Why is it that men never read instructions ? They open the box throw aside the instruction leaflet and off they go.
We rarely leave the compound and since it's been at least 2 weeks since any of us has seen the world outside, our car battery is flat. This tends to happen quite frequently and our usual recourse is call a friend who lives some 10km away. But not this time! Oh no! We've just purchased a wonderful new Jump Starter and Charger from Lidl.
But a machine is only as good as its operator and that operator is my brother, bless him. Working things out is not his forte so following considerable wailing and gnashing of teeth the second brother is called into the fray. I say brother, I mean half-brother, though he could be a brother and a half since he weighs twenty stone.
Does he read the instructions? Nah, and my suggestion that he do so or indeed consult UTUBE is met with scorn as off he goes huffing and puffing, twiddling knobs and pushing buttons. But alas, tumbleweed. No spark, no sound. The lights are on, but as they say, there ain't nobody home…and I’m not just talking about the charging machine:)
Result? Out comes the phone to call our friend and the charger is consigned to the shed, never to see the light of day again. If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
Of course I read the instructions myself and couldn't make head or tail of them. But then, I'm a woman. Men are naturally wired for this sort of thing. No? Don't get me wrong now. I love men, they have multifarious uses and it irks me when I hear young women say we could do without them. I mean who'd run into those burning buildings, operate the oil rigs and do all the other shitty jobs done almost exclusively by men? Not this lady. No siree!
Men are wonderful creatures. If only they came with an instruction manual or indeed could learn to read one.
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