Remote

(noun) Something which is always too far away, even if it's just a metre away from you, especially if you're lying on a couch.

Origin: From the adjective, remote, which means far away.

Mum: Why did you call?
Me: Can you pass me the remote? I can't reach it.
Mum: You called me from the next room to give you something which is lying just next to you???