What’s a skill you consider basic, that most people don’t actually know how to do?
The most basic skill most people don’t actually have is reading instructions.
Not skimming. Not guessing. Not assuming they already know. I mean the humble act of reading the words in the order they appear.
Give someone a simple set of steps, and they’ll treat it like folklore: half‑remembered, loosely interpreted, and retold with creative liberties.
And when they’re finished, they’re always left holding three screws and a washer… staring at them like sacred artefacts from a parallel universe.
Meanwhile the screws and washer are holding a quiet meeting about your life choices, and you’re Googling “why does my shelf lean like that.
”Those leftover screws aren’t spare…. they’re evidence.
Haha, true. Me included.
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😂 Love your post, and so true, especially when reading test/exam questions! 😘
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👋 Thank you, June💫🩵
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Ha ha ha really good one and so true! The patience to read until the end!!
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Hiya. Thanks for reading and taking g time to comment
Much appreciated x
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You didn’t mean the patience to read to the end of my post, did you ? 🤣
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No no , the content and concept…..
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I was joking.🤣🥳
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yes ! Learning to take things less seriously is a skill and art too!
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Love this! My father was the king of not reading instructions 😂 I inherited that skill from him, but my husband has since retrained me. When I was a child, this is the kind of test teachers would spring on us to teach us to follow instructions. I got it wrong every time LOL! You think I’d learn.
https://www.teched-resources.org/Listening%20Skills/LESSONS/followdirection.pdf
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Hey, the link wouldn’t open. I’ll try again on a bit. Made me smile you had inherited from your father but retrained by your husband 😍
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Basically, the test begins with:
CAN YOU FOLLOW DIRECTIONS?
This is a timed test–you have 3 minutes only!
1. Read everything carefully before doing anything.
And ends with:
23. Now that you have finished reading everything carefully, do only sentences one and two!
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And thank you, BTW xxx
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lol this is so true.
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Hey, thanks for reading 🩵
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Lol. Glad you enjoyed that.💫🤍
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