Have you ever been distracted and done something odd absent mindedly?

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A few days ago I got out a fresh bag of baby carrots to have with a sliced up tomato. Once i got out my wanted amount, I went to a drawer where we keep some rubber bands to grab one and seal up the bag to keep them fresh in the refridgerator

The next day, my dad informed me that he had found a bag of carrots in the drawer :face_with_raised_eyebrow:. Apparently, after sticking the rubber band around the carrots, I had put them in this drawer.

Anywho, just wondering if anyone can remember doing something like this, and if so, what?

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Years ago for my Mom’s birthday I bought her a chocolate ice cream cake.

I mistakenly put the cake in the fridge instead of the freezer. When I proudly went to the fridge to bring out the cake…it was a dark puddle of mud!

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I’ve tried using the car key fob to unlock my front door a few times.

I’d be pressing the little button a billion times like “why is this not working?” :rage:

Then slowly I’d realize, “…oh,” and feel reeeaally dumb :sweat_smile:.

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I do small stuff like that sometimes. Sometimes I reach for my medication in the morning instead of the omega 3 capsules which I’m supposed to take at that time. I usually catch myself before I have done the mistake.

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I couldn’t find one of my cameras last week. I spent all day looking. My wife found that I had placed it into the pantry for some reason.

Doh.

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My best friend once came to visit. I was alone in my dorm room. We played some video games, then he left. An hour or so later I was getting ready to go shopping. I wanted to put the boots on … and realized those weren’t my boots!!
My best friend had accidentally switched shoes with me. I called him on the spot. Guess what, he hadn’t realized his mistake yet.

We aren’t best friends for nothing. We often complete each other’s sentences. I don’t otherwise believe in telepathy, but there’s something fishy going on between us. Oh, and yes, we have the same foot size.

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I put the eggs in the freezer. Frozen eggs are interesting to cook with.

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Pretty sure like 1/4 guys who used to frequent bars have accidentally drunk a drink with a cigarette butt in it at some point. Happened to me once, I don’t smoke or go to bars anymore though.

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Oh @Bowens ! lol being distracted and thinking about a million things at once and then accidentally doing something odd absentmindedly is literally the story of my life!! I feel you!!

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@Bowens

I once found my favorite lip balm in the freezer. I have a problem. :rofl:

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I once made a tragic mistake when I was running late for work and tried to brush my teeth while shaving…

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I did this at work once. Stood there in front of my locked office door pressing my car remote. Thankfully no one saw me.

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Yes, but now you’ve told about 150 people plus the rest of the web that can read this public forum…so there is that. :smile:

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If anyone asks, I forgot where I parked and was trying to find my car. :smile:

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I was taking care of my niece the other night. Got done feeding her, scraped the dish then threw the spoon in the trash. I don’t know why. Maybe cause it’s plastic rubber stuff. I was handling a lot of things at once.

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smoked the cigarette backwards and lighting the end (filter) because of derealization, dissociation.

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i found my phone in a plastic container with meat in the fridge once

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I do that too.

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https://www.thompsonsales.com/thompson-sales-explains-why-your-head-can-increase-the-range-of-your-key-fob/#:~:text=Holding%20the%20Fob%20to%20Your%20Head&text=Holding%20a%20remote%20key%20fob%20to%20your%20chin%20increases%20its%20range.

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