August 14, 2018 (Tuesday)
Yesterday was National Left-Handers Day. Since 90% of the population is right-handed, there is no special day for them.
Or, perhaps because Left-Handers have one special day each year (August 13), we might say that every day except August 13 is National Right-Handers Day. We might say that, but we won’t. In the meantime, we can be thankful for all the things made for Right-Handed people, like scissors, for example. Here are some other examples:
- The pens at the bank are always attached on the right side.
- The flap covering the zippers on pants blocks easy access from the left side.
- If you hold a glass measuring cup in your left hand, you’re stuck with metric measurements.
- When you’re left-handed, writing in spiral notebooks and three-ring binders is a special kind of torture.
- Every time you swipe a credit card, it’s on the right side of the machine.
- Old-school can openers only work well in the right hand. Lefties have to reach across the can and turn the crank at a really awkward angle.
- Remember those desks with the chair attached? Definitely not made for lefties.
- Car cup holders are almost never on the left. Would you want to drink piping hot coffee with your non-dominant hand?
- The number pad on computer keyboards? Of course it’s on the right.
- Lefties sometimes buy special guitars.
- A camera’s most important buttons are always on the right.
- When you hold a tape measure in your left hand, the numbers are upside down.
Take heart, Righties; you don’t have the disadvantages described above. Every day is your day.