Measuring tape with a magnetic tip. You don't even need to get down. Will not work with stainless hardware. Source- I clumb ladders a lot and drop screws a lot.
They forgot to show where he goes to get a new screw from the drawer, as to fix the squeaky drawer, but is out of lubricant, so tried to go to the store, but the car needs an oil change... Oh! And when he FINALLY gets back to the kitchen, he steps on the screw and has to go to the ER to have it removed, then the ER bill bankrupts him and he loses the house to the mortgage company. He's totally SCREWED.
I work in commercial aircraft and have dropped hardware from the top of the tail...amazingly often you can see where it lands, but by the time that you descend to the ground, it grows legs and runs away
I stopped trying to look (as I'm usually contorted in some odd position that prevents me from seeing where it lands) and have adapted to listening where it last hits the floor and searching that area.
The ADHD banishment ritual. You have a thing. You place or drop the thing. As soon as you lose sight of it, it no longer exists. Screwdrivers, phones, wallets, keys, trinkets, medicine, clothes, doesn't matter. All gone.
I left home to go to swim class, forgot my headphones, went back to get them, searched for 15 minutes making me almost late, and then realized I was wearing them. Rushed out, arrived on time, forgot my flipflops for the 3rd time
My mother always, always, always dropped her earring backs, I don't need the flashlight trick, my allowance was based on me learning tiny object hunting skills from toddlerhood on, and yes, we had avocado shag carpet thanks for asking, just made me train harder =]
Frozenspokes
As a former aircraft maintainer, I feel this.
Quizz25S
And then you step on it barefoot 3 days later
Gippo53
spiteful bitches
3rdoption
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WhiskyBravo
Can confirm.
Davedavedavedavedave
Magnetic bits
Thorketil
NinjaCongo
Mahcks
As I understand it, this is the exact reason it's someone's job to point at a person that has fallen overboard.
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
It will appear under your heel when you are snarfing down a midnight snackski. Kind of like a leggo unleashed
whatbuttondoipush
Measuring tape with a magnetic tip. You don't even need to get down. Will not work with stainless hardware. Source- I clumb ladders a lot and drop screws a lot.
OtisTDrunk
That .....MF Screw.....
aslum
Best way to find it is to not be wearing shoes and give up - two seconds later you'll step on it.
zertmaster
Same but in the bottom of the foot.
chris16447
This has never happened to me, it makes one bounce and enters the 6th dimension with a 1 in 5 chance of actually reappearing.
TimmyTimm
Expected his ghost to be watching his corpse on the floor, crushed beneath the microwave.
oldguyexlurker
They forgot to show where he goes to get a new screw from the drawer, as to fix the squeaky drawer, but is out of lubricant, so tried to go to the store, but the car needs an oil change... Oh! And when he FINALLY gets back to the kitchen, he steps on the screw and has to go to the ER to have it removed, then the ER bill bankrupts him and he loses the house to the mortgage company. He's totally SCREWED.
Blutbart
Was there really never a time when he could have started cooking meth?
Travelcedric
I work in commercial aircraft and have dropped hardware from the top of the tail...amazingly often you can see where it lands, but by the time that you descend to the ground, it grows legs and runs away
GrimleyGraves
nevergoingtogiveyouupnevergoingtoletyoudown
Okay, so it's not just me.
Cranbananarama
Magnets help.
theobstruction
Do they still even sell screw tips that aren't magnetic?
lonelyrangerofthedreams
Just to reappear after the job has been finished.
With or without using a new screw.
Dragondraikk
It's ok, you'll find it with your foot next time you're not wearing shoes
spittleteets
I stopped trying to look (as I'm usually contorted in some odd position that prevents me from seeing where it lands) and have adapted to listening where it last hits the floor and searching that area.
hiyo365
Same. But some get some damn good bounces to them. Grr
TKpotato
Sometimes things get too many bounces and get sign and “I’ll find it later”
TKpotato
A sigh* not a sign
hiyo365
You tried your best. :)
headbang196931415
Very relatable
KaminM
The ADHD banishment ritual. You have a thing. You place or drop the thing. As soon as you lose sight of it, it no longer exists. Screwdrivers, phones, wallets, keys, trinkets, medicine, clothes, doesn't matter. All gone.
MidnaDS
My self confidence...
V65ozzie
My ADHD costs me so much money, because I'm always replacing stuff I lost. Upside: Eventually, I'll have duplicates.
Contraserrene
Sound off if you've ever spent ten minutes looking for your glasses without realizing you were wearing them.
BeckyLookAtHerButt
Or on top of your head
TKpotato
I left home to go to swim class, forgot my headphones, went back to get them, searched for 15 minutes making me almost late, and then realized I was wearing them. Rushed out, arrived on time, forgot my flipflops for the 3rd time
IronMagnus
Telescoping magnet stick would help here.
ParaspriteHugger
Or just a magnet on the end of a yardstick - I have a magnetic note holder in my tool set that has so many uses.
IronMagnus
K but a yardstick won't fit on your tool belt or in your pocket for unexpected use and would likely require breaking line of sight to grab.
ParaspriteHugger
Then your tool belt and your tool pants suck.
nottheotherguybutme
That's what happens with the last buck in the wallet as well
NightOwlRally
My bank account after bills, college tuition payments, car payments, phone payments...
Treforce
And that one lego piece you JUST saw 10 times when you didn't needed it.
DYLANLEE79
Don't worry you find it when you're mopping and it leaves a nice long scratch in the floor.
Grimmrog
Or when enterin the kitchen sleepy at night barefoot
PubMed12927120suckssobad
It has skittered underneath the open door and wedged itself between the bottom of the door and the floor and yeah that is going to leave a mark
TKpotato
And it’s gonna make a naassty sound when you move the door
CyberHexx
Or you step on it during your late night shredded cheese run...
caledric
I usually find it with the pad of my foot.
ThePostPenultStraw
Use a flashlight and lay it on the floor. Rolling its beam across the floor and look for the shadow of the screw on the wall.
mohamedlimammaoulainine2718
https://youtube.com/shorts/9W3DM63cEpE?si=zEOAv6RvJH4C-l4B
ReusableBastard
Where the Thrush Knocks 3 times.
MusicPenguin
Take off your socks and walk around - you will find it really fast.
PineappleLoopsBroether
No. Magnets.
Dybidude5
Genius!
OozyRatInASanitaryZoo
Use a rubber band to loosely cover the nozzle of your shop vac with a rag, and vacuum away
TheEleventhHand
My mother always, always, always dropped her earring backs, I don't need the flashlight trick, my allowance was based on me learning tiny object hunting skills from toddlerhood on, and yes, we had avocado shag carpet thanks for asking, just made me train harder =]
Goodbyeforrealthistime
You assume it still exists in this reality...
killergrooves85
That’s brilliant. My brain already forgot it. Something about spinning a flashlight on the floor like a dreidel?
Silverbananahorse
Sounds like my love life, Shadow of the Screw
HandoB4Javert
Or a lightsabre
pan069
You'd have to get down first to put down the flashlight though...
fformulaa
As you lay your head down upon the floor, you gaze your longing eyes for the shadow on the wall, fingers slowly start to emerge from the shadows on the floor https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1cjR1YmJzM21weno4ZWswem5mYnF1NnJtbHE5eXdrd3RwZDhsZW4waSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3oKIPikXXxzs8MFFO8/200w.webp
mohamedlimammaoulainine2718
https://youtube.com/shorts/9W3DM63cEpE?si=zEOAv6RvJH4C-l4B
Makerofroads
Hell yeah, I've had a good run
zigbigidorlu
To the window, to the wall.
BishlamekGurpgork
Can they pass the screw?
fformulaa
They can...
BishlamekGurpgork
Okay, WILL they pass the screw, please?