Things that should be really easy to do but are actually impossible

[Priv]

choosing which piece of pre-packed same weight meat is the 'best one' on the super market shelf - say from about 30 packs . When you know the person to the side of you, wants to do the same and beat you to 'the one'

That’s usually me looking for the leanest steak.

 

[coluka]

Are you paying with cash or OCD?

Neither, but thanks for asking even though its irrelevant to the post.

 

[ferg]

Plug something with a USB attachment the first time of trying
Try one way, turn it upside and try that way, before resorting to the first way and getting it right.
EVERYTIME

 

[Aztec chimera]

That’s usually me looking for the leanest steak.

You're doing it wrong if you want a lean steak. You want a marbled steak with fat running through it to get the best flavour

 

[king_hellfire]

Phoning in sick at work when you’re actually sick.

I know it’s not impossible but it feels like you’re doing something illegal.

 

[Drobbo1980]

Getting my son to take a shower in less than 20 minutes.
'im not made of bloody money!'

My son is the exact same. The amount of arguments we have each morning when 3 other people are waiting to get into the bathroom

 

[Glover_elbow]

You're doing it wrong if you want a lean steak. You want a marbled steak with fat running through it to get the best flavour

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

You're doing it wrong if you want a lean steak. You want a marbled steak with fat running through it to get the best flavour

Ssssh! Don't F***ing tell them!

 

[Millbrook]

Fitting a superking size duvet inside a superking size duvet cover.

One night I spent one entire hour trying to do this. Literally. In the end, after multiple attempts, I gave up and slept under the cover-less duvet, knowing full well that my wife would rip the **** out of me for being useless in the morning when she got home from her night shift.
* I may have consumed a significant amount of alcohol

You turn the duvet cover inside out, put your arms inside it and grip the two corners. The cover will crease up your arms then you grab the corners of the duvet, still holding the corners of the cover. The cover can then be eased over the duvet and shaken until it spreads over the duvet.

 

[Millbrook]

I can barely get the fitted sheet over the superking mattress. It’s just too big! Why don’t they make the sheet just a few inches bigger??

Not sure if it's the same issue but our superking mattress was too deep to get the fitted sheet over. Mrs M found a sheet that was 30cm deep on the internet from Scotts of Stowe which did the trick.