Though intellectually I can't accept that anyone, with practice, cannot learn to use chopsticks. But I know someone who has tried often and on for years and still cannot manage them. First problem is that you have to learn to relax your hand and fingers. I think initimidation is the biggest obstacle to clear. You're nervous, so you become tense, then the hands tighten and ruin everything.
Try playing with them for a while (in private). Pick up whatever is laying around and place it somewhere else. Start with larger items with a texture you can grip and work down until you can managed small, slippery/smooth objects.
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Originally Posted by RickOShay
So for the sake of all the Westerners here who have gotten the chopsticks question about a million times.. please do your best to learn how to use them.  |
So true. Especially for me since I commited to carrying my own instead of wasting more bamboo on the disposables. Those questions and comments can be - shall we say - interesting.
