I can’t seem to remember which is the standard direction to twist things open or shut. Valves, spigots, bottle caps, things like that. So many times I’ve struggled to open something, only to find that I’ve tightened it almost to breaking.
There used to be a diagram on the wall above the washing machine that my husband drew to remind me which way was off for the water going into the connected hose, where I couldn’t see it. More than once I turned it on full blast when I thought I was shutting it off, and the pressure built up dangerously inside the hose. He’d say “Turn it the same way you turn a faucet,” and I’d say “I can’t see the water. I can tell which way is correct with the faucet because the water stops or starts.” Luckily the newer washer just stays connected.
Talking about turning something “right” or “left” when it goes in a circle makes no sense to me.
I have the same difficulty remembering which way to change the clocks in fall and spring. Saying to set it “ahead” or “back” seems to mean the opposite thing to me.