In which my car is too much a metaphor

[nineveh_uk]

I took my car to the garage last week as the central locking wasn't functioning, which meant that I couldn't lock it at all. It has been repaired, but in the course of this has demonstrated Life Lessons that I could have done without, namely:

* sometimes it doesn't matter that something has been maintained in good condition or had light use, the passage of time also ages things.

* hooking it up to the machine that confirms the faulty door is door X rather than believing your client who thinks - for good reason - that the faulty door is Y, but is mistaken, saves time.

But most of all:

* don't design a car without the capacity to turn off the central locking function and just operate each door with a key!

The other Life Lesson of the past fortnight is that however good an idea a dentist appointment at 8am on a Saturday may seem in theory, in practice, I deeply regretted that life choice. That's 100% my fault though, and will I learn from this triumph of hope over experience? I doubt it.

Comments

[nnozomi]

ow, yeah, those are remarkably on the nose as life lessons go. (Now I'm wondering what the people equivalent of the central locking function would be...).
(My usual problem with early-morning dentist appointments is that nothing is open yet AFTER the appointment, so I can't reward myself with ice cream as one should always do)

[nineveh_uk]

I also suffered that insult! The Coop was open, but evidently hadn't received/cooked its croissants and pastries yet, and it was too early for the shops I passed on the way home.

Now I'm wondering what the people equivalent of the central locking function would be...
Good question. Doesn't actually stop the main function at all, but makes using it impractical due to this technically minor element.