Reading wall of shame posts reminded me of this: A few years back, I was watching a questionable charity call for donations, featuring a rural family with a large hole in their roof, through which rain apparently poured on a regular basis. Then, in a longer shot, you could see a large piece of plywood, ideal for covering the hole, leaning up against the house. Now possibly the charity had just brought it over to later repair the home, but it seemed equally likely that the poor befuddled homeowners had never considered putting the plywood over the hole.
This struck me as idiotic, but there are probably things in my own life just like this, where I can't see a solution that's right in front of me.
So I thought I'd ask you all: Have you been in situations like this? Are you now, but haven't realized it? Does "man, child care is expensive" and "if only there was some way to earn money while staying home" qualify? Are the connections easier to see when it's someone else being the idiot?