Rear-view mirror angst!
Rear-view Mirror via Flickr
We are a one car family with two drivers. HE has long legs. I don’t! Most of the time HE does the driving but I do occasionally get to have a go! This means that the seat has to be pulled forward & the rear view mirror has to be changed. Obviously, when HE drives again all these changes have to be reversed & that is where the problems begin!!!
Remember this post where I mentioned about his OCD? Well, this is another situation similar to the plates that causes me grief. When I make the changes in the car, it is done fairly quickly. The lever is pulled. Seat moves forward. Check for space. Slight adjustment. Same with the mirror.
The reverse when HE does it – lever is pulled. Check for space. Lever is pulled. Check for space. Done. Mirror is moved. Mirror is tweaked. Mirror is tweaked. Mirror is tweaked. Mirror is tweaked.(see a pattern here?)
Now you may think that is not a problem but when you are in the passenger seat & his arm keeps going up to the mirror, up to the mirror, IT DRIVES ME MAD!! Today, I screamed Stop it! mentioned how annoying it was. I mentioned that I couldn’t understand why it had to be EXACTLY right as I rarely look in the rear view mirror.
Response: ‘Didn’t you know that the Highway Code says you should look every 5 seconds’
I give up!!
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You know jfb57, I wrote about this subject earlier on my own website. Your post has really provided me with lots of food for thought, I feel you made lots of interesting points. I wish I had found it before I posted my own post.
This did make me smile. The affection still shines through the frustration.
M2M
Do you know, you might be surprised how often you do look at the mirror.
I thought the same as you, that I hardly ever looked at it. But then my beautiful 7 year old (grrrr) deided to take a hammer (or her head) to it and I’ve now been without one for a couple of months. I do feel like i’m wearing blinkers and at times, especially on these dark nights, very wary.
I do have both wing mirrors so I’m not entirely reverse blind but it is amazing the difference it makes.
That would drive me nuts (excuse the pun!). Luckily both drivers in our house use the same settings. Jen