Guys...we all know The Rule. We obey it. We venerate it. We expect it to be followed by others WITHOUT FAIL EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

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When you go to your toolbox for say a garden variety philips head, or say a good old fashioned hammer, or perhaps a pair of pliers...perhaps you're more into auto mechanics, and you have your tools which you care for and love and value...when we use these tools, WHAT DO WE DO IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE FINISH USING THEM?

I don't even have to say it, but humour me all the same. WHAT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE FINISH USING THAT PARTICULAR TOOL?

Posted by KublaKhan WHAT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE FINISH USING THAT PARTICULAR TOOL?

It sits on the lawn for a week or two, gets covered by leaves, and grows legs.

It goes into the fleshy parts of a hooker?

I'm going to put $10,000 on C) Put it back where we found it?

Posted by Mr. Fuzzy I'm going to put $10,000 on C) Put it back where we found it?

Yes. You obviously come from the same place I do. You put the tool back, exactly where you found it, immediately. As in NOW. As in RIGHT NOW. Not 'later.' Not, 'in a minute after I refill my coffee.' RIGHT. NOW. You just do it. You take the tool, and put it in the same fucking place you found it AS SOON AS YOU'RE FINISHED USING IT. And you do this EVERY. SINGLE. TIME WITHOUT FAIL. ALWAYS.

You DO this, right?

Makes me fucking crazy when people don't do this. Incandescent apoplexy. Pure rage goes though my blood whenever I go for the toolbox and discover that SOMEONE has NOT followed the fucking the FUCKING rule. MAD like a crazy insane lunatic on speed. FUCKING angry.

My dad was the worst offender of this in the whole world. My parents have a long country dirt/stone driveway. All around the garage and barn I swear that there is at least 1 set of crescent wrenches and a set of sockets embedded into the driveway along with other misc tools. As kids I always remember us digging up rusted/corroded tools in the driveway. Every now and then my mom would go tool picking and place a pile of tools left outside for a couple weeks inside the garage. Good guy. Fcking idiot when it comes to not ruining his tools.

Posted by trent My dad was the worst offender of this in the whole world. My parents have a long country dirt/stone driveway. All around the garage and barn I swear that there is at least 1 set of crescent wrenches and a set of sockets embedded into the driveway along with other misc tools. As kids I always remember us digging up rusted/corroded tools in the driveway. Every now and then my mom would go tool picking and place a pile of tools left outside for a couple weeks inside the garage. Good guy. Fcking idiot when it comes to not ruining his tools.

I know your pain

This is why in lieu of a tool box, you get yourself a good leatherman (tool, not gay man, although the gay man could probably also double as a "tool", but that's neither here nor there).

Anyway, get said Leatherman and the screwdriver attachment set that goes with it, then you no longer need a toolbox, since everything fits in two nice nylon or leather cases.

Posted by KublaKhan Yes. You obviously come from the same place I do. You put the tool back, exactly where you found it, immediately. As in NOW. As in RIGHT NOW. Not 'later.' Not, 'in a minute after I refill my coffee.' RIGHT. NOW. You just do it. You take the tool, and put it in the same fucking place you found it AS SOON AS YOU'RE FINISHED USING IT. And you do this EVERY. SINGLE. TIME WITHOUT FAIL. ALWAYS. You DO this, right? Makes me fucking crazy when people don't do this. Incandescent apoplexy. Pure rage goes though my blood whenever I go for the toolbox and discover that SOMEONE has NOT followed the fucking the FUCKING rule. MAD like a crazy insane lunatic on speed. FUCKING angry.

no I don't I grab two or three tools I will need use them and when I am done then i put them back... but you still put them back. always, without fail.

I put them in the junk drawer. Does it count that that is usually where I find them in the first place?

I do feel your pain though. I go into a blind rage if anyone walks over my floor after I've just washed it. Hysterical I tell you.

Yeah but Kubla, try to understand, when you're not paying for these tools and they're not yours, why go through all that trouble of putting them back where you found them?

I mean, that access code to get into the tool box is extremely difficult to remember when putting them back and that tool box is a horrifically distant 5 feet away and that tool is so-o-o darned heavy...

And some people I know, the only time the tools have any worth is if either they own it and can use it. Otherwise, it's nothing more than a useless piece of crap and can be tossed away so why waste precious space in the tool box or time putting it back?


And people wonder why I'll padlock my tool box.

Posted by Wiccan I put them in the junk drawer. Does it count that that is usually where I find them in the first place?

If that's where you found it, then that's perfectly okay. Key word is 'where you found it.'

Locking the tool room when your the last one out.

Posted by blaistom77 Locking the tool room when your the last one out.

That's one hell of a good idea, Sir. However, ten minutes after I lock the door, I will be asked, "Why is this door locked?" and then and then and then...

kk, i have a rule. and speaking as a person who has been spinning wrenches for 17 years, i stick to my rule. "if" i let you borrow a tool or tools (as i own lots of "special tools") when you are done with it, DO NOT PUT IT BACK. put it on a shop rag cleaned and reoiled if needed on top of my box so i can inspect it and put it up.

Posted by cdevon kk, i have a rule. and speaking as a person who has been spinning wrenches for 17 years, i stick to my rule. "if" i let you borrow a tool or tools (as i own lots of "special tools") when you are done with it, DO NOT PUT IT BACK. put it on a shop rag cleaned and reoiled if needed on top of my box so i can inspect it and put it up.

That's an even better idea. "Sure honey...go ahead and use my new <whatever>, but when you're finished, could you please put it here, on this bright orange shop rag that is visible from about 200 yards away and is thus unmistakably obvious as to where you should put this tool when you're finished with it, so that I can take a look at it before returning it to my soon-to-be locked tool box?"

"Why...don't you trust me to put it in your fucking toolbox myself?"

cuz my .45 is also in that box.

Make a deal that you'll put down the toilet seat, or not, depending on the safe return of the tools to their rightful place.

Posted by L'Ali Make a deal that you'll put down the toilet seat, or not, depending on the safe return of the tools to their rightful place.

and this why i leave it up... the comic relief
the world does not revolve around womandom and their needs in the bathroom.
the world does, however, revolve around the toolbox... something to keep in mind next time you need something fixed.

Posted by Samurai and this why i leave it up... the comic relief the world does not revolve around womandom and their needs in the bathroom. the world does, however, revolve around the toolbox... something to keep in mind next time you need something fixed.

A wet tushy is one of the worst! And it's gross.

Oh, I put things back. It's something that drives me nuts as well. Just live by yourself and you'll piss yourself off enough LOL. I also came from a family where my brother would get me back if I didn't put things away. Don't finish your laundry - its wet in a basket getting funky and not in the dryer. Took something from his bathroom drawer and didn't return it, he'd fill mine with shaving cream.

Though just make sure that they know you will comply with a request if the do what you would like.