I consider myself a reasonably smart person. I can read good. I went to college. et cetera, quid pro quo, carpe diem. I get second place in Scrabble on a regular basis.
But I always put in my credit card the wrong way at Safeway, the ATM, and the gas station. I can never read those pictures right - which side should the strip be on? Does that picture mean facing me or away? From what perspective should I be viewing the card? All the while the clerk with three jobs and the ability to repair his own car after fender benders gives me an impatient look.
Once I was borrowing a friend's credit card when I was pumping gas and it asked me for a zip code. So I put in my zip code, even though my friend lives 3,000 miles from me. I thought it was for a survey!
Don't get me started on my inability to park or trim my nails.
But I've killed two indoor bees with great works of literature - The Joy Luck Club and War and Peace. A fusion of book learnin' and street smarts, that was.
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