Several times this week something that was not working magically started working again through no intervention of mine.
I find this to be very frustrating.
I would almost rather something stay broken than magically fix itself.
First, I enjoy fixing things. I’m an engineer, a tinkerer, and I get great satisfaction out of debugging/troubleshooting/fixing things. It is such a great feeling when you figure it out and it works again.
And second, when something fixes itself, you don’t know what did the trick and if it breaks again, you won’t be able to easily fix it.
For the same reasons, when we call an expert to fix something, I always ask them what broke and how they fixed it so I can do that the next time. It isn’t that I actually want to fix it next time, but I certainly want to be able to if I have to.
I know plenty of people in my life who don’t feel this way. They just want things to work and don’t really care why or how they do.
But I am not wired up that way.
