10 situations where only a left-handed person can understand the annoying inconveniences!
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After having taken a look at all the nuisances that a "southpaw" (a left-handed person) is faced with every day, you will not be able to not feel a sense of compassion towards him/her.
Just think about all the tools we use in the kitchen on a daily basis, that for a left-handed person, are almost useless if not downright dangerous!
Considering these facts, we realize that this world is entirely designed to meet the needs of the majority, a not so strange concept in itself but that certainly forgets to make life easier for many people!
The rings on binders are great for holding loose sheets of paper, but the inconvenience that left-handed people experience is maximum!
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Using your left hand --- just try to open a can with a right-handed can opener!
A corkscrew is just another one of the many objects that work only if they are held with the right hand.
For left-handed card players, the most convenient position to hold cards is also the one that prevents you from seeing the card suit!
Have you ever thought about how the handle of certain scissors is made? For left-handed people trying to cut with those scissors is very difficult, indeed!
And in some cases, scissors for left-handed people even cost more!!!
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Typical situation --- hand and forearm perennially covered with ink and graphite.
Even a bread knife is designed for right-handed people! In fact, the side that cuts is uncomfortable to anyone who holds it with their left hand and the result is anything but a well-cut slice of bread.
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You will never find this kind of ladle in a left-handed person's kitchen!
And the containers for liquids that show the inside only on one side?
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Finally, here's something that at school all left-handed children have learned to accept! If you want to use a pencil sharpener with your left hand then you have to learn how to turn the pencil counterclockwise!
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