Okay, you've probably done it once. And yes, your passengers always do it
whenever it's available. And yes, sometimes your the one who cleans it up.
Still don't know what I'm talkin' about? Well, i'm talkin about eating inside
your vehicle. Yup, there's nothing like eating that glorious take-out food
while driving to work, or home, or wherever you are going to. Personally,
eating while driving is such an incumbent and guilty bliss.
Well, two things can happen when you mix the two. Either you drive while eating,
or, you stop your car and then you go on munching your burger, fried chicken,
sandwich, pita, taco, shawarma, or whatever it is that you bought a while ago.
Obviously, eating on a stationary object is much easier, if not convenient,
rather than a moving one. Also, it's kind of hard to go multi-tasking, which
is, in our case, eating and driving at the same time.
Oh, don't you get that envious feeling when all your passengers are eating
that take-out lunch/dinner while you're still driving? I get that all the time.
Haha. But hey, i guess it takes real good hand-to-eye coordination as well as
some great reflexes so you could do both things at once.
In any case, here's some tips if you'd ever find yourself doing those two
things at the same time:
Okay, most cars nowadays have built-in beverage holders. So it's kind of
nifty to have them since you can place your cans or bottles or tumblers or
whatever on it. If your car doesn't have one, and you do take-outs regularly,
it's pretty much an obvious choice that you get a beverage holder for your car.
And oh yeah, they're cheap too.
There are these beverage holders that you can clip on to your
airconditioning system. However, i don't suggest you buy that because chances
are it'll just damage your airconditioner's fins. What more, if it ain't
sturdy, then your drink might just get to know your upholstery a lot better.
I suggest you grab those beverage holders that uses adhesive tapes to stick
to your dash. Most of these drink holders are stable, and, if ever the adhesive
tape starts to wear out. A good strap of double sided tape will do. Now the
only problem with this drink holder, as well as all other drink holders, is
that whenever your car rolls over a puddle, a bump, or a pothole chances are
you'd have a little squirt come out of your drink. Well, I guess the only way
man can solve this right now is to put the lid back on after you use it. But
then again, there are such a thing without lids such as soda cans. With that, I
don't think man has invented a drink holder that covers the top part of your
soda can. And so, the lesson here is, try buying the bottled ones.
But then again, there is such a thing called laziness. You'd wonder:
"Putting back the lid on my bottle takes me precious time when I'm
driving, what can you say about that?" Well, Mr. Smarty Pants, it's called
gluttony. Drink your beverages prudently. But then again, we don't put that lid
back on all the time, don't we?
Alright. Now on to the solid products. First tip, DON'T BUY THE CHINESE
TAKE-OUT. Not only would you need to use your fingers with the chopsticks,
you'd also need to use the other hand to hold up the box. Now if you've been
born near a nuclear reactor and you've got an extra pair of hands, that
wouldn't be much of a problem now would it?
Try sticking to sandwiches and burgers. Try buying those meals that you can
eat with one hand. Avoid the pasta, the rice, the steak (who sells take-out
steak anyway?), and the roasted chicken. Oh, wait, I guess you can make the
chicken an exception. Just pass on the mashed potatoes and gravy.
Hey, you know what? You can use that beverage holder for your gravy! Now
isn't that neat?! I just thought about that right now, I'd have to remind
myself to do that next time I go to KFC's.
Hmm… what else? Well, you can buy those food tray/holders if you want to.
But that won’t do you any good while driving. After all, those things can only
work properly while your car is stationary. Well, if no object can help you, I guess
it’s time I give out some techniques to eating while driving.
First, you can just munch on whatever you have whenever you hit a red light
(now ain’t that obvious?) Or, if you really are that hungry (or are you just
gluttonous?), you can just have another person spoon-feed you or something.
Still won’t work? Well there’s only one solution I can still think of.
Stop.
Eat.
Then drive.
Yeah, that’s about it. I hope you’ve learned something—or at
least—have been entertained by whatever I wrote here. Anyway, I’d post some
more driving tips for the driver soon!
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