Fun in the Rain?

I decided to travel out of the office for lunch today with a few others. It was rainy and windy, but we decided to “brave the elements.” On the way to get some food we stopped to fuel up the car, and I am so glad we did. We pulled into the gas station right behind this old lady that looked like she was dressed for the Iditarod even though it was probably 50 degrees and raining outside, not -50 degrees and snowing. She starts to fuel up her SUV and then goes for the windshield squeegee. A few of us in the car are confused as to what she could be doing. After all, it is raining out. No need to wipe the windows clean. She starts meticulously cleaning off her tail lights and headlights and we’re all cracking up in the car. Then she goes back for more window cleaner and starts doing the windshield. We all erupt with laughter and fumble with our phones to try and get some video of this lady cleaning her car in the rain (unsuccessful in getting the vid… sorry). Once she finishes up she goes back for some paper towels and starts hand-cleaning the windshield wipers too! Even going as far as to dunk the paper towel in the washer fluid and then wiping the blade clean.

Once she was done she drove away and instantly threw the wipers on. After all, it is raining. So her 10 minutes of work was made irrelevant in an instant. Maybe I’m missing something, but that just seems like a waste of time.

So that is my story for today, reminded me of “Randy in the rain” but that’s a post for another time.