I’m not sure if I am inherently bad at using locks, combinations, and the sort, or if I am just straight up afraid of them, but for some reason, my most embarrassing moments of the first semester have had to do with trying to unlock/open things.
To start off, lets talk mailboxes. They are small, annoying, and just about impossible to open. I don’t know if anyone else has had the same experience with the mail system, but every single time I try to open mine, it won’t budge. It probably has to do with the fact that the combinations work the complete opposite of the ones from my high school, so my brain has trouble making the correction I guess. So anyway, I only went to get my mail three times last semester, but every single time I sat there, struggling to open it for a good 20 minutes before I had to ask someone for help. That is a straight up freshman fail.
Not only is getting my mail a problem, but for whatever reason, sending mail has also become a major issue for me. The blue mailbox right in front of McAllister became my worst enemy one day when I tried to send my mom a birthday card. For the life of me, I could not figure out how the mailbox was supposed to open. So after a good five minutes of people staring at me, I decided to try again the next day. However, the next day I had the same issue. My friends jumped on the occasion to make fun of me for this one, but they gladly sent me a demonstration video of how to open the mailbox. Smh.
For my third and final issue, we have, drumroll please, the gym lockers. Now I try and go to the gym every night and lately since its been getting colder out, I normally bring sweatpants and a coat. Because I cant bring them into the fitness center I unfortunately have to use the dreaded gym lockers. Most of the time they work for me, but on rare occasions, I have some major issues with them. First, after a long, hard workout, the last thing I ever remember is which locker is mine. Sometimes I have to try about 20 different lockers to remember which one was mine and if all else fails, I have to go and ask the person at the desk for help. Why my life always works out in this way, I have no idea. What’s worse is when you know you have the right locker and the right combination and you still can’t get your locker open. The number of times this has happened to me is unreal. Why is the world so cruel?!
I genuinely hope that most of you have not suffered as much mailbox/locker embarrassment as I have, because that would be truly unfortunate. If you need to remember a combination, always right it down on your phone or on a piece of paper first, and if all else fails, use the same combo and locker every time so you won’t have any issues. Also, make sure you bring a friend with you, that way, if you have an embarrassing locker/mailbox fail, well, at least your not alone. Because of all of my trouble, I’ve decided that I’m going to invent a mind-reading system, where the locker automatically opens right when you step up to it. Until then, I guess I’ll have to suffer in my misery. Have a great week guys!
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