Ingrained Nonification: noun. A fact, set of numbers, or other very important item that is so ingrained in your head that you could recite it in your sleep, and yet very inexplicably and suddenly forget it.
Picture it. Target. The year: 2009, a mere three days before Christmas. I was having a lovely evening with the Boys and Husband. We went out to a very uncrowded but fantastic Asian restaurant that served both Chinese and Japanese food. I tried sushi, the raw kind, for the first time (I think). Viking Toddler and Philosopher Child pretty much ate a whole bowl of those fried noodle things. Lovely evening.
We popped off to Target afterwards because we needed a few things. We got our items, got in line, and while Husband was entertaining the Boys and generally just looking about about 3 feet away from me I swiped my card and punched in my pin.
Click. Something inside says I've just done something wrong. The machine asked me to put the pin in again.
Click. Something says that still wasn't right. It wasn't. The machine asked for my pin again. If machines could talk, it would probably say, "Please enter your pin again. The CORRECT one this time, if please."
Click. A third time. Pin still not right. I stood there, dumbfounded, and realized that I have no idea what my pin is. I have completely forgotten that little number that I've used without thinking hundreds of times.
Husband stepped in and swiped his card. Good thing he was there.
And I'm still not sure what my pin is.
2 comments:
Love it!! Also have you ever been on auto pilot to say Wal-Mart and it is NOT in the direction of your needed destination.
You mean like a GPS? I actually don't have one, but my brother-in-law and sister-in-law were driving one day and his GPS demanded he make a turn immediately...only he was half way across a bridge. We laugh at his GPS because if he doesn't do what it says it uses an irate tone. Soooo funny.
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