While waiting in my car, on a busy street with lots and lots of businesses, I witnessed a most unusual activity. A small boy, not more than 3 years old, was sitting in the driver’s seat of a Ford Windstar van. He would open the door, climb down, push the door shut, open the door, climb in, pull the door shut, then repeat the entire exercise.
This went on for 25 minutes, non-stop, while I was waiting.
At first I was concerned that he was unattended, and would either roll the van back into the busy street, or wander off towards some unknown danger. Then I spotted a woman in the passenger seat, smoking a cigarette and talking on a cellphone, apparently unconcerned about the boy. Maybe he’d done this a million times and she knew that he wasn’t going anywhere, or maybe she didn’t care.
I kept waiting for him to stop, or slow down, or get strapped into his carseat, but that didn’t happen. No telling how long this was going on before I arrived, or how long it went on after I left, but it sure made my uninteresting wait in the car very amusing. I really regretted not carrying my camera, since it has a video feature on it. I could’ve posted this on YouTube and possibly made some bucks from this.
If, in 20 years, this activity becomes an Olympic event, remember that you heard about it here. This kid was in serious training, at a very early age.
That kid’s going to be a natural on the production line at Ford.