You forgot the step where you bitch slap them in the back of the head after you've asked them to do something two times. My old man was like that, so most things took only one correction. Sometimes two, but that was all you got.
Smack! Or he'd thump you with his middle finger on the top of your head really hard when you weren't looking. Made one at least stop and think a bit before proceeding.
Yes, it was child abuse, but I didn't turn out like these little turds today.
Steve
Occams Razor suggests it is simply a matter of genetics.
Common sense is a red herring. Doesn't exist.
So, you are a subject of your wife?
Technology to the rescue:)
Apply too much pressure:( Get a nasty but safe shock...
I am sure it could be built:)
Switch over to 1/4 turn ceramic valves? And try to get them to understand that the valves open & close based on position not tightness.
cheers Bob
delta single handle faucets work awesome great, the only trouble with them the mean time between faiures, drips is so long perhaps 8 to 10 years i forget the service tricks..
i rarely think of them, they are affordable dependable and cannot be over tightened:)
=3D=3D They work well but I'm sure that if they can't be over-tightened they'll be broken off in the attempt to do so by the 'dedicated' destroyers. I'm a dedicated cynic. =3D=3D
A failure of the public education system. The schools should be teaching our kids more better how to turn off faucets.
It is also a conspiracy amongst the unions. The plumbers union, seeking job security, wants to change faucet washers at least bi-annually. To achieve this, the teachers union in sympathy with them does not teach proper use. Religious schools are of no help. They teach faucet turning as the only method of acceptable touching your crank so you may turn it back and forth as desired.
That's what it appears to be, lack of a common sense gene. If they can't understand or see how it works in their mind, explaining does not click for them. Stupid is stupid.
Their attention span is too short.
Playing video games. They think any mistake can be reset.
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