I think that a part of my lack of interest in gum is the fact that in the states, there are simply (like everything else) too many choices. There are 20 different brands of gum that offer 42 different flavors which then come in different sizes and packaging. It's out of control. By the time you see and read all of the flavors, assuming you aren't the twit that grabs the kind by the register just so they can move it or introduce a new obnoxious flavor, you don't even realize that you wanted or needed any gum because you are just flabbergasted by the selection in the first place!
Not here.
So, being the classic and simple girl that I am, I hadn't considered or gone in for gum, but upon spotting Mentos Sweet Mint gum, I was sold.
I buy the gum, get in the car and forget that I bought it until I reach my new destination. Then I tried opening it....
Just my fricken luck. It's one of those packages that you need to release a little plastic bit which goes around the bottle so you can flip the top. I did and of course it snapped. Obviously. So I tried to get another piece, snap, snap snap alllllll the way around the damn container. Granted its not very big but do you have any idea and frustrating to go through this supposedly smooth motion 12 times?! Yes, hilariously humbling motor skills I possess. Clearly.
So I open it. I enjoy the gum and am happy to have gotten inside. As I close it, the top doesn't align with the bottle and whoosh, half the bottle goes flying. Fantastic. Right under or on the side of the seat, you know, the most ridiculously annoying fucking part of any automobile. The part between the seat and the middle console so favorably divided by the seat belt buckle, otherwise known as the part that you can never stick your hand easily and happen to loose everything spot. Yeah, in case of emergency, gum in interior hell hole. Literally.
I think I should stick with straight up sticks of gum. Having been out of he gum scene this long, clearly it's way too advanced.
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