These seem to happen to me all the time, but I never handle them well while they are happening.
Today's example: I am doing my wine making thingy and I am one jar short which means I either throw out the excess (18 gallons to start, looking at 3 gallons left over) or I go buy another jar. I decide to buy another jar, but I have to goto a brew place/wine store I have never been to because the place I normally goto is closed.
Failure #1: I find the bottles, but I don't see the bungs I am accustomed to, so I ask for help. I try to act like I know what I am doing (I kind of do) so I point out the water system but explain I have never used it before and I can't figure it out. The guy helps me but I end up asking a question about how it fits in the bottle that shows I really don't know that it fits into a rubber bung. Now that I have played my hand, the aficionado asks me about the grape juice and where I got it. I knew it wasn't from concentrate and it was cabernet sauvignon, but I didn't know where it was actually from. I think this was just a snob move on his part and that is fine, but I was completely uncomfortable.
Failure #2: I start picking out supplies I have heard of, but never used. The stuff is cheap and figured I could look up application instructions at home. I take all my supplies to the register and the aficionado is there to ring up my order. He sees I picked up a small bottle of apricot flavoring. Apparently this will be amusing him for the rest of the week. I explained I have 4 glass jars rolling and I wanted to play with one of them. A semi-smart ass comment rolls out about using flavors in a red, then he says something about trying to use natural ingredients (the last part didn't bother me).
I don't know why I can't just admit I am clueless and let someone help me. I do this all the time, especially when buying stuff at home depot. I am an introvert and can be shy, but I just wish I could break down and say "listen, i am new to this, what would you recommend?" I have done this when I really need to (working with electricity at the house), but more often than not, I play this game rooted in pride and I wind up doing something stupid in the end (ie., buying stuff I didn't need or shouldn't use).
Does anyone else do this? It really eats away at me after it happens. I'm an idiot.
Today's example: I am doing my wine making thingy and I am one jar short which means I either throw out the excess (18 gallons to start, looking at 3 gallons left over) or I go buy another jar. I decide to buy another jar, but I have to goto a brew place/wine store I have never been to because the place I normally goto is closed.
Failure #1: I find the bottles, but I don't see the bungs I am accustomed to, so I ask for help. I try to act like I know what I am doing (I kind of do) so I point out the water system but explain I have never used it before and I can't figure it out. The guy helps me but I end up asking a question about how it fits in the bottle that shows I really don't know that it fits into a rubber bung. Now that I have played my hand, the aficionado asks me about the grape juice and where I got it. I knew it wasn't from concentrate and it was cabernet sauvignon, but I didn't know where it was actually from. I think this was just a snob move on his part and that is fine, but I was completely uncomfortable.
Failure #2: I start picking out supplies I have heard of, but never used. The stuff is cheap and figured I could look up application instructions at home. I take all my supplies to the register and the aficionado is there to ring up my order. He sees I picked up a small bottle of apricot flavoring. Apparently this will be amusing him for the rest of the week. I explained I have 4 glass jars rolling and I wanted to play with one of them. A semi-smart ass comment rolls out about using flavors in a red, then he says something about trying to use natural ingredients (the last part didn't bother me).
I don't know why I can't just admit I am clueless and let someone help me. I do this all the time, especially when buying stuff at home depot. I am an introvert and can be shy, but I just wish I could break down and say "listen, i am new to this, what would you recommend?" I have done this when I really need to (working with electricity at the house), but more often than not, I play this game rooted in pride and I wind up doing something stupid in the end (ie., buying stuff I didn't need or shouldn't use).
Does anyone else do this? It really eats away at me after it happens. I'm an idiot.
