This may not seem like much to some, but it has been bothering me for months now.
They gave me a truck at work. It's not like I get to keep it or anything. I can't put killer rims on it or a Fear This decal on the back window. No "Horn Broke, Watch For Finger" bumper sticker. But I get to drive it, well, on days they don't let anyone else drive it. It's a tiny little truck, and it stalls if you turn right too fast. Or stop too fast. Or... honestly, it just stalls a lot.
But that's not the problem. The problem is that I also have a car I drive to and from work. I spend almost an hour in it each way. Feels like I live in that car when I'm not working. But still not the problem.
The problem is that these vehicles are set up without regard to the fact that I may be driving more than one on any given day and I am blonde. So when I release the parking brake on my car I am actually popping the hood. And vice versa. When I turn on the windshield wipers, I am actually flashing my headlights at the car in front of me ("Thank you very much, sir, I truly didn't realize how frustrating it can be to attempt a lane change while I'm blinding you"). Shifting gears really does turn on the misters and wipers (did I mention it's a convertible?), but that's a ghost of the car even before this one.
Do you see where my trouble is? I spend most of my day flashing people (mind out of the gutter, please) and popping my hood on the freeway, while being flipped off through a rain soaked windshield with my parking brake on.
Can we please standardize these things? I'm waiting...
