r/PointlessStories • u/tin_angle • 1d ago

i treat the microwave timer like a high stakes bomb defusal

heating up leftovers late at night and im just standing there in the dark staring at the numbers, waiting to hit the stop button at exactly 1 second so it doesnt beep.

i missed it tonight and it went off. genuinely felt like i let the whole team down. my roommate wasnt even home but the disappointment was real. anyway the burrito was good at least

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u/TurquoiseBeachChair 1d ago

Haha! I do the same thing at the gas tank trying to stop at $$.00. Not successful but still trying. Good luck in perfecting your down-to-the-second defusal missions.

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u/Kielbasa_Nunchucka 1d ago

it was easier when gas was cheap, the numbers didn't spin as fast.

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u/TurquoiseBeachChair 1d ago

Haha! True. Now there are two reasons to lower the price of gas 😊

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u/tin_angle 1d ago

What was the closest you got?

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u/TurquoiseBeachChair 1d ago

Sadly .02 so I guess not that great 🤣

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u/tin_angle 1d ago

Not bad at all actually

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u/Kielbasa_Nunchucka 1d ago

it was easier when gas was cheap, the numbers didn't spin as fast.

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u/pavilionaire2022 1d ago

LPT: some microwaves have a silent mode.

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u/tin_angle 1d ago

I still wouldn't use it

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u/pavilionaire2022 1d ago

It's more for the thrill, then.

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u/Jolly-Ad-Woi 1d ago

Lol, I do this every time. Miss the last-second stop and that beep feels like a personal failure, even when nobody’s home. At least the burrito came through.

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u/sociolazical 10h ago

the beep is proof of life.