Why Are The Scissors Not Where I Left Them?

[hipmamajen]

It wouldn't be such a big deal, but I buy scissors like gum, and I have at least 50 pairs in my house right now. Maybe 75.

Does this happen to other people?

I have the same problem with lip balm and tape.

 

[fljoe0]

7/16", 1/2" and 9/16" wrenches or sockets. I have probably bought a couple thousand of these. Anytime I get a whole set of wrenches, within a couple of days I can't find those 3 sizes anymore.

 

[AnnaMarie]

Whatever is missing, it's probably in my son's room.

 

[Autumnlyn]

...Lighters... I always lose lighters.

 

[FlakeNoir]

I am slooooooowly training my kids that there are a few items in this house that will ABSOLUTELY be where they should be, each and every time they are looked for. They are:

1. scissors
2. nail clippers
3. sellotape
4. YOUR FRIGGING SHOES! (they all have a basket near to their bed for these)
5. the wooden thingee (yes we call it that because I forget things a lot--one of our knives is called 'the cutty thingee'.)
6. my car keys (this should have been nearer to the top)
7. the remote

There are probably many more, but... I'm sleepy today and can't be bothered thinking harder.

 

[shookme]

It wouldn't be such a big deal, but I buy scissors like gum, and I have at least 50 pairs in my house right now. Maybe 75.

Does this happen to other people?

I have the same problem with lip balm and tape.

Do you have kids? If so, your welcome.

 

[cat in a bag]

Oh jeez we need some sort of ringer dinger alarm thing on my kids' shoes and hubby's keys. I don't know how many mornings we have all frantically been looking through pants pockets, coat pockets, under the furniture for his darn keys to get him out the door on time. And I have a key hanger! Never puts them there.

Kitchen utensils and my good knives never get put away either.

The pencil sharpener is always missing at homework time.

There's probably more...

 

[hipmamajen]

Do you have kids? If so, your welcome.

Yes. Yes, I do...

 

[hipmamajen]

I am slooooooowly training my kids that there are a few items in this house that will ABSOLUTELY be where they should be, each and every time they are looked for. They are:

1. scissors
2. nail clippers
3. sellotape
4. YOUR FRIGGING SHOES! (they all have a basket near to their bed for these)
5. the wooden thingee (yes we call it that because I forget things a lot--one of our knives is called 'the cutty thingee'.)
6. my car keys (this should have been nearer to the top)
7. the remote

There are probably many more, but... I'm sleepy today and can't be bothered thinking harder.

Such things can be trained into children? Are you willing to open a boarding school?

 

[FlakeNoir]

Such things can be trained into children? Are you willing to open a boarding school?

Not even for the right price.

 

[Neesy]

I am slooooooowly training my kids that there are a few items in this house that will ABSOLUTELY be where they should be, each and every time they are looked for. They are:

1. scissors
2. nail clippers
3. sellotape
4. YOUR FRIGGING SHOES! (they all have a basket near to their bed for these)
5. the wooden thingee (yes we call it that because I forget things a lot--one of our knives is called 'the cutty thingee'.)
6. my car keys (this should have been nearer to the top)
7. the remote

There are probably many more, but... I'm sleepy today and can't be bothered thinking harder.

Please tell me - what exactly is # 5 - "the wooden thingee"?

 

[FlakeNoir]

Please tell me - what exactly is # 5 - "the wooden thingee"?

It's the wooden spatula-thingee (not quite a spoon) that we use in cooking most days.

 

[Spideyman]

Was raised by strict, organized dad. Everything had a place and said item would be returned to that place. Scissors in a drawer with outlines so correct size was placed where it belonged. His tools in basement were the same. You could go blindfolded and find them.

Where did I go wrong with my own children. They were taught to put back, but in their adult life it's------ use it, leave it. I am now the maid/ picker upper! Maybe my dad had the right idea.

 

[king family fan]

My only problem with scissors is I shouldn't use them. If they can't be found I set them somewhere or they now can fly. Ok I am guilty,where the heck did i put them?

 

[hipmamajen]

It's the wooden spatula-thingee (not quite a spoon) that we use in cooking most days.

We have a drawer full of scented candles and incense that's known by the collective name "Smelly Good Sh!t." Not Smells Good, or Good-Smelling. Not sure why, it just always has been...

 

[Neesy]

My only problem with scissors is I shouldn't use them. If they can't be found I set them somewhere or they now can fly. Ok I am guilty,where the heck did i put them?

My Mom told us not to run with scissors or "you'll put your eye out!"

 

[Shoesalesman]

Wrist watches, sunglasses... have bought hundreds of them over the years, can't seem to keep them around for whatever reason. But I have twenty-or-so oil filters in my garage for vehicles I don't even drive. I can't seem to lose those, though. Life is a carnival.

 

[Lepplady]

It wouldn't be such a big deal, but I buy scissors like gum, and I have at least 50 pairs in my house right now. Maybe 75.

Does this happen to other people?

I have the same problem with lip balm and tape.

With me, it's tweezers and pens. And all too often, my cell phone.

 

[skimom2]

It wouldn't be such a big deal, but I buy scissors like gum, and I have at least 50 pairs in my house right now. Maybe 75.

Does this happen to other people?

I have the same problem with lip balm and tape.

Did you tell a child not to touch them? That's the surest way to make sure something goes missing in my house

 

[notebookgirl]

Every year I buy new gloves and hats for me and the kids. Mid-winter I do it again. Have no clue where they go. I also believe there is some creature who likes stealing the matching gloves and socks I buy.(I even buy socks in same color and then they don't match because it's a different brand) I am positive my creature laughs all the time when I run around the house looking for these things!