• limelight79@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    LOL I was ready to defend the driver, having pulled in on the wrong side of the pump once or twice. I drive different cars, and while most have it on the driver’s side, one vehicle I drive regularly has it on the opposite side, so I have occasionally made the mistake.

    But then I corrected it by turning the car around and pulling into the pump on the correct side…

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        3 months ago

        It’s so hard to tell though, every other time she gets in and out of the American side

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            3 months ago

            But at the beginning she clearly gets out of the left side

            And maybe I need to add /s, that’s my bad

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                3 months ago

                She does if you, also, don’t understand rotation. She’s in the left (of the car) and then on the right.

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                  3 months ago

                  No she isn’t. She uses right door all the time and you can even see a steering wheel on the right hand side.

                  Are you blind or you don’t understand sides? At the beginning her right door are actually on our left side as she is facing us.

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          Ha ha ha ha …. Now all I can think of is the outstanding prank that could be. “Hey honey, can you please pump the gas?” Then “oh sorry, let me fix it, can you please pump the gas now”, over and over 🤣

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      I’ve been practicing driving with a person who shouldn’t drive. She has no feeling for the car, i. e. doesn’t understand how you would correct your position, drive in reverse etc., and it feels like she’s asleep with her eyes open. Imo driving is a constant stream of decisions and she just doesn’t make any. “Why are we driving here?” - “I’ve been looking for somewhere to turn around.” - “We’re passing suitable locations every 3 seconds and you’re going 50.” - “I can’t decide in time which to use.”

      She’s afraid to go the speed limit, highways are off limits. The other day she just straight up drove out into an intersection from a yield side without breaking and stopped in the middle. I warned her it was coming, there were signs and everything. She doesn’t know the speed limit when it’s always very clearly signed. She doesn’t read directions and can’t navigate by herself; “if I say nothing, go straight, or right if straight is not an option” is forgotten after 5 minutes. She’s been driving with an instructor (which I am not) for 20 lessons and we’ve gone at least ten times, too.

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        3 months ago

        I mean sometimes you just have to admit someone is dumb or has a specific deficiency and move on.

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          I’m pretty sure I have some deficiencies, but I’m lucky I got to learn pretty young on a farm. I’m torn between wanting to advocate kids have access to like go kart tracks at school vs funding more public transit and walkable communities, as someone else said. Both would be dope tho

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    3 months ago

    I was doing Y2K updates for Quik Trip and these clerks had me crying over a story about a drunk guy doing this. The shit convenience store clerks see, Jesus those guys were funny.

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    3 months ago

    I have met people who have zero ability for 3D visualisation. I’m thinking this is one of those cases, plus a small panic after the second try.