i swear some folks are just flatout lazy

[WPANative]

Originally Posted by shadowfax

And yet so few seem to figure it out. Or think that they are a special case and it won't work for them.

Well there are plent of "special cases" in our society today

[airwave09]

Being lazy definitely has its benefits.

[Tallysmom]

Originally Posted by greg42

I blame this on the spread of automatic headlight systems. Many people are now conditioned that they need do nothing in terms of working the headlights. Thus when they find themselves in situations where the car doesn't have the automatic system or the conditions (weather, etc.) are odd and do not trigger the lights to come on, these people have no instinct left that gives them the ability to turn them on manually.

Yep -- people get used to things being done for them. A few years ago, one of the guys on a morning radio show shared a story about this very sort of thing. His car remote died, and he was actually flummoxed at how was he going to get into his car. He stood there for a few minutes and another co worker walked up to him, took his keys from his hand and used the key to unlock his door.

They laughed at him, and started taking calls from listeners telling stories about themselves....

And I've done that with the headlights -- my headlights come on all the time, and the dash is illuminated at all times, so sometimes I forget to turn on my headlights... which turn on the rearlights...

[greg42]

Originally Posted by Tallysmom

And I've done that with the headlights -- my headlights come on all the time, and the dash is illuminated at all times, so sometimes I forget to turn on my headlights... which turn on the rearlights...

Rearlights. LOL They're called taillights.

[Tallysmom]

Originally Posted by greg42

Rearlights. LOL They're called taillights.

I'm laughing so hard right now -- I swear I couldn't come up with tail lights for days! It's just not a word I ever use, so I lost it!

Aging. It's a riot, folks.

Thank you Greg!