[Mawr]

That's just your brain associating the bathroom with the act of brushing your teeth, and therefore doing it automatically upon the trigger of entering the bathroom. It bears no resemblance to the accidental activation of a completely different button.

The other poster's correction: "it’s like brushing your teeth with razor" is apt. Touching the fuel cutoff switches is not part of any procedure remotely relevant to the takeoff, so there's no trigger present that would prompt the automatic behavior.

[cjbprime]

Now I'm trying to remember if I've ever picked up my razor and accidentally begun tooth brushing motions with it. Probably!

More relevantly, you seem to me to be unduly confident about what this pilot's associative triggers might and might not be.

[bapak]

Good analogy. Things I do every day in front of the mirror, but I occasionally attempt to squeeze some soap on my toothbrush. Or I have to brush my teeth and I find my beard foamed up. Or I walk out of the shower after only rinsing myself with water.

[ninkendo]

I've definitely put shaving cream on my toothbrush before.

[mnahkies]

Not a bathroom one, but the number of times I've tried to pay for public transport with my work/office fob is mental. Generally happens on days where I'm feeling sharper than average but also consumed with problem solving

[bravesoul2]

I agree. Has anyone here unplugged their mouse instead of pressing caps lock by mistake?

[fc417fc802]

Do you unplug your mouse so frequently that it has become muscle memory?

[interestica]

It depends on how that person internalized and learned the behaviour. We store things differently.