Have you ever gone shopping and come out to find a stranger sleeping in your car, with the seat reclined? I can see how this would (could) happen because cars today aren’t built like the 50 & 60’s. In the Good Ol Days one could tell a Chevy from a Ford by it’s shape. Cars used to have decorative hood ornaments, chrome bumpers, fins and two tone colors. Now days cars are indistinguishable with their aerodynamic shape and wrap around plastic bumpers. Recently I asked my husband, “How do you tell a Hyundai from a Honda?”
“The H emblem on the trunk of Hyundai is italic. “ Now I know, it’s not from the shape of the car but the font.
Anyway this happened to my co-worker and I last month. We stopped at Sallys after work to buy some supplies. I finished first and didn’t want to wait for her in the long check out line. Exhausted, tired and hungry I just wanted to rest. I walked out to the car, slid in the passenger seat, put my sunglasses on to block out the world and reclined the seat to get a little shut eye. I smelled tobacco and thought it must be coming from the SMOKE shop next to Sallys.
Just getting relaxed when I heard a commotion. A man and woman came toward the car like he had something to say. Why would this stranger want to talk to me? The girl in front of him opened the drivers car door and he said,” You’re in my car.” Startled, I looked around; the upholstery and dashboard were different than Lauri’s car. The lady proceeded to sit in the driver’s seat while I absorbed this piece of information. I looked passed her to Lauri’s silver car on her left and realized my mistake. “I sat in the wrong silver car.” I uttered. “And my friend is probably inside the store laughing at me.” I stepped out without further explanation and walked past Sallys window and peered inside. Lauri, absorbed at check - out stand, hadn’t seen me. Whew, I slid into her car. Yes, the seat was already reclined from my previous ride. I pulled my shades down over my eyes and started over. I chuckled to myself and thought of all the things I could have said to the strangers one car over.
“This car is more comfortable”
“I thought I would get in a little shut eye before you arrived.”
“Is that Marijuana I smell in your car?”
My story reminds me of my friend Sera who came out of Wal-mart looking for her car. She slide into the driver’s seat, reached for her seat belt and pulled it across her lap to fasten. As she latched the belt she noticed a stranger sitting in the passenger seat. With no explanation she jumped right out and saw her husband in the distance splitting a gut laughing at her.
Back to my original premise If Lauri had parked next to a 57 Chevy I never would have sat in the wrong car for a nap.
How funny!
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