A specific frustration of tool use

The terrible frustration felt by someone who owns the exact right tool for a job, having to make do with some sub-par substitute. A chef trying to carve a turkey with a plastic picnic knife might experience this. Or a master carpenter who resorts to using a rock to drive a nail back into the fence outside his brother's house. This sensation of frustration is specific to the people who own and can use the precise tool for a job, and the frustration is compounded by how much longer it takes to do the job with the inferior tool.

Bert AndersonComment