"Why won't this stupid remote work? The doors should be unlocking. What is wrong with this truck? I swear, mom is going to have a heart attack if I have messed up dad's truck! Maybe the battery is dead. Let me just try to key. Well that isn't the right one. That isn't working either. What is wrong?"
My parents were visiting from out of town so my dad could help finish up some remodeling for me. Mom, my son, and I had gone to Lowe's to pick up a few extra pieces of sheet rock and some finishing nails. I had just ran out to the truck to pull it up for loading. I could not figure out what in the world was going on. Mom had gasped about every twenty-five seconds on the thirty minute trip to the dump earlier that morning. They had driven Dad's new work truck and her fear of someone hitting us had about made me hit her. Great! Now I had messed the truck up somehow.
"You know, I really don't know what the truck even looks like. I drove it, but I just didn't pay any attention to what kind it even is. I just know it is maroon." By this time, I as wondering if, by chance, I had gotten the wrong one. "Nope theirs leaves in debris in the bed. It must be it. Let me just try this key again. What is wrong with this thing?"
In last resort, I stepped around to the back to take a reassuring look at the tags. "Oh my God! I have the wrong truck! The tags are from a completely different truck."
I didn't even look around to see if anyone had been watching. Almost instictively, my parents' truck began to scream my name and I knew exactly where it was...one more row over!
Have you ever tried to get into someone elses vehicle? Has it ever set their car alarm off? Have you felt that stupid? I didn't even know whether it was a Ford or a Chevy for goodness sakes. And even though I know dad has an extended cab, I don't even remember if the one I was trying to get into had a cab or not! Talking about embarrassed! Boy am I glad the owner wasn't there. Can you imagine? "HEY, HEY YOU! GET AWAY FROM MY TRUCK!"
I believe I got away unseen, but the embarassment had a neon "IDOT" sign flashing above my head for a good twenty minutes after. I am sure the security guys will have a ball watching this tape play over and over again while laughing their butts off!
So how about you? Tell me about your most recent embarrassing moment. Do you think it was caught on tape?
