Do as I do

Funny thing I saw as I left the train this morning. There's a guy that rides the train (gets on at my stop) and the guy has to be close to 7 feet tall. He sat near where I was and as we were getting off the train as we arrived into Penn station, he ducked as he normally does to clear the top of the doorway to get out.

What made me laugh is the guy that exited immediately after him that was around my hight (not even close to 6 feet) and he ducked too. I think of this like when someone's standing on the street and looks up and it causes others to look up too.

Pull the Key Out!

What may be simple for some - just isn't for others. True for many things and sometimes you just don't see it coming with certain things.

A couple weeks ago, we got a new car - an '09 Audi A4. Beautiful car and has one feature that's different from a lot of older cars. The remote control is the key and the remote. To start the car, you put your foot on the break, remote in the ignition and push the key/remote in, like a button. To turn the car off, you do the same and to remove the key once the ignition is off, you pull the key out. Somehow, on the first day my wife drove the car to work she couldn't figure out how to pull the key out. I said, "What!?", as she called me all frustrated as I'm pulling into Penn station while sitting on the train. "I can't get the key out!" We're now at the gate and I have to exit the train. I have my large ice coffee in my hand and as I'm trying to offer suggestions, I knock into a seat and spill the whole thing. Ugh! Fortunately, everyone was off the train and I didn't spill it on anyone.

This is on a Monday morning, by the way. Long story short is that she wasn't pushing the key in far enough to allow the car to release the key. Lovely start to the week.