Funny true story

Went to gas up the car the other day and decided to go through the car wash afterwards. While filling the tank, I heard a car honking, but it sounded distant, so I pretty much ignored it. It reminded me a little of being in New York, with the almost constant honking in traffic.

Anyway, I drove around to the car wash; there was one car already inside. I pulled up to wait for my turn. It's the kind where you drive in and sit in your car while the huge blue brushes scrub down your vehicle.

Suddenly, I saw the guy inside the car wash open his car door. He walked toward the closed garage door in front of us, wiped off some steam from the inside of the glass, and started motioning and shouting to us: "The door won't open!"

The poor guy was stuck in the car wash, and had been sitting there, honking, for probably five minutes or more!

I got out and indicated to him that I'd go tell the attendants.

So I did, and the first one said, "Oh yeah, I heard all that honking. Wondered what that was." A second attendant then went out and manually opened the door.

A woman pulled up behind me as I was getting back into my car, and I told her, "Now, you watch for me if I get stuck in there, OK?" And she laughed and said maybe she shouldn't go in until someone pulled up behind her.

Because obviously honking won't work to attract attention.