"Manual-phobic"

According to Wikipdia, the "garbage disposal" or garburator (Canadian English) is an electrically-powered device installed under a kitchen sink between the drain and the U-bend. It shreds food waste into very small pieces so that they can be passed through the plumbing without clogging.

Now as far as I remember, I do not think that we use these strange devices in Jordan or in the Arab World, however things might have been changed by now. Well, we have one at home and the stupid device suddenly stopped working yesterday. Apparently I should not have dumped some papers clips into it!! and that basically took almost all of the weekend.

On the sad portion of the news, I had to put my pride aside to sit down and read the device manual, which is an "anathema" for most men and more so to Easterners men in particular. I do not know how that happened but somehow most Eastern men got the idea on a subconscious level that you are "stupid" if you read a manual. The "I don't need a piece of paper telling me what to do, I'll figure it out myself" attitude is deeply embedded in our inner psyche which is perplexing to say the least.
On the bright side, the mission was accomplished with the help of God, the Wife, and some luck. However, I must admit that the process was difficult and was interrupted with scattered anger tantrums that were associated with some inappropriate language. Additionally, it led to several bends in the Kitchen's wall!! Now, fixing that will be another project, but for now I am celebrating my success with throwing few rotten oranges into the InSinkErator PR333.