LED Light – Legitimately Effortlessly Dumb

Did you know? It took years for Thomas Edison to per-fect the light bulb? That’s because he was working in the dark… You may think this joke is legitimately effortlessly dumb, but I think it is as bright as Thomas Edison.

I can relate to Mr. Edison because it is taking me over a year to replace light bulbs in my place. Therefore, I blame minimal lighting for my procrastination.

Why do light bulbs burn out simultaneously?

At the moment I have five burnt out bulbs to replace. One in the kitchen and two lamps in the living room. My salt lamp in my spare bedroom and the ceiling light in my stairway.

The light in the stairway is my biggest incline (literally and figuratively). It is so high up that it is practically the stairway to heaven and I could really use the Big Guy upstairs to lend a helping hand or at least a ladder. 

I blame the dull lighting in the kitchen for my mediocre cooking. The dark living room for why I haven’t completed the novel for Book Club. The burnt out salt lamp as the reason I am a little on edge lately and the stairway light for well, the absence of light. 

To make matters worse, all of these bulbs are different sizes and no matter my low efforts, I am unable to find the correct sizes. 

At home I don’t have the brightest rooms and in the office, I’m not the brightest..

In Flustered Pie, I was unable to determine percentages. Today, I was unable to determine who was talking. 

Our organization has access to Skype accounts for business meetings. Pre COVID-19 I rarely required a meeting with an employee outside of our facility or outside of the recreation therapy department for that matter. During COVID-19, I rarely require a meeting with an employee outside of our facility or outside of the recreation therapy department for that matter. 

Therefore, I mostly use the platform for quick (futile) messages between colleagues because email is just not efficient enough in today’s society. 

Headsets are a key component of our Skype accounts because they:

• are cordless so I won’t trip (likely)
• provide the freedom to scroll, I mean type
• emphasize my inner Britney Spears – not the recent ‘I accidentally burnt down my gym’ Britney Spears 

One afternoon my co-worker was sitting to the right of me trying to install her headset, when the office phone rang.

I answered and the individual greeted, “HEY, how’s it going?”

At the exact same time my co-worker said the exact same thing. 

I was dumbfounded and covered the phone receiver to whisper,  “How did you know she was going to say that!?” 

I proceeded to respond to the individual before my eyes met the headset on her head. 

It didn’t take long for me to realize who was on the other end of the phone. Come to think of it, it took me way too long to realize who was. 

When I get around to replacing those bulbs in my place, I may want to replace the bulb in my head as well.