Thursday, May 17, 2012

The right tool

Scraping duct tape residue off a window is not a fun task. Poor thoughts were running through my mind concerning the people who thought it was a good idea to hang the window signs with duct tape. "I wish they were hear to see what a problem they've caused." "I'd make them take it off, so they'd never dare do it again." "Here I am again, cleaning up someone else's mess." "Why didn't they take a moment to use the right tool for the job - masking or scotch tape."

Even goo gone was helpless against the little dots stuck from last summer. What a pain. After dozens of minutes, I decided to take my chance and put a paint scraper to the window. I figured it wouldn't help, and worse that it would in some way damage the window. I was totally wrong. Come to find out, it was exactly the right tool for the job, leaving me with the task complete in a matter of seconds. Literally felt like cutting butter - not even that hard stick of butter that you get from the fridge and is extra hard to put on the toast. No, were talking about butter thats been in the cupboard for a few hours.

Thanks God, for the reminder of the importance of the right tools. Just like the right words are so much more effective whether in a speech, a note of encouragement, or a careful admonishment. The extra minutes that it takes to research and obtain the right tools is so worth the end result.

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