Anyone else get confused operating different things?

[brown40]

Aren't brains funny things? They work hard to strengthen connections that are actively used, so we don't have to think so hard about doing a given action. Then we switch our setting without even thinking through it.
Winter-->spring is what gets me the worst, when the standard car with power windows becomes the daily driver, and I'm slapping at the door reaching for the window crank moments after I remembered I had to clutch to get it started. I'm glad clothes, rope and utensils all work the same when you switch sizes.
The sad reality is the more experience and variety of experience you have, the more likely your brain is to run on autopilot without your active input. The good news is--its not confusion or dementia--its just your brain making the 'best choice' (usually the most recent or strongest connection) when you're not actively guiding it through a process, and one 'fail' usually gets the right connections firing again/makes you think--hopefully without incident!

 

[gladehound]

I routinely turn on the left turn signal in any car or truck I drive when trying to go into reverse. My tractor has a hydraulic reverser!

 

[s219]

After spending a long day land clearing on my Kubota, I remember hopping into my truck and trying to go in reverse by pushing down my heel. Gave me a good laugh.

 

[meos1]

Its OK we all get this experience as we age. Or so I have heard.

 

[zzvyb6]

Seriously, I have a number of favorite handguns and rifles, each with its own purpose and fun-factor. Someday it may not be fun but something different. The location and direction of the safeties on each is always a major concern and potential trouble factor for me. Makes it more likely that I choose just one of them an then be totally bamboozled if I choose another sometime later.

 

[Birdhunter1]

Changing from a tractor to a skidsteer to a truck I don't get confused, but amongst tractors if I get on one of my dads D-Series Allis Chalmers I practically never remember I can use the power director.

 

[bigtiller]

I'm in the left-hand reverser camp. Mine was on a JD 480C forklift. It's a tough one to stop doing.

 

[orangeandgreen]

Kubota 3240 has left hand reverser, JD 2840 has hi/lo lever in the same place. After driving the JD for a while, I have tried to put the Kubota in "high" a couple times, good thing there wasn't anything close behind me...

 

[STx]

If I spend a lot of time on the tractor doing loader work and then hop on the forklift, it takes me a minute to remember the controls. I also have the issue of popping the left blinker on or looking for a different pedal to reverse the car or truck. It's amusing when I realize what I'm doing.

 

[boggen]

i have search for left / right brake pedals, to clutches, to gear shifts, to turn singles, to hunting for side mirrors, to center mirror in vehicle / cab. to other various levers / switches.

it down right stinks at times. all in the zone per say. and UTH OH! reality check!, then back to normal again.