# The Humility Thread: What are you NOT good at? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 25, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humility-thread-what-are-you-not-good-at/537267 "2010-04-25T02:26:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![hougaswd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@hougaswd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hougaswd)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humility-thread-what-are-you-not-good-at/537267/121 "2010-04-30T01:47:34Z")
> [@Jet\_Jaguar](#): > > I have no musical ability whatsoever. I even washed out of 5th grade band. Have you ever heard a band of 5th graders? Can you imagine how bad you have to be to wash out of _that_? I was so bad, the teacher thought I was screwing up on purpose to throw off the other kids. To me, I thought I sounded fine. This isn’t exactly your issue, but may have some redeeming humor. In grade school, my friends and I were offered the chance (were commanded to) learn to play the recorder. The culmination of our efforts was the Christmas music show for our parents. I got completely flustered after a few notes and faked my way through the rest of the performance. Many years later, the topic came up in a conversation with some of my old classmates. Turns out they were faking it too, and since it was a _very_ small school we estimated that no more than 3-4 kids could possibly have been playing! Walt ---
**Author:** ![hougaswd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@hougaswd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hougaswd)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humility-thread-what-are-you-not-good-at/537267/122 "2010-04-30T01:53:56Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Are you me? You sure sound like it. Bending the rules a bit, do you also get along with people fairly well one-on-one? I mean people who aren’t sociopaths. I’m not a miracle worker! Walt ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humility-thread-what-are-you-not-good-at/537267/123 "2010-04-30T12:40:07Z")
> [@hougaswd](#): > > Bending the rules a bit, do you also get along with people fairly well one-on-one? I mean people who aren’t sociopaths. I’m not a miracle worker! Yes, I do. People who are willing to get past my general social awkwardness, at least. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humility-thread-what-are-you-not-good-at/537267/124 "2010-04-30T12:58:37Z")
I’m a little lazy, especially if I’m bored. Home chores are torture for me but if I’ve got lots of work to do at work, I’m a busy bee because it interests me. I have really high expectations of people, especially co-workers, but am horrible at communicating those expectations without coming across as a bitch. I really don’t mean it that way, damnit! If it’s a customer, I can be a social butterfly – I think I feel “safe” within the customer service construct. Otherwise, I’m super shy and feel like an idiot if I try to hold down my side of a conversation. I always say the wrong thing on the telephone, unless I’m in my work-safe zone. Visually, I’m just not with it. I am not concerned with how things tied together visually and I couldn’t tell you what it should like. I can tell you if the text is poorly worded but not if the colors or font are wrong. I can’t put together things. The best I can do is wire together a sheep panel or two but if it requires instructions, I can follow them but it never, ever turns out right whether it’s an office chair or a cardboard display. I say fuck alot. Sometimes in inappropriate situations, like in front of my grandma. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humility-thread-what-are-you-not-good-at/537267/125 "2010-04-30T13:09:44Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I have actually been known to walk back and forth between two products in a store, picking one up, putting it down, picking up the other, putting it down, etc. I try to either avoid shopping or at least go alone so I don’t piss anyone else off. You should see me trying to select paint colors! (Uh, you might want to set aside a couple of weeks for that.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humility-thread-what-are-you-not-good-at/537267.md?page=6)