How come?

How come some certain things can work in some certain ways to make certain people mad as hell? Let's begin with the recharger cable for the IPad. Every single time I have tried to plug the charger into the pad, the connector is upside-down. One hundred times out of one hundred. I look at the connector and make an educated guess as to which way it goes and every single time I'm wrong! This should be a fifty-fifty split. I suspect that the plug-in port on the IPad deliberately twists itself so the plug won't fit. I suspect that Steve Jobs set it up that way just for laughs.

And it's not just electronics! I have a seriously looking leather apron, given to me by my wonderful wife, that's meant to protect my old and frail body from chunks of wood flying off the lathe. When I put this neck to knee shield on, I need to clip a strap behind my back. The clip only works one way. I never, ever, get it right on the first try! I attempt to fool the connector by twisting the strap behind my back. Wrong! Next time, I don't twist the connector. Wrong! Every single time I put on that apron it takes two tries to get it right!

My plan is this: tomorrow I will attempt to plug my IPad charger into my leather apron. What's to lose?