I saw this sign as I pulled into the garage for an oil change yesterday.
The garage has long, open pits designed to be driven over so that mechanics can access the car’s undercarriage. Keeping the wheels on either side of the open pit isn’t particularly difficult, but it requires a certain degree of attention to avoid disaster.
Even so, enough people were driving into the garage and maneuvering over these open pits while staring at their phones that a sign was required to stop this buffoonery.
Even with the sign, the mechanic told me that people still drive into the garage while staring at their phones all the time because, as I’ve said many times, signs only change the behavior of rule followers, who probably didn’t require the sign in the first place.
I have three thoughts about this ridiculous, disastrous situation:
- People have lost their damn minds when it comes to their phones.
- Signs like this make it clear that we live amongst vast numbers of truly stupid people.
- Being better than most is getting easier by the day.
