Spent some more time in a parking lot today, sitting in the car, waiting for my wife. Quiet time, just sitting there, but if you look, there is so much going on around you ..
A young lady, 20's or 30's, attractive, came out of the store with a full cart. The top full of plastic bags, the bottom with 3 cases of pop, 2 were Mountain Dew.
She had her cell phone on her shoulder, held there by her cheek and/or neck, talking. The moment out the door, pushing the cart, holding the phone, she was able to light a cigarette and start puffing away.
I watched her move on to her car, a nice Cherokee, opened the back, and started carefully checking each bag before she placed them in her car, The two Mountain Dew went in first, then some plastic bags, all the time smoking and talking. She had seventeen bags, a few were put in the back seat. She was very careful to check each bag, and seemed to have a plan to where each one was placed.
She finally found a bag which went on the front seat. All of this was done holding the phone and talking, smoking and sorting. She finally had it all loaded, closed the back and got in the drivers seat, closed the door, still talking on the phone and smoking. The first thing she did was put on her seat belt. I must admit I laughed to myself.
She was meticulous, a multitasker if there ever was one, she could smoke, talk, sort, load, and buckle up, all at the same time. I wondered, why smokers, who don't really care about themselves, or, they would not smoke, are concerned enough to put their seat belt on, to hopefully, save them in the event of a car wreck.
They apparently want to live long enough to experience, emphysema or lung cancer, maybe heart problems, but not get hurt in a car wreck. Curious ........................... My wife had the answer, "It's the law."
