Saturday, January 5, 2008

Though Provoking Drive Thru


I like that rush of eating and driving at the same time. I don't know if I am the only person who does this, but I assume I am. I realized this the other day. I like that challenge of juggling my burrito in my left while steering and holding my cell in my right, while shifting. Now if you're reading this and you drive an automatic you don't really know what I'm talking about. See, us people who still have a stick shift gotta shift gears every 10 seconds when we're driving on the street. Usually I wait to eat/talk till I get on the freeway cruising at 70 because I think that is safer because I don't have to shift and can drive with my knees, but as I write this I realize that doesn't sound that good.

I don't know at what point in my life I went through the transition from hating the people who drive and multi-task, to becoming one of them. I used to just be able to just chill, bang my music and be alone with my thoughts. I still do that most of the time but those couple of times a week when I have the opportunity to multi-task while driving I am always done for it.

Now there are a couple times when it is even more risky to eat and drive. One, would be when you're on your way to a meeting. It's these times when you have to be extra careful. You got your slacks on, collared shirt and tie and your quarterpounder in your left hand. Usually I try to eat in my office, bring my lunch from home, or eat out with colleagues but on those occasions when you are rushing, didn't eat breakfast and it's lunch time and you have a long ass meeting to sit through you have to take the risk of eating and driving. I have had a couple embarrassing moments of spillage in just the right place that require some good napkins to take off, but it could be worth that rush and a full stomach.

I guess I could also talk about the rush of starting your own business and having multiple part-time jobs and driving between them all 10 hours a day (call it hustling for lack of a better term) but that will we save for another blog.