The what did you take too literally today? thread

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I was at Walmart today, and I had bought a bunch of vegetables including some beets that I had stuck in a produce bag. I was at the checkout and was tying the bag up when the clerk asked me "what are you doing with the beets?". I replied, I am tying the bag up so that they don't fall out. Then she said "No, I mean, what are you doing with the beets when you get them home". I replied that I was going to make a juice out of them. She went on to ask me a few other questions which I again took too literally making the same mistake, without really understanding the questions correctly.

I'm sure other's have similar experiences all the time. Maybe others on here can list a conversation or an observation that you misinterpreted today because you were thinking in literal terms.

Not sure if this would apply -

Other person: We should meet for a glass of wine, sometime.

Me: I never acquired a taste for wine.

Other person: Would you like to get together sometime?

Then, I realized the point and felt a bit foolish.

My dad has told me before that I'm like a computer: I take in and interpret everything exactly as it's given to me, nothing more.