Car Thief
 

I was never so embarassed as I was today.

Had a dr. appt. I went and after the appt. came out to go to
my car.
Put the key in the door to unlock, key would not turn. I couldn't
figure out what was wrong.
Thought OK here goes something else I have to get fix. Went to other
side of car to try passengers side. Key won't turn. I am really confused.

Saw a women standing with her arms crossed and looking at me. I am
thinking she is probably saying "What is that women doing"
Trying to figure out "Now what do I do". Looked into car and saw all
this change on the console. Think I didn't have any change spread around
like that.
Turn around and wondering. All of a sudden I see another Small Black
Car behind me and take a good hard look and realize I was trying to get
into the wrong car.
Both cars looked so much a like and parked next to each other.
Got into my car and felt sick to my stomach of what a complete
fool I made of myself. Thank God this car did not have an alarm systerm go
off. That would be great to try and explain my cog. mind and my attention
span being full of holes.

Came straight home. The stress of what I was doing and if the police
had come just shook me up so, I had to take my med. and went to sleep
for a couple of hrs.

Jappy :eek:

I think this is a common thing. I have a white Accord, and so do many other people where I live! If I do not check the license plate, I may go towards a car, but then realize it does not have my little pin stripe.

Don't feel so foolish. It has happened to me way before I was ever dx with MS!!!

Hope you feel better!

I did something similar a couple of years ago when I was with my dfather.
He looked at me and said"Are you okay to drive" I whopped him good.:D

Its really scary when things like this happen. You wonder, Does this
happen to everyone else? I dont know.......But it does happen to us
who stay at the stumble inn.:D

Hope you are feeling all better soon.:):hug::hug:

I'd have probably laughed my head off at myself, but I do understand your imbarrassment..:o Those kind of happenings are the things that make you want to stay a Hermit..:o

Jappy, Honey, try not to dwell on the what ifs...it will drive you nuts. It was an honest mistake, that could have and has happened to anyone..:p If you didn't have MS, you would be laughing you head off..

I can remember doing foggy stuff like that, even in my younger, foggy years. It's not always an MS thing. Having a foggy moment or day, is a normal thing and can have many causes, such as lack of sleep.

Don't be hard on yourself about this or I'll have to have AMN come over there and smack you..:D

:hug:

Did that once. Seemed like everybody north of Massachusetts had a white Subaru. I was fiddling around with the key remote thing, walked right up to the car, realized somebody was coming up to it from the other side just as I noticed the stuff inside was different.

I looked around frantically and spotted my car a row over. I pointed at my car and said (lamely) "You wanna trade? Yours is cleaner." Fortunately he thought it was funny.

Don't freak - everyone's done it!

Back when I had different rental cars every week, I'd walk out to the parking lot and completely forget what the car I'd been driving looked like or what it was that week. Luckily it always says it on the keychain!

My dad did something similar.

My parents were eating a restaurant and my dad went out to the car to wait for my mom while she was at the cash register paying the bill.

He got in the car, put his hat on, and then tried to put the key in the ignition. Key wouldnt fit. So, he was looking at his key when he realized that his hat felt really tight.

Took the hat off. It wasnt his hat!

Looked around the car. It wasnt his car! (his car was a light blue 84 Toyota Corolla. The car he was in was a Chevy car that looked similar to the 84 Corolla)

He very quickly put the hat back on the seat and got out of the car very quickly. Looked around to make sure no one had seen him, and then got into his car, which was parked right next to the one he'd mistakenly gotten into.

I laugh at my dad everytime he tells that story.

here ya go jappy

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maybe get one of those jack in the box jack heads for your antena?

:hug:

you're not alone.
i did that once.
the car was a dark green camry and looked just like mine.

AWWW Jappy~ I hope your'e still not feeling bad about this. I got into what I thought was DH's truck and was actually sitting in the front seat. I looked around and thought, why the heck is there a baby seat in the back. (crew cab) ALso, the truck was new, so I wasn't as familiar w/it, but I got the color right. DUH!

Man, I moved fast to get outta there and quickly looked around to see if anyone saw me. Then I spied DH just splitting a gut watching me. He saw me get into the wrong truck and didn't stop me. Ya wanna see a grown man get socked? Come over; just thinking about it makes me wanna smack him again.

So, you see, my Jappy~ I did something far worse. :hug:

Oh Jappy hon...I have done that...fine...more then once! Anytime I have something different that I am driving I am sure to find one in some parking lot that looks like mine and try to drive off with it instead! I stand there and wonder why the dang thing is not unlocking and then, Oh crud! You look around to see if anyone has seen you! If they do...just yell..."Sorry, looks just like mine."

It was an honest mistake. Don't sweat it!

(I could tell by those beady eyes of Jappy's that she was a car thief. I just knew it. And Sage a police dog helping her....):D

Jappy
It's all good. I've done it once, I've done it with nearly every car I've driven. Not to worry, it happens to everyone MS or no MS.

:hug:'s

Oh Jappy! Big hugs to you! :hug: You are not alone!

And here I thought Twippy was going to tell the Av8rgirl got her truck stolen story! LOL! I came back from a week's trip and went to the airport parking garage and no truck. The parking garage at our airport is only 3 stories so it's not too hard to lose a vehicle in it. I always park in the same spot (or very close to it) so I just knew that someone had taken my truck.

I walked all 3 floors of the garage. I thought ok, I misremembered where I parked it.

So after about 30 minutes of looking, I went back into the airport and got the cop. He drove around and no truck. He called the parking attendant and they had no record of towing my vehicle so we go over to the office to fill out a report. I am sitting in the office and I look out the window and there's my truck. Parked right in front of the office. I asked the cop how'd my truck get there? He asked the parking guy the same question. He looks at me and says that's your truck? Duh, yeah. They had towed it there the day I parked it in the garage cuz it was parked illegally. So they said. I parked it on the end like I always do but the new attendant felt it was on the line and could pose a problem for vehicles turning the corner.

They had a record of it being towed. I was not a happy camper. It cost me $90 for the towing plus the parking for the week. And they damaged my truck when then towed it...that was on me. Because they knew the vehicle (airline employee) they didn't tow it to the impound lot. That would have meant I would have not been able to get my truck out until the next day and it would have cost me $150 to get the it out of impound plus the towing.

Haven't misremembered where I parked since then...:p

Oh my gosh FG...I had forgotten all about that! Not!:D

(It's kinda hard to break into a car when you can't find one in the first place!)

Oh....maybe it was Jappy....in the car lot...in Boise....with Sage!

I do feel a lot better just reading all the stories. I guess this
does happen more then I thought.

It was the first time for me so I guess that is why I got so rattled.

FG your story beats all.

When I do go food shopping I look at the number of the section where
I was parking. That did fail a couple of times couldn't remember the
number where I parked.

Thanks all for sharing your stories.

Jappy :grouphug:

lol jappy sorry to laugh i actually got into one that looked liked mine except the child seat in the back and it was really clean inside, got my tail out of it faster than i got in it

Yep, done it too. Don't be worried, I think it's some right of passage or something. haha

Been there, done that, Jappy! :o (At least twice.)

What I did is just a quick :lookaround: then sidle over to my own car.

Try not to worry about it sweetie! :hug: You're in good company!

well, hubby didn't get into a different car...

but after we bought our old suburban, when he came out of walmart, he got into the back seat instead of the front.

that'll teach a guy to go from a corvette to suburban. big difference in length. :p

jappy
 

I always thought it was common to mistake a similar car, not remember where a car was parked!

My husband did that the other day, I see "my" car on the road a lot. He could not understand why the car would not open.

Am I the only one that has walked away with the wrong cart in the grocery store? The one that I did not bother to check that the items in it were not the ones I selected? Am I alone??

cyn, my husband or my daughter will "see" ME drive past our business. :rolleyes: call me on the cellphone wondering what i'm doing.

like NO ONE else has a red nissan? :rolleyes:

no..you aren't alone. hubby came home a few months ago with a rack of lamb and a box of diapers. he not only grabbed the wrong cart...he put the stuff on the cashiers conveirbelt and paid for it. :thud:

Lol it is funny but at the same time not.Only reason I find it funny was I absolutely did almost the same thing. I came out got in my car because I was getting gas so didn't lock was getting ready to crank ignition.Then I said hey where did that beer come from I don't drink lol.Then I realized this is not my vehicle. I have never been so embarrassed in my life.

This beats all. Were the diapers the right size for DH.

You've got me laughing now.

Jappy