You take it back to the store, approach the customer service center (Or for the little guys like us, the cashier) to return it, and they immediately point out the obvious that you had completely overlooked. This situation is a little bit different from the rest of them that I have written about thus far. My issue here is more with the nature of mankind than the bottom of the gene pool of customers.
It is simply in our nature to think that the answer is not as obvious as it seems. We like to think that we are beings of higher intelligence and in complete command of other species and our surroundings. The hard fact to swallow is we are complicating ourselves every day. The shortest distance between two points is still a straight line (and if you know how to use a wormhole, freaking tell us already!).
These days our thought patterns more closely mimic the flight of a butterfly than a slug. A slug has no time for detours. Its soft body, slow mobility, and strange appearance make it an easy target for predators, the sun, and unwatched kids.
Consider appointments, money, and progress as the reasons why we slugs should move in a straight line (but without the trail of slime, unless you're Kanye West, because then you would be made of slime). If all these things are so important to us, why are we floating around like butterflies without a care (or a direction) in the world?
Back to stupid returns: The nature of us that I just described above just made you look like an idiot in front of strangers, made you drive all the way back to the store for nothing, and gave all the people around you a good laugh. Maybe a change in your approach to life (finding the simple things) would make you happier. Just saying.....
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