This is sort of funny (long pointless story to follow):
You know how you’ll be in an area/city you’re not familiar with, and you’ll go into a chain store, like a Target or a Tesco, and once you’re inside, everything is familiar again, because one location of a chain store is more or less like the next, and you sort of forget you’re out of your usual home base?
Then, you step back outside and suddenly, for a split second, you’re disoriented, because the car park is different, and the surrounding area is different, and it’s a little jarring, and you have to gather your wits a bit and think, “Ok…where the hell did I park?” - this is especially noticeable for me, because I’m a creature of habit and at my usual shops at home, I always park in roughly the same place, so I always know where my car is.
Well, that was my experience yesterday - I’d left the car dealership, 90 minutes drive from my area, and somewhere I’d never been before buying this new car, and on the way back, I spotted an ALDI, so I pulled in to grab a few things.
ALDI is ALDI is ALDI, so I’d gotten into that comfort zone, then walked outside and was completely disoriented and had no idea where I’d parked.
Then I remembered the same joke that the dealership staff and all my family made - “With a color like that, you’ll never lose it in a parking lot.”
Closed my eyes, cleared my mind, opened them, and looked straight ahead;
Easy to spot, down the line of cars on the right side.
