Car Wash Messy Trunk

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Photo credit: online pic.

Saturday is car wash day in some countries. It can start in the morning, end up lunch time, in some joint where they grill meat and drink unidentified booze or with some woman called ‘a little bit on the side.’ There are so many sexual diseases flying around in 2024, but it doesn’t stop men from being men. I just pity wives. They will be the ones literally holding the baby and wearing black mourning robes.

However, the problem with car wash is the class system. For whatever reason, we forget to clean the trunk/boot. We even tell car wash workers not to bother about it. Why? Because it’s a mess. It resembles the 80% off bin at Marshall’s where you need fishing skills to get that silk shirt at the bottom of the pile. Why do we treat the trunk/boot as a garbage can? Time. We are extremely busy. That’s why we throw things in the boot, and forget about them. We end up buying a new tool set because we forget we have one, in the bowels of the trunk/boot.

The mess in there is interesting. It might have a shoe that doesn’t have a mate, and we don’t know how and when its partner lost the way home. It might have files of a particular company you were interested in but  failed the interview because you did not have Canadian experience, a very elusive condition indeed. The trunk/boot might have the old wind screen scraper you couldn’t find. That’s why you bought a new one.

What is missing in that messy trunk/boot is an emergency bag with underarm deodorant, toothbrush and toothpaste, a shaving kit, 2 pairs of clean underwear, 2 T-shirts, a pair of jeans and a new cellphone in case there’s a fire or you are ordered to leave someone’s house because the love is gone.

Nonqaba waka Msimang

Executive Blogger

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