ever find yourself apologizing to your car?

[darkoshi]

Driving to work this morning, my mind was distracted. I didn't notice the train coming from the other direction towards me, along the track that runs parallel to the road. Trees block some of the view of it. The locomotive happened to blow its horn right as it was passing me, and my heart nearly jumped out of my chest.

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After getting to work and parking, I started to open the door but then closed it again, as I wanted to put on my scarf and headband before exiting. The car emitted a long BEEEP and showed "Key Detected in Vehicle" on the display. I uttered (more than a mutter) a "F-U, I know the key is in the vehicle!"

The car's seat-belt-related beeping is an on-going sore subject for me. I can't turn on the car's power before having the seat belt on, without being beeped at. There are reasons for turning on the car before putting the seat belt on. I refuse to be badgered into doing something because of a doggone badly implemented beep, and so the beeping continues to be ... a sore subject.

Then I realized that this was actually a warning/beep that I approve of, as I wouldn't want to forget my key in the vehicle. So then I felt bad about my language and said, "I'm sorry".

Comments

[badfalcon]

I apologise to my car on a pretty regular basis, yes. But then I talk to her most of the time when I'm driving. Like, I get in and tell her where we're going... so she knows, of course. Would't want her getting lost LOL

[darkoshi]

Good idea. I suppose it should work better when the car knows where you're trying to get to.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

I know someone who curses at her voice-enabled phone. It lectures her about bad language.