Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
As much fun as this rouse might be it has a real life basis. So many people don't have the spatial understanding to follow "clockwise" or the opposite "counter clockwise". I hear this frequently at work as I talk with/try to explain which way to turn stuff. It's really sad that as we (as a society) race towards the digital future such basic concepts as clock hands direction is forgotten as an important nugget. I find myself referencing a light bulb... Soon even this description will be lost.
What really gets my dander is when people refer to rotational direction as "turn the wrench to the right" (righty tighty). I want to ask which way is the wrench sitting? So many people are not use to critical thinking on so basic a level. Andy
Compass directions are like this for some people too. For example, if two straight streets intersect each other and one runs north/south and one east/west, one should be able to specify which of those four corners something is on really easily and precisely.
Yet the number of people I know who could be told, “There’s a mailbox on the southwest corner of the intersection of Walnut and Beacon” and not have to ask a bunch of clarifying questions is surprisingly low!