When nice people like Madeline (think Jan Breedlove – bless her heart!) see someone make a fool of themselves they feel compelled to share an embarrassing moment from their own lives.
In the hopes of starting a blog response of “tales of embarrassment” (come on...I know there are some great ones you'd love to share!) I will relay the one Madeline told us.
Whilst on a trip to the US (California I believe) Madeline and a girl friend rented a “Huge American Car” (at first I thought of a Crown Vic, but I would bet it was something along the lines of a Malibu).
The immediate problem that they faced was that it had an automatic transmission!!!!!!
Madeline's friend refused to even try to drive this thing, so Madeline ended up as the driver.
Things were going fine until she stopped for a light facing up hill. She reached for the handbrake and pure panic set in when she found none (OK, maybe it was a Crown Vic after all)!
Traffic built up behind her, the light changed and she didn't have a clue how to get herself out of this jam....she had to keep her foot on the brake or risk smashing into the car behind her!
So, she had her friend get out and run to the car behind her to ask if anyone knew where the handbrake on the damn car was!
Somehow, the person behind gave them a quick lesson on automatic transmissions and they were able to get underway.
And that's her embarrassing story...a blond unable to drive an automatic transmission (sorry about that one blog readers...please forgive me!) and she held up traffic for 3 minutes.
I wish that were my life's most traumatic moment, I seem to have much better ones (and I encourage people to share theirs)!
But I give her credit for displaying empathy, now I just wish people at the marina would stop avoiding me...
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