A ‘Here’s Your Sign’ Moment

Everyone has a struggle bus moment from time to time. Whether it be tripping up stairs (my shins scream ouch just typing that) to blurting something better left unsaid into existence, we all have those kinds of days sometimes.

I had one of those moments earlier on when I went to vote.

Now look: I am not an expert or anything here, but I like to think of myself as knowledgeable enough to ensure that I can do something like use a voting machine correctly.

I got my ballot all ready to go – signed the screen, got my ID checked and the card in hand – and when I put it in the machine I get a card error. Huh. Weird. Pull it out, put it back in the slot at the bottom of the touchscreen.

Still a dad-gum error popping up. I walked over to see if I was doing something wrong and was told to turn the card over and try again.

My brain immediately went to Bill Engvall when I looked at the card briefly and noticed that it CLEARLY STATES IN BIG BOLD LETTERS…

THIS SIDE UP

Could you ask for a better “Here’s Your Sign…” moment than that?

Oops.

I believe the words of Kurt Vonnegut are apt for the moment:

“So it goes.”