I figure that I have the perfect opportunity to post about my weird and wonderful friends. I have ten days to say whatever I like about them and hope that they will have forgotten by the time I come home looking suntanned and gorgeous...
I recently received this email from a weird but wonderful friend:
...I pulled up at the parking lot and found a space right outside. When I got out of the car I was chased into the shop by a little chappy offering to clean my car, I'm like, 'no thanks'.
An overloaded shopping trolley and empty purse later, I stroll back to the car park and the cheeky git was sitting on the boot... I squeezed the trolley through to the back of the car and am ready to go all Karate Kid on the car washer when I realise there is a huge scratch in the paintwork.
Oh oh... flip 'bitch' switch ...
Crazy Lady: Oi (fingers pointing, arms waving), I saw you sitting on my car... Did you do this?
Car Washer: No crazy lady (Oh, how brave is he?). You think I don't wash car so I do this?
Crazy Lady: Well YES - It wasn't there before I left
Pissed off, raging and all other things related to crazy ladies I tried to open the boot. When it doesn't open I try to unlock it manually. I am currently two breaths away from a heart attack and car-washing, car-scratcher man is looking on at me puzzled. I decide to breathe before I explode and take a look around.
Arghhh, now it makes sense - My identical car is in the space to the left. Same model, same colour - No scratched boot.
Does anybody know where I can get some humble pie?
Ha ha ha ha ha! I'm glad that didn't happen to me!
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oh no!! LOL
ReplyDeleteOh don't you just hate it when that happens?? :#
ReplyDeleteHave a great holiday - where you going?
I only laugh because I've done something similar. Except my car was covered in snow and to my credit, was a little harder to identify. But that's what I got for parking in the teacher's lot as a student. Humble pie is best served warm, though...
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a magnificent time wherever you are going and I will use this time to get caught up on your posts from June while I was off experiencing every life change except pregnancy and menopause.
I thought that kinda stuff only happened to me! Hah! What a way to color your day :D
ReplyDeleteI've come out of the store & gotten into a van before - wondered when my son put things of his into my van & why I didn't see them before (of course, hadn't locked my van before going in) & then suddenly realized my van was to the right of the van I was sitting it!
ReplyDeleteMy boss says it happened to her mother once, but in that case, the keys had fit the door locks, they just didn't fit the ignition.
Have a good trip!
i feel her pain. i always rage first, retract later.
ReplyDeleteweird and wonderful friends are the best kind. will you be mine?
Great story, and have been guilty of similar - I now have a 'put the crazy lady on hold' button so I can avoid this scenario
ReplyDeleteHope the pie was tasty!!!
ReplyDeleteHave a great trip!
I've gotten into the wrong car before, but thankfully no one saw me or caught me.
ReplyDeleteHiya ED, this has me in stitch laughing! So funny, cos it's like something I'd do! And I don't find humble pie at all tasty!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful holiday!
This is to funny, but I bet it has happened to many more than you In a crowded parking lot and it was dim, I actually got in another persons car. You think I didn't hot foot it out of there!! I made tracks and my car was 2 cars away.
ReplyDeleteI am forever mixing up the cars -- trying to unlock the door to one that isn't mine. That's when I freak out and worry that the lock has been jimmied and my key no longer fits. Then I realize my mistake but worry the real owner will accuse me of trying to steal his car...
ReplyDeleteHA HA HA - I laugh because Ive done the similar thing before. Good to know Im not the only one!
ReplyDeleteSo I guess I have to admit it is my humble pie n I did eat it!!..... Only surpassed ( actually not true I have many more ! ) by calling the main dealer I had just bought new car from to complain it wouldn't start .... Yep had two cars, same make .. and YES ..had both keys on same key ring!!! ........ In my defence those flippy out key sticks are very similar !! And u wonder why I put the blonde streaks in ???? :) xx
ReplyDeleteAfter all that, I hope she let him wash her car (and tipped him well)!
ReplyDeleteSo funny. I have kinda done that myself. I think I would have asked him if he would help me put all my groceries into my car so I could leave sooner.
ReplyDeleteYikes!
ReplyDeleteI hope your trip goes well.
haha. that is awesome...i like my humble pie with a bit of whipped cream...
ReplyDeleteThat's funny!
ReplyDeleteUh oh....blush...scream...awful but hilarious! Thanks for the giggle.
ReplyDeleteHappy travels!
Yep, I've also tried to get into a car that wasn't mine but parked two spots away from mine and identical. No car washing guy was involved however, but I did feel like a righteous ass.
ReplyDeleteLuckily I'm used to that! :)
Ha! Have a fun holiday in the sun.
Have a great trip. Going to other places for fun is on the top of my list each year. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteHave a great time on your trip and hopefully something like this doesn't happen to you!
ReplyDeleteHave a great trip!
ReplyDeleteOoops! Embarrassing...but funny for us to read. :0)
ReplyDeleteOh my God! About halfway in, I just knew it wasn't her car. I can't count the number of times I've tried to unlock someone else's car, often not the same sort of car at all! But at least I didn't go crazy over it.
ReplyDeleteHave a great trip!
ReplyDeleteOUCH! How embarrassing.
ReplyDeleteHave fun in the sun. I know it hard work but try to enjoy yourself.
good one - there's a similar one about a lady that reports kids trying to steal her car but it's not hers in the end.
ReplyDeleteI like this better.
How wonderfully splendid! Have fun in the sun!!
ReplyDeleteI've heard of kids washing the windshields but not the whole car. I would have let him do it just because my car hasn't had a hand washing ever.
ReplyDeleteI love crazy ladies....we always kept one in the attic or a back room where I came from. Thanks for sharing your "friend's" story. I'm sure it was a friend, because you would never do anything like that. Have a great trip.
ReplyDeleteOh ouch.. I could see that coming.
ReplyDeleteHave a great trip.. be safe. :)
Dude... I GOT IN THE WRONG CAR!!!
ReplyDeleteCouldn't figure out why the FUCK my keys wouldn't go in the ignition!!!
Called Mr. CB and asked him where he put the car seats... And he told me to get the FUCK out of the car!!!!
That's so funny, and yeah, something I would totally do. Enjoy your trip!
ReplyDeleteThat is hilarious, and why do these things happen to us or our friends. lol. take care, have a fabulous trip.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds exactly like something I would do! I have often climbed right in cars belonging to total strangers and the thing is - they don't even have to be the same make, model or even colour!
ReplyDeleteFlip Bitch Switch-- Love that one.
ReplyDeleteHave a glorious, sunny vacation.
Cheers,
jj
Oh, my...this is sooooo something I would do!!!!!!!!!! ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad it wasn't your car after all!!! Have a fabulous vacation! We'll miss you...but will see you when you get back! ~Janine XO
ReplyDelete14 freakin hours in a plane? Shoot me now. You are a little crazy I thing Ed.
ReplyDeleteHave a fab time, I know you'll come back with some doozies.
Take care, don't drink too much HAHAHA and keep the sunscreen on.
Love ya
Love me
xoxoxoxo
...and that is the problem with automobiles to day except for a scratch on the boot and a lock that won't open ...they all look the same.
ReplyDeleteYou will be missed...
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your return ... and I hope you will come with gifts ;)
HAHA. This was hilarious. Have a great trip...:)
ReplyDeleteNo wonder you have to leave the country (grin).. have fun!
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a fabulous time in the sunshine and get beautifully tan!
ReplyDeleteThat was very funny, but sad cause I am real bad at finding MY truck.
I must be the only one left on the planet that can't figure out what a boot is..I mean the only boot I know of is the one you put on your foot not your car.
Hahaha poor little car washer.
ReplyDeleteHave a great time in the sun, use the sun lotion or you'll get freckles.
ReplyDeleteGreat post.
ReplyDeleteHave a great trip.
XX
Oh, that is freaking hilarious! I would love to say that sort of thing would never happen to me, but, uh, yeah, I can see that happen to me.
ReplyDeleteNow that is funny! I love the whole scenario.
ReplyDeleteGo with the flow, dear...
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahahahahahah. Yeah, you can get some humble pie at the identical twin store. That is the funniest thing I ever heard. You, my darling, are a riot.
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