I experienced this at home recently on trash day. I asked the boys to bring down the box that
the laundry sorter came in so that we could put it out with the trash. A few minutes later I hear much commotion on
the stairs with the little one saying “This doesn’t seem right” and the big one
saying “You’re just a weak idiot” and the little one replying “I am weak but I
am not an idiot.” I could not fathom how
bringing down an empty cardboard box could require two people and create an
argument. Well, I did ask both boys to
do this, and I did yell my instructions up the stairs while they were playing
Minecraft. So, what they heard was “Bring
down the laundry sorter.” Yeah, this is
a large metal contraption on wheels with three laundry bags suspended by metal
hooks and requires two people, sweat, and probably a can of paint to touch up
the walls if you’re going to drag it up and down the stairs. My instructions had not been kid proof (I
won’t call them idiots, even if one brother does use that term of endearment
toward the other quite a bit). Halfway
down the stairs I stopped them, gave them credit for trying to do what I asked,
and then asked them to lift it back upstairs and come back with the empty box. Several “I told you so” and “idiot” comments
ensued.
The next house will have an intercom and an elevator.
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