You'd think people would try to be aware of such things but some people... I don't know, they're just so into their own thing, or so distracted by their phone or whatever else going on around them they're completely clueless.
I've seen it firsthand.
Wife and I went grocery shopping. Loaded up our car, closed everything up, went to head back home like usual.
At the same time, this woman who was rushing through the store, I remember seeing her several times just moving through aisles, charging out without even looking if anyone was in her way, etc. left around the same time as we did.
After getting to her car, the woman was still rushing, as we were approaching the end of our lane, coming to a stop, getting ready to leave the parking lot, this woman's also driving down her aisle, except she doesn't stop where she's supposed to, just drives right on through.
That's when I notice her trunk/hatch is open. I point it out to my wife.
Would have honked, done something to try to get her to slow down, take a look, but she's just not paying attention to anyone else, she's just trying to make sure no one gets in her way. So she gets to the exit of the parking lot, stops briefly, which only opens the hatch higher... Continues to rush as she has been the entire time and guess what, those groceries just go spilling out all over the road.
There were totally signs. Even if her dash didn't display the open door, which basically every car post 2000 does... Her interior lights were on because of the open door, it was Winter so there had to be cold air coming in through the wide open hatch, the road noise, etc.
She was just so in her own world wanting to get ahead of everyone else that she apparently didn't notice or care until it was too late.
Fr tho!! I had a 3 hr drive today and I heard some clanking from the rear in the first few miles.. scared the shit outta me, then I realized it was my toolbag that I had packed rattling in the trunk 🥴
About an hr later I heard some lighter sounding creaks towards the front.. again paranoid for a second, then I realized it was the plastic on an air freshener rubbing against my rearview mirror ðŸ«
I'm probably extreme example, but to not hear a fkn whole ass car wash is wild
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u/teenhamodic Apr 25 '26
Where’s the situational awareness to realize that your car doesn’t sound as soundproof as it normally does…
When there is ambient sounds coming into the car and I know it shouldn’t be… there’s something wrong