Car rental | slightly insightful

I think it’s great that every time I rent a car they give me a set of two keys!

So many, many circumstances could arise (I came up with three) where this would be handy.

Someone else might need to take the car out
I might (heaven forbid) lock myself out of the car and need to get in
I might (perish the thought) lose a key

Yes, having two keys to the rental car would be great … if they weren’t bound together on the same indestructible keychain without any possible way of ever separating them.

Why do you think they do this? Sound off in the comments below.

All images are from my flickr.

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Yesterday’s Daily Post idea was to share the “smartest thing [I’ve] heard this week.” My inspiration came from my boss.

I’m quite fortunate to have a boss of the non-pointy-haired variety. He actually gets IT (which is a plus) and is easy to work with.

We’ve been up in Searcy, Arkansas a lot lately and one night this past week we were on our way to dinner when we made a wrong turn and went way too far into the adjacent parking lot. A curb divided us from our destination.

Common courtesy dictated that we drive around the lot, head back to the main road, and then double back to turn into the correct parking lot.

My boss powered on over the curb instead in our little, borrowed Toyota. He turned to me and said the following.

“Rental car equals four wheel drive.”

Image via Rentalcar Choices.

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I was struck by the humor and insight of that comment. One is all too willing to do things in a rental car that one would not do in their own. Not the most elegant solution to be true, but certainly the most pragmatic given our situation.

What the smartest thing you’ve heard (or said) this week? Sound off in the comments below.