I went to the store the other day to buy one of those replacement watch bands. After A couple of hours of fiddling with it myself I came to the conclusion that they were not designed for the average person.

Replacement watch bands were created by some genius somewhere who decided that they would create something only a trained expert could replace. So after giving up and returning the two replacement watch bands I bought to the store I have come up with 10 reasons I hate replacement watch bands.

1.They never seem to fit like the one that came with the watch. No matter how hard you try you can never seem to get the replacement watch band to fit. Either it is too wide to go in between the posts or it is too big and you have to return it and try again.

2.The instructions for the replacement watch bands are in so many different languages that it takes you an hour to find the ones in English. Once you find the instructions that are in the right language they insist that anyone whom picks up the watch band can replace it.

3.Most instructions which are included with the replacement watch bands state that the “average person” can replace their watch band with this one in a matter of minutes. I don't consider myself below average; however I am guessing that their definition of average is not close to my own.

4.I would also like to know who designed those little pins that come with the replacement watch bands. I just have not figured out how can you install your new replacement watch bands if you spend most of the time on the floor trying to find the pin you just dropped for the twentieth time.

5.I am a little skeptical of something that says it can be replaced with just a pair of tweezers and your fingers.

6.If “time is money” I could have bought a new watch in the time it takes to install my new “not-so-easy to install” watch band.

7.After spending hours trying to get the replacement watch band on the watch, I tend to give up and take it back to the store. It is even more irritating when the person behind the counter installs the new replacement watch band in five seconds flat.

8.Once you get home from the store where the nice person behind the counter installed your watch band, it falls off.

9.It takes so much gas running back and forth to the store that by your third trip decide you could have a bought new watch in the first place instead of just a replacement watch band.

10.While you are at the store for the second time, asking the person whom is now giving you a look that says “Oh, bless your heart”, you see a watch band that you like better, so you buy it and start over again.