| All my life I was told that I was brilliant. | | | | myself if it didn't fit I said the tiles on |
| Of course, I was usually the one saying this | | | | the shelf were the perfect size. I found out |
| to myself. So naturally, whenever one thinks | | | | later that you really should know the size |
| so highly of oneself, they tend to think they | | | | tile you need before you buy it. The more |
| could do anything. Fathers obviously think | | | | questions he asked, the more lost I felt. I |
| this way when Christmas rolls around and the | | | | began to notice a group of other workers |
| swing set is waiting to be put up. Let's be | | | | surrounding us with smirks on their faces. I |
| realistic here, it is usually men who think | | | | could swear I heard laughter as I drove away |
| they can do anything and everything. (Women | | | | with the products needed for laying ceramic |
| apparently have the common sense gene that | | | | tile. |
| most men lack.) I will admit that I am one of | | | | |
| those proud men who say," Directions? I don't | | | | When I got home and began to work, I realized |
| need no stinking directions!". But just like | | | | something...I had no clue what to do! All I |
| the Tim Taylor character in that | | | | knew was that the end product would be that |
| hilarioussitcom Home Improvement, I needed | | | | the room would be laid out with new tile. So |
| all the help in the world. My project was | | | | I did what I thought I was to do. I pulled |
| laying ceramic tile. | | | | the old tile out and put the new tile in. |
| | | | Hours later when I finished, I looked back at |
| As I walked into the nearest Home Depot, I | | | | my work and realized I had made a mistake. |
| began to feel worried deep inside. I had | | | | The tiles looked bumpy and uneven, I had |
| walked towards the section that would start | | | | different shapes and size and worst of all, I |
| my project of laying ceramic tiles and I tell | | | | realized that I knew nothing about laying |
| you, the assortment of sizes, colors, and | | | | ceramic tile. Later I did some research on |
| prices was astonishing! Of course, being the | | | | laying ceramic tile and did it right. I found |
| frugal person that I am, I went straight to | | | | out I needed to know the size I would need |
| the tileswith the smallest numbers underneath | | | | and how to smooth and waterproof the surface |
| them. just then I was approached by a | | | | underneath the new tile so it will last |
| salesman. "Can I help you?" he asked. "Yes. I | | | | longer and of course I also learned the |
| am laying ceramic tile and would like to buy | | | | correct way of laying ceramic tiles. Most |
| these." I said, pointing to the cheap ones. | | | | importantly, I learned how to shop and |
| He then asked me what size tile would I be | | | | compare, where even if I had to spend more |
| using. Because I thought it didn't matter the | | | | money then I wanted to, it would be more |
| size and thought that I can cut the tile | | | | efficient in the life of my newly tiled room. |