# You are a smart person. What are you dumb about? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 9, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-smart-person-what-are-you-dumb-about/756924 "2016-06-09T15:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-smart-person-what-are-you-dumb-about/756924/81 "2016-06-13T23:26:18Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > Anything to do with electricity more complicated than flip the switch to turn it on/off. > > I cannot look at a circuit and figure out what it is meant to do, where the ground is, or how to not electrocute myself if I need to fix it. That describes me too. It is very frustrating to me that some people I do not consider any smarter than me seem to understand it so well. Sometimes I wonder if they really understand it as well as they think they do. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-smart-person-what-are-you-dumb-about/756924/82 "2016-06-13T23:38:36Z")
remembering names. I occasionally forget my own children’s names. I have my sibling down pat though, I don’t remember forgetting their names. Forgetting them sometimes happens, but at least not their names. As for people I meet-I can’t remember their names after about 2 minutes. Seriously, if I am introduced to 3 people, it is likely I will have forgotten the first name by the time the last person shakes my hand. ☹ Now, ask me about a news article I read as a kid, I may surprise us both. Events and things that interest me, I am quite good at. People-well when I forget my wife’s name I am really good at covering that up… I often will know that I have seen a person somewhere if I run into them. Their name-not a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-smart-person-what-are-you-dumb-about/756924/83 "2016-06-13T23:48:42Z")
> [@Heckity](#): > > And here I thought I was alone. I hate hotels. The nicer the hotel, the more complicated my ablutions become. I hate public restrooms too. Even the sensor taps sit mocking me until I pull my hands away in frustration then they go full force. So I quickly reinsert my hands and they stop. I flail about looking for the sweet spot aware of the sidelong glances of other women. > > Taps you turn. One with a C, one with an H. They were perfect and I miss them. The restrooms at work have these hand dryers that have motion sensors. I stand there waving my hands under the dryer trying to find the right spot while I’m dripping water all over the floor. I finally hit the sweet spot and WHOOOSSH! Huge blast of air that lasts all of 5 seconds before shutting off. My hands are still wet and now I have to find the sweet spot all over again. A lot of other people seem to have this problem too so I’ll blame the dryer and not the user. There’s also a paper towel dispenser in the bathroom but it’s always empty. I wonder why… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-smart-person-what-are-you-dumb-about/756924.md?page=4)