ShivamMagnets
How you’re using it: Pointlessly.
Magnets can actually help in lot of ways. Instead of using a stud finder (if you live in a modern building) just use a magnet, dummy! An actual use that isn’t tied to crayons or pathetic sketches.
Cooking ware
How you’re using it: Dripping sauce all over the place.
Almost every pot and pan has a built in stand for you utensil right in the handle. Though it’s obvious, intended use is to latch a hook in the ceiling and hang the cookware, it’s much more useful (and probably more needed) to wedge your stir-stick in there, to dribble into the pot itself.
Bobby Pins
How you’re using it: Wavy-side up.
For whatever reason, intuition and common wisdom lead people to put bobby pins in their hair with the curvy side facing up. Wrong! That wavy side is meant to latch onto hair and hold it in place.
Bananas
How you’re using it: Peeling it like a human.
First of all, you’ve been peeling bananas wrong your entire life. Check out this video and learn from the natural world—monkeys do it best. Second, rubbing a banana into the bottom of a CD can help to reduce scratches and make it playable once again.
Extension Cord
How you’re using it: Tripping up.
Tired of them getting unplugged, just because you trip over it. In order to solve this problem, just tie a loose knot in the two that come together and the problem is solved. Instead of pulling them apart, when you stumble over the cords, the knot will just tighten.
Hand Dryer
How you’re using it: You’re sopping wet.
These can come in handy, in case you run short of paper towels. The metal nozzle thingy flips up to direct the air into your face and dry you off, albeit far-less effectively than towels.