Old Habits

That's hiliarious, sounds like something I would do. You should get a job writing scripts for comedy sitcoms.

You ain't seen nothin'...try opening a sewer line from a large public building to service the sewage pump, where you are 20' down in a sump hole....sure you posted the "DON'T FLUSH" signs everywhere, and sent out notices..but compliance is never 100%...If you don't work fast enough you'll be in deep sheit...

Not so much out of habit. More of stupidity.

I was building a temporary shower in our kitchen for my Mother-in-Law who was going to stay with us for a while awhile and she could not do stairs anymore (e.g. shower and baths are on second floor). I needed to tap our water lines to our kitchen sink to connect temporary water controls. I shut of the hot water at the hot water heater and shut off the cold water at the water softener. I cut the hot water line and installed a tee...no problem. I cut the cold water line and instantly had an old faithful geyser underneath our sink. I ran downstairs to shut off the water at the meter. But I am no Flash. The cold water to the kitchen feeds straight from the meter to the kitchen sink without going through the softener. That was a lot of water to mop up.

Habits can be a very good thing. When we teach people to fly, we teach them habits. When the pressure is on, it's not unusual for people to forget things, so having ingrained habits is extremely important. They are taught to use the checklist to double check what they've done after handling the stressful situation.

Sometimes when changing the cartridge water filter, I forget to put the new cartridge filter in the sump because I bring the sump upstairs for cleaning. Wait a minute, something is missing.

It hasn't happened to me in a while, but sometimes when heading out to do some chores knowing I have to turn left at the town common, I will turn right by habit because the groceries, doctor, dentist, and so on are to the right. Down the road, what are you doing? It's the wrong way.

Yes, old habits can catch anyone at anytime. I think we all have many things on our minds.

I once had a hot rod souped up 454 Chevy that had a memory..every time we passed gas station,it wanted to turn in.

Someone asked me how fast would it go,and I said I don't know..before I reach top end it runs out of gas.