What do you suck at?
 

I'm curious what everyone sucks at? I'm sure that everyone must suck at something, and probably 2 or 3 things. Personally, I can't make an omelet to save my life, which really pisses me off, cause I'm pretty freaking fantastic in the kitchen, if I do say so myself (and those tfp'ers on my facebook can vouch for that, just go look at my photo albums of the week-long cake!), but all my omelets come out as scrambled eggs.

learning languages I am horrid at it.

Life :)

I suck at playing video games. However, I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing.

Oh, and basketball.

singing

Slow-Pitch Softball: Yeah, found that out after joining a softball league with my neighbors. Played last year, spring, summer and fall leagues, never again. I can best help the team by staying the hell off of it.

Maintaining a healthy weight: I can gain weight, I can lose weight. But for the life of me, I cannot find a good weight and stay there.

American football. I love to watch it but playing it will bring mounds of untold shame to my doorstep. But worst of all I suck at ...

Society and picking up chickas!!!

controlling my appetite, golf, fighting videogames

Many things requiring hand-eye coordination in a sporting capacity (this is due only to not actually practicing, because otherwise my coordination is quite good).

Math in my head.

Remembering details for short-term and long-term memory recall.

I suck at accents.
I suck at acting.
I suck at running and therefore most sports.
I'm finding that I suck coming up with things that I suck at. :p

Tolerating narcissism.

modesty, if it weren't for that I'd be perfect









:D

I can't swim.

I've tried. People have tried to teach me, and I've progressed to the point where I'm in no immediate danger of drowning in calm water, but aside from that I'm pretty horrible. My ex-girlfriend used to say I'm just too dense. I'm not sure if she was joking.

I'm also horrible with names. I can remember all the fiddly little details of a technical system, but remembering the name of a person I met five minutes ago? Fuggedaboudit.

I am terrible at singing, but I don't let that stop me.
Keeping up with personal email.
Controlling my laughter - you know those times when you feel like laughing when you're not supposed to? Yeah, I suck at those times.

I suck at spelling something fierce, and I'm bad at detail work when it comes to grammar. I can't tell you how many times in school I'd miss something totally obvious and simple. The devil really is in the details.

I suck at following orders. I've had a string of really bad bosses that conditioned me to second-guess everything my superiors do and say. Which is a really, really bad thing, especially considering my current boss is perfectly capable.

I suck at Excel because I've never been able to use it for more than 14 seconds without getting mind-numbingly bored. It's worse than church. I don't know how Bill Gates does it.

Hey Lucifer, check this out:

Edit: Part 2!

being positive, not hating my own self

I'm a horrible listener. When people talk for more than 30 seconds at a time, I tend to blank out. Not so good when I'm in class and the professor is lecturing.
And discipline. It'd be good at a lot of things if I can stick to it long enough.
Oh, and time management.

I can't swim, suck at math and certain spatial abilities - I couldn't lay carpet or calculate how many tiles I'll need to cover a room if my life depended upon it.

Thanks to the internet, I make up for whatever abilities I lack in Google searches. :thumbsup:

Oh Jesus...


Keeping my house clean. Doing dishes. Throwing out the left over coffee from the pot in the morning. Keeping in touch with my family. Basketball.

Comprehending sentences that have double negatives.

Regional geography (I have no sense of where Brampton, Markham and Oakville are).

I suck at doing math in my head and housework.

Neither does anyone else, don't let it bother you :thumbsup:

I suck at sight reading, mainly because I'm lazy and would rather play by ear.
I suck at doing dishes, although I'm pretty good at all other housework.
I suck at playing football (soccer) and hockey (the grass kind).

I'm sure there's plenty more, I'll add 'em as I suck at them.

Driving. It's something I've never been able to get down. It would be a danger for me to be on the road, so I just don't do it.

Relationships. I have really bad commitment issues.

Swimming. I just don't float.

Basketball. I have awful aim.

Running. I smoke too much.

I suck at blank canvases. Once I get going, I'm good...but if I'm trying to start a new project from the beginning, I seem to hesitate before slapping down the first bit of color, so to speak.

Swimming, Recalling names, chatting with extraordinarily attractive women, sales and negotiating or haggling...

I also have no self control when it comes to free hors d'oeuvres and appetizers.

I suck at writing by hand--my handwriting sucks, and I put pen to paper so rarely that I have trouble actually writing down what I mean to take down.
I suck at numbers--I mix them up something fierce.
I suck at cutting in a straight line.
I suck at avoiding temptation.
I suck at quitting smoking.

I suck at dealing with stressful situations.
I suck at motivating myself to take the actions needed to become a better person. (exercising, developing career skills, etc.)
I suck at communicating with people, even with taking the Dale Carnegie course I still suck at making eye contact, remembering names etc.

I suck at anything requiring very fine motors skills, like laying a trace on a ciruit board or tweaking
parts.
I also suck at being patient, but I'm getting better with practice.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ephil1/nuk.jpg

(couldn't pass it up...)

oh, and golf...

I suck at having patience. It's an ongoing trial-I tend to interrupt people when they talk to me, I can't wait for things, stuff like that.
Swimming.
Taking care of my health.
Housework and organization.

Sometimes I feel like I suck at so many things it's hard to just pick one.

I suck at not being critical.
I suck at keeping up with the dishes and other housework.
I suck at not being hypocritical.

However, I do acknowledge these flaws pretty readily, and I'm working on them!

I also suck at recognizing my achievements and what I'm good at. Recently my mother told me she was proud of me for all that I've accomplished. I have a hard time seeing my own accomplishments; I tend to only see my mistakes.

I'm not vary good at cooking. I managed to burn minuet rice last week.

texting doesnt seem like much but in this day and age its a real bitch
my girlfriend texts like a bat out of hell and have five down before i can do one response.......
one handed no less..

I suck at cleaning my house too...get the feeling this will be a recurring theme in this thread! :p

I suck at concentrating on one task at a time, and often get dispersed.

I suck at gardening.

I suck at waking up early.

Conversation.

I suck at creative endeavors. My drawing skills have been stagnant for the last 14 years or so and any on the spot creative thinking is a no go for me.

Painting! Can't paint a wall without ending up with paint splattered all over the floor and me. And the paint is always uneven on the surface after I roll it on. Red tells me that my layers are too thin, but I can't roll it on any heavier or there would be more paint all over everything else. Give me some trim work to do, and I'm great. But a big, spacious flat surface? No way.

After this afternoon, I've decided I suck at trimming yews.

I also am not good at painting large surfaces. I'm not messy with it, but for some reason I always get air bubbles under the paint. I remember one time I was painting a wall in the kitchen. I saw an air bubble and thought that it I peeled it, it would go away. The paint peeled, but not all of it. The result was an unevenly painted wall with cracks and creases. If the color weren't an ugly yellow, it might have been forgivable. I had an obsession with having a yellow kitchen with white trim, I don't know why, but I no longer have that desire. Unlike you though, I'm not good at trim either, my hand is too shaky.

I suck at bowling and playing pool... but thoroughly enjoy doing both!
I suck at hiding my feelings, and I suck at saying no to Oreos.
*goes to grab a glass of milk*

Staying on task.
Not procrastinating. I excel at procrastination.
Paying attention or pretending to when I'm not interested.
Letting other people talk when I don't like them.
Maintaining emotional distance when something bothers me.
Staying organized.
Picking up shit instead of half-finishing tasks.
Remembering to clean out the coffee filter.
And picking up cat hair.
Making and completing lists of tasks.
Pleasing other people.

ah yes, cat hair... put me down for that one too!

looks like im going to have to organise a TFP swimming course..who's up?

Math! Any of it, but esp. algebra, using negative numbers and figuring out percentages!

Also, as you well know - I am a terrible typist. I ALWAYS mix up i and e in the name Canfield...(hmmm, see? I had to re-type it)

Oh and I can't get posts to link and photos to appear in tfp.

Can't help but "flip off rotten drivers" too when someone does some knuckled headed move in traffic. SO I suck at being patient with shitty drivers! It almost cost me my life in San Rafael once, but naw, I still flip 'em off when they deserve it!

I suck at doing math in my head... give me complicated algebra problems, or geometry proofs, and I can work through them fairly quickly (writing everything down, of course), but ask me to add or multiply two-digit numbers, and it takes me for-EV-er. I just can't hold the numbers in my head, if that makes sense.

I suck at being on time. My friends & family have come to terms with it (and tease me about it all the time,) but it tends to cause issues with work and class.

I suck at tennis. Playing softball for so many years is probably to blame for my desire to drill the hell out of the ball...which wouldn't be so bad if I had control. I don't.

I really, REALLY suck at putting in contacts. Just got them last week, so granted, I need more practice... but as of right now, it takes me at LEAST ten minutes to get them in, usually longer.

I blame calculators for this - bring back times tables!!

dancing and math.

typeing..........xoxoxoo

p.s spelling too!

Well, okay, I remember the times tables up to 12. Also, I wasn't allowed to use a calculator in any math class until sophomore year of high school... and using the calculator really just meant I wasn't using so much scrap paper for tests :)

Maintaining a consistent sleep schedule, particularly when I'm in complete control of what I do each day. Just because I can wake up whenever I want doesn't mean I should. :p

Keeping track of time. I didn't get home until 6 last night because I was with former co-workers and interns playing Rock Band the whole time. Only, when we decided to stop, it felt to me like it was 1 or 2 at the latest!

Staying organized. I'm pretty good at creating organization, given the right tools, but it doesn't take long before I'm totally disorganized again!

And, to keep up with the recurring theme, I also suck at swimming. In fact, I can't swim at all.

This is me. I woke up at 1pm today. I need to wake up at 7am on Monday. I always have jet lag and I didn't go anywhere. When I was without a job, I never knew when I would fall asleep or wake up. It's 1am right now and I'm not tired.

That and talking to girls.

That was funnier than all get out. Laughed my butt off. Thanks.

I suck at dancing. Yup, that would be #1. It's not lack of coordination. It's lack of knowing what the hell to do next. I have to stop and think about each and every wiggle.

Wiggle the butt. Check.
Shake head back and forth. Check.
Stop feet a few times. Check.
Flap arms in the air. Check.
If I do them all at once I get dizzy, but hey, I haven't fallen over yet.
Wonder why the hell everyone is looking at me funny. Check.
Worry about ending up on YooToob under 'worst dancers'. Check.

Dancing.
Most sports involving a ball.
Keeping my mouth shut, especially at work.

Controlling my depression. I'd be having a normal day.. nothing even remotely bad happening and this huge onset of sadness sweeps over me and I get stuck in it for sooo long.. a few hours or a few days. But, it disappears fast and I never know where the hell it comes from, what causes it, or how to keep it away.



I also suck at playing the guitar. I have crooked fingers. :/ BUT.. I'm actually alright on the violin. Not, the bass, though. Maybe it's the thicker strings? **shrug**

1. Math. Geometry and algebra? Hell, I can barely multiply. 2+2=4? If you say so. The college entrance people tore out their hair because of me: I took the old SAT three times, scored 740, 760, and 780 on the Verbal, respectively, and never once broke 500 on the Math-- the closest I got was 490, and that was after taking the Princeton Review for the SAT Math. I scored 340 on the GRE Math, and they give you like 200 just for signing your name right.

2. Most kinds of sports. Although to be fair, never cared enough about them to try much. Exceptions: I learned enough bits and pieces of different martial arts to be able to punch and block and evade and such, and I use it all blended together as a meditative routine. Also, I can fight well with broadsword and quarterstaff.

3. Dance. When I used to do musical theater, the choreographer called me a "triple threat:" a threat to the art of dance, to my own safety, and to everyone around me.

4. Losing weight. I inherited the world's most abysmal metabolism, on both sides. I can exercise like hell, cut carbs, calories, fats, or anything else, and nothing really happens. Metabolism never speeds up, and never burns much off.

5. Playing guitar and piano. Tried both. Sucked at both. I have short, stubby fingers that are incredibly bad for chording and reaches. I did manage to pick up some musical skill in attempting to learn the harp, though. I should really pick that up again.

I suck at playing the drums on Rock Band. Embarrassing.

Man, this thread is depressing. Wish I could un-read it.

Music--This doesn't stop me from trying.
Sports--You don't want me on the company softball team.
Small talk--I'm getting better at it as I get older.
Foreign languages--In college I was scared to death to speak.
Math & science--I'm a true math phobic, and I've always preferred literature and history.

Wait... I'm supposed to pick up the cat hair? Argh.

I suck at holding conversations. I'm an awesome listener, but when they expect me to reply, they end up being highly disappointed. And, it's not a lack of something to say, but a lack of putting the words together to say it.

I suck at cooking, though I'm starting to get better. (I'm awesome at baking, though.)

I suck at relationships. I'm trying really hard in the one I'm in at the moment, but it gets so frustrating. I'm even being open with everything, but still...

I suck at being motivated. I've been saying that I was going to get my GED for a couple of years now, but just haven't done it. Give me a deadline and I will procrastinate until the last minute.

That being said, I'm pretty good at some things, too. Math and grammar are my two best subjects and always have been. I can remember the smallest things about someone and bring it up later in conversation, much to their surprise. I'm actually really, really smart, but I'm awesome at convincing people otherwise. Tooting my own horn, I'm a pretty good mom. I have single-handedly turned one of the most monstrous little boys (Think Super Nanny) into one of the most caring and (mostly, minus farting) well-behaved little boys.

Now that I think about it, I'm pretty good and suck at a lot of things. I'll stop, though.

+1 on that one

I suck at singing, but I still do so at the top of my lungs when I can.

I suck at folding things. Paper, clothes, time/space... I am useless in that dept.

I too suck at folding spacetime. Much to my chagrin.

I've got the general maths-in-the-head woes myself, I CAN swim (and teach swimming), but what I really suck at is dodging the all or nothing perspective. I'm either doing it right, or I'm up shit creek without an avocado. My self-discipline in the area of time management is also sub-par.

HOWEVER, (we've got to cheer up this thread up, guys!)

I rock at interpreting Shakespeare. I also kick buttocks at playing the piano, and coming up with games/cunning plans/imaginary worlds on the spot.

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I suck at making introductions. I hate doing it. I equally suck at hosting events.

Posting in internet forums. I am working on it, but this is only the second one I have ever belonged to.

I suck at math, I switch the numbers around in my head.

I suck at lots of stuff, but what bugs me most is that I can't sing. People flee, holding hands over their ears, when I attempt it. How can I suck so bad at something I love to listen to so much? God's sense of humor, I guess.

I suck at "reading between the lines". I'm much better when shit is spelled out for me and I'm not supposed to decipher it. (woman specific)

I also suck at managing money. If it's on me, it wont be for long...

Biting my tongue. Not good at that one at all.

I am kickass in everything I do.

Movement. I completely lack any athletic ability, my motor skills suck, and I'm absurdly klutzy. I also fail at navigation and at paying attention to my surroundings...really just paying attention in general. This makes me come across as pretty frickin oblivious.

Me too! I'm terrible at making introductions. I also suck at making eye contact and calling people by their first names.

posting
my job

singing

Swimming - I swam across the lake of the Ozarks in Missouri at some silly army school and it took me just about all year to do it. Granted, the water was freezing and I was wearing boots, but still. I'm kinda kinda phobic around water because I don't have the swimming technique thing down. I really need to take classes to get over the mild fear and to develop my technique so it becomes mechanical instead of mysterious. It'd be good exercise, too.

Talking to Women - Turns out I suck at communicating with the opposite sex when I'm in an intimate relationship. The second we hook up or move in or declare exclusivity? I develop a horrible case of Tower of Babel mouth. I'm too blunt, I'm too practical, I'm not romantic enough. I treat them like I treated fellow NCOs: I love you, we're a team, I'd take a round to the chest for ya... but I'm not going to say it. I'm a landscaping shovel, not a silver teaspoon.

I suck at making new friends.

I suck at talking on the phone to people I don't know. It's simply amazing, it's more of a self image sorta thing than sucking, but it's where it really shows. I think quicker than I speak, so my words are all jumbled and sentences are fractioned. It's kinda funny to watch I'm sure.

I suck at keeping my cool... the silliest, smallest thing can throw me into a foot stomping, teeth gritting fit of rage. and no one is safe. i even irritate the hell out of myself with getting so angry so easily.

I suck at making my own decisions. For example... don't ask me where I'd like to go for dinner... just choose.. cause I'll just re-ask you the same question...

I'd rather have to deal with eating at the restaurant I hate the most (cause typically I can find something to eat) and know the other person is completely content.. than knowing they just ate there to make me happy. ha.... and at this moment I just realized I force them into doing what I don't want to. crap.

All you need is someone to force you to use it.

I was forced to use Excel for 2 years. 5 days a week, 8 hours a day. You know it is not so bad. After a while I realized that it's a pretty decent programming environment. I'm not talking about VBA. I noticed that VBA really messes things up and makes it undebuggable. I'm talking about just the cells and functions.

Joel Sopolsky, an early Excel architect, sometimes talks about how he can do a lot of things quicker in Excel than in Perl.

I'm posting today because I saw this message: Hello alkaloid it appears that you have not posted on our forums in several weeks, why not take a few moments to ask a question, help provide a solution or just engage in a conversation with another member in any one of our forums?
alkaloid, take a moment to create a new thread or topic in one of our forums. The community will show their appreciation of a good discussion by responding to your post. Find something to discuss and post it!

I suck at finding a job.
I suck at hiding how i really feel. (but only with healer with others, i'm a pro)
i suck at telling people how i feel.
I'll keep adding as they come to me...

Tolerating, intolerance.

Soldering. I understand the theory behind it, but I cannot get it right. either I get a big gob of solder on the board which connects just about everything to everything else, or I get the board too hot and burn it out.

This is why when something breaks I usually end up buying another one instead of doing a simple 30 cent fix.

organizational skills, I cant find anything to save my life!!!

I suck at maintaining friendships.
I suck at mingling at parties where I don't know anyone.
I suck at sports (in general).

I suck at folding laundry. Thank god my wife loves to do it.

Venus' altar.

Golf and cooking. Mainly golf. When I was in my early 20's I played golf for 1 year 3/4 times a week and couldn't break 100. (Even cheating) Extra mulligans, no penalty strokes, the list goes on and on.

I also suck:

- keeping my mouth shut in lectures where the professor hates me
- at shaking college girls off my leg when they reveal their inner psycho
- staying focused on writing papers that are longer than 20 pages
- exercise / eating when I'm not dating, single Crompsin is a sloth
- calling people on the phone, I get nervous for no reason occasionally

Apparently I suck at keeping my 'with friends' personality separate from my 'at work' personality. Sometimes the inappropriate humor I share with my friends slips out at work... cue awkward silence.

I also suck at throwing a frisbee on a windy day.

I suck at learning languages, and remembering names.

I suck at first impressions.

Most of my friends thought I was a complete ass before they got to know me.

I suck at staying in touch with my high school buddies and just hanging out in general. Need to be doing something other than a 2 hour bullshit session. Now, if it was two hours fishing with a bud, that is a different story. But just lazing around doing nothing and shooting the shit seems weird and uncomfortable like when someone enters your personal space.

e v e r y t h i n g ... seriously , but i've learned to accept it ... :)

I've learned recently that I'm not good at aggressive driving.. I mean.. I'll go where I want to be.. but I'll give them a weak smile and a wave and I'll feel bad for cutting them off.. and that doesn't really scream aggressive to me. :/

I take back the chicka's thing, I'm a god now :D

I suck at maintaining a household, as far as decorating or anything, other women seem to have little or no trouble doing. Like hanging drapes.....it always turns into a week long process with them never looking right, and having to have a friend fix them for me, I have actually sat down and cried at the feeling of being incompetent when it comes to doing female things around the house. I honestly think I should have been born a dude. but, I'm a good cook??

Like a few of the others I suck at Maths

I'm not sure why but maths just does not make sense to me which is frustrating because I'm logical enough to know that there is a perfectly sensible reason behind every equation and so it just drives me up the wall that I can't figure it out. I think in my case it is more a mental block then a lack of understanding cause take the numbers away replace them with letters and give me the exact same equation as an algebraic question and I can solve it no probs.

The other thing I can't do is make sponge cakes

My family teases me abouty my sponge discs they are that flat. Sadly I don't even have to be making the cake I just need to walk past the oven which has an otherwise sucessful sponge cake in it and it will fall flat. I possess an anti sponge cake aura or something.

Mmmmh well... I suck at everything. I must be the force holding the Earth in orbit!

Haha, self-depreciating jokes aside, I suck at err math. And doing things with my hands. I guess my fine motor skills aren't that good enough. Darn my stupid kindergarten >: (

I also suck at err... oh yes! I never follow through on things. As in, I will start projects and stuff but never finish them up. I'm always the firestarter and the leader but I hardly ever see myself through things. I just don't possess that much energy to lead myself through an arduous situation.

It's funny how much I hate myself for the things I am but when you ask me what I suck at, I can't say for sure that I DO suck at anything. I just, well, -suck- because I am stuff that are not the antithesis of most things.

Like for e.g. I am lazy.

I can't possibly say I suck at being hardworking because there's no such thing as sucking at being hardworking. You either are hardworking or you're not.

Meh.

Social interaction with people I don't know. I can be very awkward.
I also am not so good at critical thinking, making good judgements. I can be too compulsive.

Fidelity, and from that you can conclude that I suck at marriage as well.

I'm also really bad at recognizing my own limitations. I expect to be able to go everywhere and do everything, which causes me no end of trouble. I tend to over-estimate my own abilities a lot.

Magpie's good for that, though. She just tells me I'm being stupid and I settle down.

Lately I'm not very good at sleeping. I try and fail nearly every night. It's not good.

I occasionally have problems with knowing when to keep my damn fool mouth shut.