Scenario: A feel with the problem in hand

Kathrin cutting a branch

Kathrin wakes up and as usual has breakfast with her husband. Today is an exceptional sunny day, so she decides that it’s about time to cut the old branches of the rose plants in the small garden of the building she is living. She takes her dog for a quick walk, and then heads down to the back yard. She has with her the plastic toolbox that contains all her gardening tools. She takes a deep breath of fresh air, wears her gardening gloves and picks up a saw with wooden handle.

Moving towards the rose plants, she selects the first branch to cut. Kathrin places the saw in the right position, and with her left hand she holds the branch. Trying to move the saw back and forth, she sees that the branch moves as well, but she cannot hold it any firmly as the thorns of the rose plant will penetrate her gloves. “This is not working” she thinks, as she decides to use the secateurs in her toolbox. These secateurs pretty much work as scissors do, so she puts the blades around the branch and by using her right hand only she tries to squeeze the handles to bring them together.

Kathrin realizes that it will require much more strength to do that, as her hands are not as strong as they used to be. She takes the secateurs with both hands and presses the handles. The secateurs seem to be closing but not as much as she would like to, certainly not enough to cut the branch. She starts to get annoyed by the situation, so she turns the secateurs left and right, slowly damaging the branch. Finally the blades close and the excess piece of branch falls to the ground. Kathrin looks at the result disappointed. Not quite the clear cut she was wishing for. She puts her tools back in her toolbox and thinks to herself: “There are better and more fun things to do on such a lovely day”.