Since there seems to be a few others who use one hand or the other depending on the task at hand, here's my seemingly random list:
- writing, eating, soldering iron, painting: left hand
- throwing, kicking, anything that requires more strength: right hand
- guitar: right
- hand that holds a drink: left
Here's some weird ones:
- Chop an onion: right hand
- Butter a piece of bread: left hand
- Use a mouse: right hand. This one makes no sense. My left hand is my precision hand. I assume this was learned.
- Use a box cutter or exacto knife: left hand
- Scissors: right hand (Again, this must have been learned)
Here's a funny story from my youth: I worked part time at Wendy's in high school. Once when I was making sandwiches, a co-worker remarked "Why do you do that?". "Do what?" I said. "Why do you keep switching hands depending on what topping/condiment you're putting on the sandwich?". "Idk, I didn't even notice".
I had a short lived job at Taco bell as a teenager, and at Taco Bell there is a 2 sided table for assembling the food. Newbies start on the right side, experienced on the left.
The left side prioritized the drive thru, so it was more speed oriented than the right side, which prioritized the dine-in.
I had a really difficult time on the right side, being left handed. All of the assembly steps were backwards for me. The left side would have been a better fit for me.
I tried to explain this to my boss, but she made it evident to me that she wasn't being paid to care.
It was a stupid minimum wage job and I only made it 3 weeks, which was my second or third shortest lived job.
As far as "accommodations" go, I was especially equipped to work faster in their higher priority lane, but since I didn't fit into their box, it just wasn't meant to be.
To me it feels like whichever hand I start with lol, it does make me wonder if the reason I'm much better at fps games with a controller is because my left is my precision hand but I'm using the mouse with my right. (I know controllers have aa but I'm still much better than a mouse even though I've been using mouse to play rts and moba games my whole life over using a controller for just apex)
- writing, eating, soldering iron, painting: left hand
- throwing, kicking, anything that requires more strength: right hand
- guitar: right
- hand that holds a drink: left
Here's some weird ones:
- Chop an onion: right hand
- Butter a piece of bread: left hand
- Use a mouse: right hand. This one makes no sense. My left hand is my precision hand. I assume this was learned.
- Use a box cutter or exacto knife: left hand
- Scissors: right hand (Again, this must have been learned)
Here's a funny story from my youth: I worked part time at Wendy's in high school. Once when I was making sandwiches, a co-worker remarked "Why do you do that?". "Do what?" I said. "Why do you keep switching hands depending on what topping/condiment you're putting on the sandwich?". "Idk, I didn't even notice".