Chiquitaさんの おぼえた日記 - 2022年6月8日(水)

Car Confusion

On May 30th, I finished my morning work and had lunch in the neighborhood shopping mall with my husband who had driven to pick me up at work. When we got in the car again, we found the warning light on in the car. We even heard the announcement in the car saying, “There is something wrong with the engine. Please go to the nearest Honda dealer immediately.”

As a matter of fact, we were going on an overnight trip. Therefore, if this car stopped running, we would have to rent a car. Since my next stopover before the trip was near the dealership where we had bought this car, my husband dropped me off and headed to the dealership.

When my husband came back later to pick me up, he told me that there was nothing wrong with the car's engine and that it was a computer malfunction. They reset it and it was back to normal, but they were going to have it looked at in earnest at the next car inspection in July.

We arrived at the hotel parking lot around 5:00 p.m. My husband tried to lock the car with the electronic key. However, it could not lock it. This car has no place to insert a key. No matter how many times he tried, the car would not lock, and the lights inside would not turn off. The battery will run down if we don't do something about it.

When we asked at check-in if there was a Honda store nearby, the front desk staff checked and told us that there was a store open until 7:00 p.m., about 30-40 minutes away by car.

We hurried back to the parking lot and were about to get into the car. Then my husband said, "I figured out why it wouldn't lock. In fact, it was because the door behind the driver's seat was not closed properly and was ajar. Since it was after the computer had malfunctioned, we associated it with that and assumed the problem was more complicated and didn't realize how simple it was.

In the end, the car was fine, and we didn't have to go to the store. Humans, when something happens, we associate with it and think the problem is more complicated even though it was a mistake just like my credit card fiasco Part II.

Our God seems to be enjoying our confusion by causing various things at the right time to overcome boredom. Mischievous God!


車騒動

5月30日、午前中の仕事を終え、職場まで車で迎えに来てくれた夫とランチを済まし、再び車に乗ると、警告ランプが付いている。「エンジンに異常があります。すぐに近くのホンダのお店まで行ってください」という旨のアナウンスが聞こえた。エンジンに異常とは聞き捨てならない。

実はこれから一泊旅行に行くのに、もしこの車が動かなくなったら、レンタカーを借りなければならない。私が途中に寄る所用の場所が、この車を買ったディラーの店の近くなので、夫は私を降ろしてからディーラーに向かった。

後でまた迎えに来てくれた夫によれば、車のエンジンに異常はなく、コンピューターの誤作動だと言う。リセットして正常に戻ったが、次の車検の7月に本格的に調べてもらうことになった。

17:00頃ホテルの駐車場に着いて、夫が電子キーで車をロックしようとするが、ロックできない。この車を手動でロックすることはできない。何度試しても車はロックがかからない状態で、内部の電灯も消えない。このままだとバッテリーが上がってしまう。チェックインの時に近隣にホンダの店があるか尋ねると、フロントのスタッフが調べてくれ、車で30-40分ほどかかるところに19:00まで開いている店があるという。

急いで駐車場に戻り、車に乗り込もうとすると、夫が「なぜロックがかからないかわかった」と言った。実は運転席後方のドアがちゃんと閉まっていなかったからだ。コンピューターが誤作動した後だったので、それと関連づけ、もっと問題は複雑だと思い込み、そんな単純なことに気が付かなかった。

結局車は正常で、店に行かなくて済んだ。でも人間って何かあるとそれと関連づけて問題を複雑に考えてしまう。勘違いなのに。私のクレジット騒動Part IIと同じだ。

私たちの神様は、退屈凌ぎにタイミングよく色々なことを引き起こして、混乱する私たちを楽しんでいるようだ。イタズラな神様！

クレジット騒動Part IIは、
Chiquitaさん | 2022年5月30日のおぼえた日記
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