Point A to Point B

When looking for a car, all I care about is getting from Point A to Point B.  Basically, I see colors and shapes.  My Dad and my brother on the other hand, see make, model, year, accessories, upgrades, and countless other things that I am completely blind to.  When my brother exclaims "just look at that Camero" I have positively no idea what I am looking at.  And if it wasn't for my having grown up with him and knowing of his obsession with cars, I wouldn't even realize a "Camero" was a car!  And when he calls to tell me he saw a beautiful Volvo West Palm Beach, I know where West Palm Beach is, but a V o l v o?

My breakdown of the intricacies of cars is categories.  Cars.  Vans.  Trucks.   Recently, I felt I could add the SUV category.  Other than that... they are all the same.  Cars bring the most confusion.  Honda, Toyota, Volkswagon, Buick, Chevy, Ford... I couldn't tell you which was which if my life depended on it.

I borrowed the car from work to drive to another office.  I stopped to pick up something at WalMart and when I walked back out to the parking lot... I HAD POSITIVELY NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DRIVING!  Truly... I could not remember the color.  I told you.  Point A to Point B.  This is my level of interest in cars.  I made a mistake in calling my co workers to ask them what the car looked like.  My dilemma has brought jokes and laughter for some four years now, so truly they should all thank me.  Every single person in that office said "it's a two thousand and blah blah, white,  Chevy blah blah".  No help whatsoever.  There were just too many cars for me to walk up to each one and try and read the little metal piece they stick to the car that says the brand.  Finally, someone said, "look at the key fob".  The what?  And yes... I walked up and down each aisle of cars pushing the "key fob" until a white car started honking and blinking.

And you know what?  If you parked the car in my drive way, I wouldn't know whose car it was.  Point A to Point B folks.

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