Another classic INTP absent-minded moment!

[MacGuffin]

About 15 minutes ago here at work, I decided I needed to take a piss. So I begin walking down the hall to the bathroom.

I am thinking about getting Halo 2 tonight for Xbox, really looking forward to that. While I am thinking about that, I unzip my pants, and begin fishing around for you-know-what.

All of a sudden, I realize I am still about 20 feet from the bathroom door. Thank God no one was in the hall at that moment.

I can be so oblivious to my surroundings at times.

:unsure: I think I avoided the sexual harassment suit!

[Groty]

LMAO!

I haven't ever done that, not even while drunk.

Though, I could see myself doing that.

[MacGuffin]

I tell myself if there had been anyone there, I wouldn't have unzipped.

That is what I tell myself anyway....

[SheepDog]

Sometimes, I get the the bathroom and have to stop myself to make sure that I really am in the bathroom. I don't remember walking there, so I have to get my brain back into the literal world for a moment just to be sure.

Then I start wondering if I've ever done what you did, or wondering if I might.

[InsurgentAlpha]

I did something similar. I was thinking while walking in the hall and decided to go to the bathroom. I went into the stall and was doing my business when I heard clinky shoes on the bathroom tile. I was wondering what sort of shoe is that man wearing to make that sound? The person went into the stall next to me and I could now see her nylons and high heals. I snuck out and no one saw me. I did notice the tampon machine near the entrance/exit but of course I did not see it coming in.

[ohnoaninfp]

I walked absent mindly into the guys restroom at my highschool. I saw one of my classmates holding his cock. He looked at me and his mouth dropped wide open. I got out of there real fast.

[MacGuffin]

Wow, ohno, you are not far from having sex!

[SensEye]

Wow, ohno, you are not far from having sex!

Not only that, but did you notice the outburst of posts from ohno around this one? I think she may be drunk! :ph34r:

[Crazy]

i generally just tend to go on autopilot, which can be bad if I'm not going where I normally would be going in the same direction. I often times am going to get gas from work and end up almost home before I realize that I was going home instead of to the gas station. Many times I will end up in a room and have to either go back or stand there for a few minutes to try and remember why I went into that room to begin with.

What really scares me is when I get so lost in thought that when I return to the real world I realize that I have been driving along, but can't remember anything about the last few miles I have traveled.

[Vagabond]

I have had nightmares about doing stuff like that. I guess I get so lost in my head sometimes, that deep inside I am worried I could do something like that in reality. I think the feeling in my dreams is bad enough to make me think twice before I act in real life.

[xavierd]

While at the movie theater I left the movie to take a piss and wandered straight into the ladies bathroom. I saw a woman at the sink and thought to myself, 'What is she doing in the men's bathroom?' This brought me back to the real world and I realized where I was!

There have been so many times that I've been driving and I say to myself, 'I need to stop at the store and pick something up.' and then the next thing I know I'll be pulling into my drive way when I realize that I forgot to stop.

[INTrPosr]

:rofl: I haven't done that either, but I do notice that I start fishing for it before I get through the outer door of the restroom, and look back hoping no one saw me. That only occurs when I have drank way too much coffee in the morning.

[Napoleon]

I am laughing my ass off remembring all the stuff i have done like this. And reading that you guys have the same thing, its just comedy :)

To add just some more example
It happend to me many times that i am walking in my house with something in my hands and just not know what i was planning to do with it, i can't even remember where it came from.

My mom telling me to do something and most of the time i will say "sure, just a minute". Ofcourse i just forget doing the thing i was supposed to do.

[Werdna]

Yep. This happens to me too. Once I pulled down my pants outside the bathroom door. That was at home though, and noone saw me.

Is anybody still wondering why there are so few INTPs in the world? We don't like reality, reality doesn't like us. It gets pissed off because we ignore it most of the time.

[ohnoaninfp]

Wow, ohno, you are not far from having sex!

Not only that, but did you notice the outburst of posts from ohno around this one? I think she may be drunk! :ph34r:

That happened about 3 years ago in highschool. I wish I was drunk so I can't feel anything right now. :(

[MacGuffin]

Wow, ohno, you are not far from having sex!

Not only that, but did you notice the outburst of posts from ohno around this one? I think she may be drunk! :ph34r:

No she goes thru the forum every afternoon posting (about 2pm EST U.S.). I browse by "View posts since last visit" and often the list looks like:

ohnoaninfp
ohnoaninfp
ohnoaninfp
ohnoaninfp
ohnoaninfp
file cabinet
ohnoaninfp
ohnoaninfp
Vagabond
ohnoaninfp
ohnoaninfp
etc....

[athman]

Catching the train home then realising I drove to work. Doh!

[SheepDog]

Making it the three blocks to the parking lot then realizing I left my keys at my desk.

[Arioch]

I walked absent mindly into the guys restroom at my highschool. I saw one of my classmates holding his cock. He looked at me and his mouth dropped wide open. I got out of there real fast.

:hug:

[KoDeN]

Well, just today I walked into a bathroom and wlaked to the urinal, but as I walked towards it, for a quarter second a stupid thought crossed my mind, and why it did I don't know. For some reason I thought, holy cow, I was about to urinate in there. As though it where a kitchen sink or something. Like it would be grossly inappropriate.

Sometimes when I put a cereal bowl away I put it in the fridge, and I have put the milk in the cereal cupboard a couple times. Not to mention all the times when I get up to put a dish or some food away and I end up half way upstairs to my room Before I remember that that object doesn't go upstairs.

Sometimes I have my lighter in hand, and I'm looking for my smokes for five minutes, but for some reason I think that I already have a smoke and that I'm looking for a lighter, and vice versa.

Hmm, absent minded... I can daydream while singing word for word exact tune out of a hymnal.

[lauriep]

Sometimes when I put a cereal bowl away I put it in the fridge, and I have put the milk in the cereal cupboard a couple times. Not to mention all the times when I get up to put a dish or some food away and I end up half way upstairs to my room Before I remember that that object doesn't go upstairs.

I found my purse in the fridge once. :blink:

I will regularly put glasses in the freezer. I'll be getting some ice for a drink, think of something else and walk away. On the positive side, a couple hours later when I realize that I'm still thirsty and go to get a drink, I'll have a nice frosty glass wanting for me.

[Niflheimian]

Sometimes when I put a cereal bowl away I put it in the fridge, and I have put the milk in the cereal cupboard a couple times. Not to mention all the times when I get up to put a dish or some food away and I end up half way upstairs to my room Before I remember that that object doesn't go upstairs.

Yes! Oftentimes I'll be on my way to fetching something, only to remember I'm in the wrong area of the house, or even forgot what I was looking for.

[Sackanaka]

I should really show this as "evidence" to my mom, who sometimes accuses me of being handicapped or "having a few screws loose." But then she'd probably laugh, forget everything, and continue to harass me.

[Dunearhp]

MacGuffin, it sounds like you may have been a little too exited about Halo 2
:devil:

[candela]

Wow. One time I unzipped too soon as I was about to go to the restroom but what you did is crazy.

A couple of times I tried pouring a drink on a plate or eating cereal with a fork. I'm not sure if that counts, but I have a lot of little mixups like that when it comes to food.

I remember one time I took a drink out of a can of dr pepper and then looked at something, turned my attention to it and threw the can on my couch, thinking it was still closed, I guess. I really don't know why I threw it on the couch. But that sucked.

[Sackanaka]

Or holding my paper plate and throwing away my fork in the trash. Then having to dig in after it, then having to wash my hands, meanwhile explaining what I did to any witnesses. :'(

[andy]

Sometimes when I put a cereal bowl away I put it in the fridge, and I have put the milk in the cereal cupboard a couple times. Not to mention all the times when I get up to put a dish or some food away and I end up half way upstairs to my room Before I remember that that object doesn't go upstairs.

Yes! Oftentimes I'll be on my way to fetching something, only to remember I'm in the wrong area of the house, or even forgot what I was looking for.

This happens quite alot to me too. i can walk into rooms and realise i have no idea what i came for. another thing i do is walk round the house looking for my car keys when they are in my hand all the time im looking

[Arioch]

I wonder if food makes the INTP more absent minded?

Or is pouring yourself a delicious glass of yougert just more vivid a memory?

[null-tE]

about the worse ive done was putting a pair of dirty socks into the sink, and dropping my cup of coffee down the clothes shoot....rather messy.

[INTrPosr]

Is anybody still wondering why there are so few INTPs in the world? We don't like reality, reality doesn't like us. It gets pissed off because we ignore it most of the time.
Touche:cheers:

[INTrPosr]

I have seen absentminded threads, occasionally on the forum, and I rarely post to them because I don't consider myself absentminded. However, I spent the entire weekend trying to locate an electronic key to the building I work. I am still clueless to where it may be, so I am combing through cases that I have worked on for the past two weeks, to determine whether I left it in one of them.:banghead:

[indie]

- Realized halfway through the day that my shirt was on inside out (more than once, but not in recent years)

- Threw a hundred dollar bill into the trash can. (long story)

- And I always ALWAYS forget where I parked in a parking lot :)

[SheepDog]

I went to the store with my fly down yesterday. All the way down.

[heeroyuy]

I went to the store with my fly down yesterday. All the way down.

If you get caught like this just claim you're making a fashion statement if someone notices :)

Absent Minded Things I've Done:

-Gone in wrong restroom, realized my mistake before I got fully in, and reversed looking to see if anyone saw me

-I've gone with my fly unzipped the entire day after I went to restroom several times, apparently no one noticed.

-I've forgotten my friend once...that was the worst one, she thought it was funny, as it was at her house anyways...it _really_ wasn't her fault, but I was so intent on stuff and kind of tired to begin with that I just forgot that I was with her, walked out and got about a block away and realized "oh crap" and went back to find her laughing at me.

[Zero Angel]

- Once in awhile I get told 'i'm flying low', make it a point to check fly now.
- Rushed off to work without realizing my shirt was inside out and all the threading was visible.
- Forget my trusty screwdriver half of the time and end up having to Mcguiver one out of some random object
- Poured rye into a glass of cold coffee (instead of pop) and took a big shot. Yuk!

[ohnoaninfp]

I went to school, forgetting to change out of the shirt I wore to bed once. My school had a uniform dresscode, but I didn't get in trouble because I had an extra uniform shirt in my locker. Whew!

[hemanthraz]

I once forgot that i had not kicked out the stand from my motorbike and the damn thing nearly crushed my legs.

Im regularly getting locked out of my office, so i keep my access card with the security outside[or rather he takes it from me]

Forgotten my own b'day.Forgotten tests in school....I dont know how i managed to even survive so far. Guess my instincts are keeping me alive.

[prometheusdestroyed]

I've really enjoyed this thread as it makes me think that this INTP thing might hold some water for me.

I have a tendency to start a conversation with someone and then forget what we were talking about and tonight I was getting a plate out of the cupboard to put a nan on it (piece of bread, not someone's grandmother) and turned round to find it vanished. Needless to say, bread and plate were safely back in the cupboard.

I'd just presumed that it was CJD from eating very cheap meat during the mad cow fiasco.

[FallenAngel]

Ha.. I took the shovel outside today (first snowfall) and stood in the driveway thinking about how cold it was... and forgot that I had gone out there to shovel the sidewalk... :(
-I lose my keys all the time.
-I forget my sunglasses are on top of my head all the time.
-I've thrown my purse into the washing machine once.

[venerationOFrabbits]

The dome light in my truck would not shut off. I figured it was because the doors wouldn't catch right or something. I asked the guys at Ford if they knew how to take it apart and to take the light bulbs out because I was afraid this winter it would drain my battery, that and I hated riding around at night with the dome on, and also people knocking on my door to tell me my dome light was on (it would eventually shut off).

The guy reaches in and turns the dimmer all the way down and shuts the damn thing off. I was riding around like that for I don't know how long.

[venerationOFrabbits]

More truckisms:

The reason I finally got around to having that dome light looked at was because I backed into a light pole (it's something I do) and my work box slid into the gate and the gate would not open. Got that fixed right? Well guess what I did again yesterday? That's right another visit to my buddies at Ford. (They like and get a kick out of me, I can tell)

[bergenski]

I often find myself unzipping in public and fishing around for you-know-what, *shrug*

[42.3]

- When I was a young kid, I once nearly got out of bed in the morning for school and walked right out the door with an insubstantial amount of clothes, and were it not for my mother, would have probably not noticed it.
- Very, very frequently (and perhaps most embarrassingly) I will be walking while deep in thought, thinking about much more wonderful things than those which currently exist in reality (a typical INTP trait), and as a result of my absent-mindedness, I will ever-so-annoyingly be brought back into reality when I end up tripping over, or crashing into, some randomly placed object. Sometimes I get paranoid and think that the ESFJs are all behind it :yes:
- I either walk directly across a wide road with heavy traffic during a red light, or while waiting for a red light to turn green, I get so immersed in something far more interesting than traffic lights that I tend to stand there "waiting" for ages, even though by that time there have probably been at least half-a-dozen green lights (one among many tales of my problems with keeping track of time).

[Fictionarium]

That happened to me once. :[ I was 10 years old though, so it didn't matter as much xD

[hoodrich84]

Wouldn't ISTP's have these moments as well..since they are also introverted thinkers? Just wondering

[2hype]

I don't think ISTP's are nearly as spacey. They are much more aware and in tune with what is going on in their environment.

[iksikaksi]

As usual, when I am going out for a trip somho i always forget something but one time, i forgot to put my luggage in the car so that when I left the place all my stuff was lying down on the drive way. I made a seven hour trip somewhere just to realize that all my shit was back home on the driveway.

[MacGuffin]

As usual, when I am going out for a trip somho i always forget something but one time, i forgot to put my luggage in the car so that when I left the place all my stuff was lying down on the drive way. I made a seven hour trip somewhere just to realize that all my shit was back home on the driveway.
I think you just won the thread.

[iksikaksi]

I think you just won the thread.

Im not very sure about that. Usually when I want to go to the bathroom I actually go there. However, I have a lot of books and interesting things surrounding the toilet so as not to get bored while .....

[RagingBull12]

I left a hotel one morning with two bags. Placed on top of the car and other on the ground while I fished for my keys. Unlocked the door, put one bag in, got in the car and proceded to back out of the parking spot when the car hit something and stalled (a manual). Instead of realizing that my computer bag was still outside and had fallen over under the wheel, I just gave the car more gas and backed-up over it until I saw a crushed black bag about 5 ft in front of the car. Lost a laptop, gameboy, PDA, phone charger, etc.

[iksikaksi]

When i was a little kid I also had the horrendous habit of not watching my step before getting onto the school bus, so i would accidentally step on some dogshit and contaminate the bus floor. Once the schoolbus conducter actually stopped the bus and walked towards my seat and gave me a lecture on the importance of watching my step before entering his school bus. The merciless kids in tht bus teased me all afternoon that day.

[glassmoon]

Here's a tip for you INTP's: always wear undies in the same color of your trousers...

:ph34r:

[daseinmind]

I wanted to smoke a cigarette which necessitated one lighter and one cigarette. After engaging in the requisite procurement activity, in my hands were two cigarettes.

[AliciaS2R]

I'm reading this thread and laughing because I have done so many of these things. I have come out of the restroom with my belt undone numerous times or my zipper down (in very public places). I forget what I am after many times and have to go back into the room where I was to pick up the train of thought again. Sometimes I put things in odd places or I start an errand to realize that I only have half of what I need. I make out a shopping list and leave it on the table. Good to know I am not alone.

[MacGuffin]

I just realized I've had a black belt with brown shoes on all day long.

[stigmatica]

I just realized I've had a black belt with brown shoes on all day long.

What degree?

[MacGuffin]

What degree?
360.

You know, all the way around.

[greenblob]

I spent 5 minutes looking for my lunch. When I remembered that I had already put it in my backpack, I spent another 5 minutes looking for that. Of course, I was wearing it. I was late for class that day.

[30footsmurf]

About 15 minutes ago here at work, I decided I needed to take a piss. So I begin walking down the hall to the bathroom.

I am thinking about getting Halo 2 tonight for Xbox, really looking forward to that. While I am thinking about that, I unzip my pants, and begin fishing around for you-know-what.

All of a sudden, I realize I am still about 20 feet from the bathroom door. Thank God no one was in the hall at that moment.

I can be so oblivious to my surroundings at times.

:unsure: I think I avoided the sexual harassment suit!

I did that last week. I was just as fortunate too. However I was thinking about going to the bathroom the whole time. I don't even have an absent mind to blame. My mind was completely present and thought it was cool to just whip it out. oh well no harm done.

[foodeater]

I turned on the wrong burner on the stove and didn't realize until I asked someone what that smoke was coming from

[Randall]

Today I got into the shower while still wearing my boxers. It took me over a minute to realize they weren't supposed to be there.

[bergenski]

I'm sure MacGuffin loves to be keep being reminded that five years ago he took his dick out in a hallway.

[Dirac]

I turned on the wrong burner on the stove and didn't realize until I asked someone what that smoke was coming from
Haha I did this today too.

I'm sure MacGuffin loves to be keep being reminded that five years ago he took his dick out in a hallway.
Well he undeaded it...

[bergenski]

Well he undeaded it...
He must have forgotten that everyone will again be laughing at the fact that he took his dick out in a hallway.

[Dirac]

He must have forgotten that everyone will again be laughing at the fact that he took his dick out in a hallway.
He was probably on his way to post in another thread, but accidentally got his post out in the middle of this thread.

[qualia]

Today, a friend who was hungry (celiac meant he couldn't eat anything) and stuck in an airport called me to get distracted. I asked him to come over and hang out so I could cook him something.

He was not pleased with me.

[hitomirou]

About 15 minutes ago here at work, I decided I needed to take a piss. So I begin walking down the hall to the bathroom.

I am thinking about getting Halo 2 tonight for Xbox, really looking forward to that. While I am thinking about that, I unzip my pants, and begin fishing around for you-know-what.

All of a sudden, I realize I am still about 20 feet from the bathroom door. Thank God no one was in the hall at that moment.

I can be so oblivious to my surroundings at times.

:unsure: I think I avoided the sexual harassment suit!Hahaha! You are not alone!

I could be absent-minded too! :highfive:

[porcupine]

I usually don't remember to look for my wallet until I want something out of it, which means that anywhere I've been since I last opened it could potentially be where I left it. I hate the fact that I get so spacey sometimes, I have been very close to becoming roadkill many times.

[Martavious]

I regularly walk downstairs in pursuit of things and completely forget why I walked downstairs in the first place, forced to spend up to 2 minutes in contemplation of what potentially I would walk downstairs to retrieve and only about half of the time successfully remembering.

[MacGuffin]

I'm sure MacGuffin loves to be keep being reminded that five years ago he took his dick out in a hallway.
I didn't get it all the way out...

[Mr.Defense]

I once went halfway into the girl's bathroom when lost in a train of thought. That was gym class in my high school years.:ph34r:

[Hermione]

Exactly. I decided the weird looking toilets, urinals, were simply there to let me know I had spaced out again and was in the entirely wrong restroom. Damn it. [ :

[Ivy]

I'm currently in the process of teaching thing 2 to wait until he gets to the bathroom to take out his wiener. He's not interested; in his mind, if he doesn't want or need privacy, it's totally okay to take it out. That it might make other kids in his class uncomfortable isn't on his radar.

[Hermione]

I'm currently in the process of teaching thing 2 to wait until he gets to the bathroom to take out his wiener. He's not interested; in his mind, if he doesn't want or need privacy, it's totally okay to take it out. That it might make other kids in his class uncomfortable isn't on his radar.

Man. Good luck with that. Boys and their weiners, must be the worst. Girls are easy, right? bwaahha Okay mine is difficult just like her mother. wink

Edit: she's seventeen and kind of passed on over the difficult parts now. Damn do I have the scars to prove it though. Hard heads run in our family. errrgh

[Ivy]

I actually think it's pretty cute, but I realize his teacher probably doesn't. :happpy:

And his sister is absentminded in her own way. I say "If it was a snake it woulda bit ya" at least once a day. She also talks just to hear herself sometimes. They're both pretty great kids but they each have their challenges.

[Unique]

I once went halfway into the girl's bathroom when lost in a train of thought. That was gym class in my high school years.:ph34r:

I actually used the girls bathroom while not paying attention

It still took me a while to work it out on my way out a women was washing her hands

I'm like, hmm, curious.... OH!

[doob]

"If it was a snake it woulda bit ya"

If I had a penny for every time my mother said that to me...

[MacGuffin]

Today I managed to put on my underwear inside-out.

[Jennywocky]

Today I managed to put on my underwear inside-out.

I bet it was backwards too. :banana:

(wait, what was that discussion earlier about peeing and men being stupid or something?)

[MacGuffin]

I bet it was backwards too. :banana:

(wait, what was that discussion earlier about peeing and men being stupid or something?)

It was not!

However, I am a long way from being as dumb as a woman. I might fall into a toilet if I ever reach that point.

[Jennywocky]

It was not!

However, I am a long way from being as dumb as a woman. I might fall into a toilet if I ever reach that point.

Maybe you're too dumb to fall into a toilet.
(You'd miss if you tried.) :highfive:

....

I suppose getting into the spirit of the thread, one of my worst fears is that of walking into the wrong bathroom. I did it once about five years ago, at work; thank goodness no one was inside. But I'm so preoccupied mentally, sometimes I'm just not paying attention to where I'm going.

The other morning, while getting ready for work, I put my setting powder on before I put on my foundation. I also almost poured Moroccan Oil (for my hair) into my cup, instead of water, with which to take my morning meds at the sink.