My wife could never be accused of being the most careful person. She's hard on both the stuff we own communally, despite me begging for her to be otherwise, and on her own stuff. A good example is her clothes, which she has to replace often because she's continually trashing them in one way or another. Where I can make a t-shirt go like 6 or 7 years without getting all stained up and torn. Fortunately she's mostly happy with Target/WalMart/K-Mart fashions, so the hit is never usually that hard.
However, she seems to be on some type of hyper-carelessness trip when it comes to my LEAF. It's true! The last two days she has.....
a) dragged her purse down the drivers side of the car. A purse where, I kid you not, metal zippers are the primary source of exterior decoration*:
b) whacked the drivers door with a crescent wrench*.
And that's just the stuff I've been there to see.
*did not result in any actual damage
And it's not like there wasn't plenty of room to get by....the only reason for getting close to my car in either instance should have been extraordinarily bad spacial awareness. Either that or maybe it's some kind of repressed hostility. I'm actually having second thoughts as to who could have been responsible for my cracked tail lamp!
Of course, when I've expressed alarm for such actions with a slightly elevated voice level, and with a couple of choice British phrases of displeasure thrown in for good measure, I'm automatically the bad guy (currently getting the silent treatment)! :?
However, she seems to be on some type of hyper-carelessness trip when it comes to my LEAF. It's true! The last two days she has.....
a) dragged her purse down the drivers side of the car. A purse where, I kid you not, metal zippers are the primary source of exterior decoration*:
b) whacked the drivers door with a crescent wrench*.
And that's just the stuff I've been there to see.
*did not result in any actual damage
And it's not like there wasn't plenty of room to get by....the only reason for getting close to my car in either instance should have been extraordinarily bad spacial awareness. Either that or maybe it's some kind of repressed hostility. I'm actually having second thoughts as to who could have been responsible for my cracked tail lamp!
Of course, when I've expressed alarm for such actions with a slightly elevated voice level, and with a couple of choice British phrases of displeasure thrown in for good measure, I'm automatically the bad guy (currently getting the silent treatment)! :?