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numbers i still do good with its words and being able o finish a sentence, and of course the ever famous, there are my keys in the freezer, dont ask i put stuff in the freezer coffee cup with coffee my sun glasses keys books, it just happens to be at my eye level and in it goes

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Originally Posted by Debbie D (Post 221258)

I was working as a restaurant hostess, after quitting my job as a server (too much on the body).
At first I was doing very well...then, when I began having a lot of new sxs pop up, I started having trouble hostessing.
One Sunday we were very busy (it's a breakfast/lunch place), I messed up seating people...couldn't figure out how to follow simple rules in seating servers in order.
One of the servers complained to the boss that she hadn't been sat in 45 minutes...everyone was mad at me, and the boss cussed me out in front of everyone:o.
I quit the next day. Haven't worked on 13 months, because I seriously don't think I can remember new information. It's scary not knowing what's going on.

I hope you overcome the shame you seem to have felt when you had your "oops" moment at work, and that you're back on track

I'll bet the person who got all the customers wasn't really complaining when the tips started rolling in. LOL.

Learning new information and/or retaining that information is hard for many of us. For me it is more frustrating than scary. I work on it everyday just like regular exercise. Prevention. com has some great brain games. I spend at least 15 minutes a day working on those games.

I found a book in the freezer once, not sure how it got there. :confused:

I'm in a very customer service oriented position, and I've had a few embarrasing moments as far as our complex billing system is concerned. I've had a few instants of bowing, scraping, etc. to keep things going.

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Originally Posted by FinLady (Post 221351)

I found a book in the freezer once, not sure how it got there. :confused:

LOL, Now when something like this happens here I don't know for sure if I did or one of the kids (but I always hope it was one of the kids). :D

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Originally Posted by momXseven (Post 221359)

LOL, Now when something like this happens here I don't know for sure if I did or one of the kids (but I always hope it was one of the kids). :D

LOL. We don't have kids. I could blame it on my cats, but don't think hubby would buy it. :D

was the book a good one perhaps a hot novel? yeah freaks me out when i open the freezer and find something that doesnt belong or the ice box and find melted ice cream oops

I was trying to help my wife while she was at work and wash the clothes for her. I brought all of the dirty clothes out to the laundry room an commensed to turn on the water, add the soap, making sure to swish it around to disolve, and shut the lid.

About a half hour later I came back in the laundry room to put the clothes in the dryer. Imagine my surprise when I opened the washer and it was empty.:eek: I mean NO clothes and no water, nothing. I just stood there stunned for a few moments and then it set in.

I had never put the clothes IN the washer to start with.:o

NO, I did not tell my wife about this, are you kidding?:rolleyes:

lol its good to wash the washer once in a while

i do the coffee thing no water no beans no heat it isnt always the same

oh yeah there was the year we ate thanksgiving meal around 9 pm around two pm could not imagine why i didnt smell turkey, oops forgot to turn on oven

Just curious here, how many of you can't remember whether or not you took your medications (other than shots - those are pretty obvious - LOL)?

Or how about this, you accidentally take a double dose because you forgot you already took it?

Or like I caught myself doing this morning - I take 2 Neurontin before bed time and 1 in the a.m. I almost just took 2 this morning had them in my mouth and everything. That would have knocked me out for the rest of the day! And, to top it off, I really should have been taking my Celexa and now can't remember if I actually took it the Celexa.

Boy have I made a mess this morning. LOL. The good news is that none of it would be harmful to me. 2 Neurontins will knock me out but 2 Celexa's (total of 20 mg) will hype me up - so one will cancel out the other. LOL.