Unfortunately, some (many?) pluggers seem to go through life unconscious of ordinary actions and surroundings. After 47 years of marriage and 15 years in the same house, my plugger still does not know that the light bulbs are kept on the top shelf in the laundry room, the toilet paper is kept on the floor in the linen closet, the general-purpose scissors is in the top desk drawer, the stamps and envelops are in the bottom desk drawer, and you turn off the oven timer by hitting the timer button. I refuse to locate tools, nail clippers, shoes, keys, gloves, glasses, the book he’s been reading or any other items that I have not used—I will tell him where they are supposed to be, but, since I am not a mind-reader, I can’t tell him where he left them.
Unfortunately, some (many?) pluggers seem to go through life unconscious of ordinary actions and surroundings. After 47 years of marriage and 15 years in the same house, my plugger still does not know that the light bulbs are kept on the top shelf in the laundry room, the toilet paper is kept on the floor in the linen closet, the general-purpose scissors is in the top desk drawer, the stamps and envelops are in the bottom desk drawer, and you turn off the oven timer by hitting the timer button. I refuse to locate tools, nail clippers, shoes, keys, gloves, glasses, the book he’s been reading or any other items that I have not used—I will tell him where they are supposed to be, but, since I am not a mind-reader, I can’t tell him where he left them.