I left my door unlocked at the mall when I got lunch today. It's not that unusual, and wasn't something that concerned me. After getting a haircut and grabbing some fast food, I went into the parking lot and found the car. I opened the front door, sat down, and was about to put the key in the ignition. Then I looked down and noticed something white. I thought "Aha! There's my checkbook!" (Yes. I leave my checkbook in my unlocked car at the mall). Then I looked more closely and realized it was a tape cassette. I wondered to myself briefly how long that had been there, because I hadn't played a tape in the car in quite some time. Then I picked it up and looked at it. It was "Air Supply". Then I looked around a bit more and noticed a "Journey" CD in the pocket on the door. I don't have that cassette or CD, and I do not like that music. I looked to the right and saw that the front seat was filled with fast food empties. I went "Wait. There was maybe one fast food thing in there when I left, and now it is full."

It was then that I realized. "There's another loser at the mall with the exact same car I have who leaves their car unlocked, is even more of a slob than I am, and likes 'Air Supply' and 'Journey'." I jumped out of the car, leaving the door half open.

My car, with the ceramic monkey I got from my daughter for Christmas one year hanging off the rear view mirror, was about 30 feet away.

Hey! cool! I should have left a note. We could form a club.