33 Times People Had To Explain Surprisingly Basic Things To Adults

That there is no such thing as a “forever oil change.” He declined us topping off his oil and our suggestion that he should really get it changed ever 5k. He left and it sounded like a box of rocks while driving away. He has it towed it a month later saying it just stopped on the freeway. That car was OVER over. I was shocked it lasted as long as it did.

The guy was like 40.

I had to explain to a 60 year old man that his car remote key fob stopped working because the battery was over. Somehow he knew to replace the batteries in his TV remote but thought the car key fob locked and unlocked the car without batteries?

I also had to explain to him that his dog's dry food was always going bad really fast and attracting bugs and wild animals into his always-open garage because he needed to actually close the bag and keep it inside a strong container with a lid that kept raccoons out or maybe even keep it in house where you feed your dog. You don't leave your bags of cereal and chips wide open outside your house so why do you do that with the expensive dog food you buy?!

I was taking a new hire through on boarding forms on my computer when she started tapping my monitor. I said it's not a touch screen and to use the mouse and keyboard. She looked at the desk then at me and said "what's the mouse?". She was 19 and this was in 2018. I asked how she didn't know what it is and she explained that every device she has ever used was a touch screen and that she has never had to use one before.

How a greeting card worked. 
Like, how a piece of paper could be folded in half to create an "outside" and "inside". 


One of those moments where my brain broke because I couldn't figure out how to explain such a simple concept to a grown-a*s upper manager at my job.

An ex insisted that dairy cows produced milk all the time and they didn’t need to calve first.

The shiny side of a DVD player goes down. Lady bought a DVD player and a DVD. She brought the DVD back because the DVD player wouldn't work. She called *me* stupid for suggesting that the DVD player read the shiny side of the disc instead of reading the label side.

Had a friend that was in a tough situation and need a place to stay. Had to explain to her why leaving multiple dirty dishes and half empty/empty food wrappers in her room was a bad thing (ironically enough, she was complaining about the fruit flies hovering around her room)

Edit, for reference, she was almost 32 years old.

That he should not put frozen hamburger patties in a toaster to unstick them. 


Not a toaster oven, a toaster .

I had to explain the difference between South and North hemisphere and how seasons differ between them.

When I worked at Walmart years ago, my coworker tried to clean a customers forehead by licking her thumb and rubbing the mark off. She was unsuccessful. After the customer walked away, I explained Ash Wednesday to her.

Boy-girl twins.


"Are they identical?"


Y'all know "identical" means exactly the same, right?  You can *look* at them and see they're not carbon copies.  Beyond that, even little kids know boys and girls have different parts.  The twins, do, too which makes them...not the same and, thus, not identical. .

Not an adult, but still a teenager that should've already known by that age.

a pad fell from my bag at school, he saw it and came to me asking what it was because "he always saw them in his sister room but everyone refused to tell him".

explained him what it was, told him it was for the menstrual cycle. had to explain that too, he had no idea what I was talking about.

and that's why I firmly believe we NEED this kind of education at school.

If you put on someone else's glasses, they are not wrong because YOU can't see out of them. They aren't made for you.