars. Pppshaw! Who the hell would ever dream up such a ridiculous idea as a light bulb you can't touch in order to replace??? Men are idiots. There's got to be some way to make a headlight that you can touch in order to replace, Good Lord!
Shauna: Light bulbs and milk cartons.....when will they ever learn? ;-)
Julie: You have a terrible habit of not reading the directions - not that they actually make the directions easy to understand. It is a catch-22 if you ask me!
What? Directions? Why should anyone need directions in order to change a light bulb?! All I can say is that it's dumb to make a lightbulb you aren't supposed to touch. One word - asinine! Stupid people making stupid products equals disaster for those of us who have one tiny bit of common sense. I may have an unhealthy habit of not following directions. I admit that. But there are directions on my shampoo bottle and I don't follow those directions, either. You want to know why? Because I shouldn't have to be read some idiotic set of instructions in order to know how to wash my hair! Same thing applies to changing a headlight in my car. It is a light bulb. It should be that I can take the bad one out and put a good one in. But some Bocephus decided to make headlights such that you cannot *touch* the headlight while replacing it. Why? I have no idea. Why does anyone make anything harder than it needs to be? I'd love for someone to explain that to me. Certain human beings having a lack of the sense God gave a gopher is not something I'm capable of explaining. All I know is that it's WRONG to make a bulb you can't touch in order to replace and only a twisted fool would ever come up with such a stupid idea.
Who's with me?!?!
Having said all that, I realize I got off the point.
Yeah, you had to change a light bulb and you didn't realize the metal part was still in the socket. Whatever. You figured it out and that's better than what I would've done. I would've eventually gone into a blind rage and smashed the entire fixture. Then, I would've been forced to call my landlord and make up some outlandish story for how the fixture got wrecked. It would've gone something like this...
"Hello, Mr. Landlord. Yeah, I've got a problem with the light fixture in my bathroom. I think a pack of wild monkeys must've come into my apartment while I wasn't home and, for some reason, targeted the bathroom light fixture. I mean, it's a real mess. I think you're going to have to replace the whole fixture and while you're at it, I've got a leak under my kitchen sink that should probably be looked at."
Don't feel bad. We all make silly mistakes. Just feel better that you're not the type to make a silly mistake into something much worse....
Jen, I say you redeemed yourself by knowing how to turn off the ciruit breaker! Many women would have no idea how to do that, if they even knew what a circuit breaker was! Well done!! Sharon
I know how to change one too! LOL! By necessity, but I learned it.
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