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please unlock the door?

well, today i had the pleasure of witnessing something that brought the following joke to mind:

guy walks into a gas station, laughing quite hard. gas station attendant asks as to the reason for his uncontrollable laughter, and eventually he manages to tell the attendant that he just saw a blonde outside using a coat hanger trying to unlock her car. at which point the gas attendant simply states, yes i gave her the coat hanger because she locked her keys in the car. the customers proceeds and states, yes but the funny part is that there was a blonde inside the car that was telling her ‘a bit more to the left’.

today, i had the pleasure of supervising a group of first years on their first sampling trip. all went well, however half way through the class…i notice this woman, somewhat panicky. she was going from the left side of the car to the right and saying something. i was at about 15 meters away. so i decide to try and figure out what she’s doing. paying a bit more attention, i hear what she’s screaming

“can you please unlock the door?”

and then, going to the left side of the van, pointing down and re-stating the same thing. this lasted for about another minute after i first heard what she was saying. i figured, her kid was probably inside, and the little bugger decided to find out ‘what this particular button does’. well, the kid unlocks a door, the side door…and the woman proceeds to open it…fast…the door slams into the gas pump nozzle that was still in use.

being far away, i could afford to laugh…i feel sorry for the students, who not only had to witness this happening right besides them..but they did manage to stay professional and not burst out in laughter…

key point…never trust your kid inside the car with the keys…

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