I am notorious for forgetting to put on my seat belt. I always do it when I’m driving (I think it’s one of those habits I got into with the checklist, you know, check your mirrors, seat belt on, key in the ignition . . .) but when I’m a passenger I ALWAYS forget.
Often The Boy or The Second Quarter or whoever will check to make sure I’m wearing it, and prod me if I’m not.
Alas, my Dad recently brought a new car, and got rid of his old one. I’m a bit sad about this, because it had this great flashing light thing, on the passenger side of the dash:
And if you weren’t wearing your seatbelt it would flash at you, and eventually start bleating if you ignored it.
I never rode in that car often enough for it to instil a habit, but I was glad it was there when I did ride in that car.
What are you notorious for forgetting?
July 20th, 2009 at 11:54 am
This will sound gross — but flushing the toilet when I pee.
For so long I lived in the country where, on a septic tank, it’s not good to flush EVERY single time — thus the ‘if it’s yellow, let it mellow’ saying.
I still often forget to flush — which annoys the boy — but he does it too sometimes!
July 20th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
my food for lunch in the morning lol
July 21st, 2009 at 10:22 am
@Desiree – I remember going through a drought where if it was yellow we’d refrain from flushing. :) Crazy what develops into random habits though! :)
@Mo – me too! I’m trying to spend less and save more, and it doesn’t work if I leave my lunch on the bench as I leave to work! :)
July 21st, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Definitely packing my lunch for the next day. I’m not a fan of cafeteria food, but sometimes I’ll forget to pack my lunch and find myself eating a bag of chips out of the vending machine.
July 27th, 2009 at 3:18 am
I’m notorious for forgetting EVERYTHING. No, really. EVERYTHING. My husband says that I have the memory of a goldfish…except the goldfish remembers more.
Which is why our notebook full of things-to-remember (phone numbers, addresses, events we’re supposed to attend, etc) has a big old note on the front of it, courtesy my husband: “This is so that the goldfish don’t always beat you, Sweetheart.”
What a smartass I married.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:04 am
@Vi – Ha, me too. Although usually it’s not food from the vending machine, its ridiculously expensive food from the cafe across the way. Sigh! Forgetting lunch is always so expensive!
@Sarah – Haha, your smartass husband is AWESOME! :) It’s cute that you have these little random things