Sitting in a Tim Horton’s while my car windows are tinted. I decided to get them done since I wear regular eyeglasses and no longer wear sunglasses, and the glare is just really bad on my eyes and I don’t think I am able to drive as safely as I would like to because of it.
At any rate, apparently in WV there are a number of arcane rules regarding how much tint you are able to have. According to the tinter (is that what you call them?), 39 is the darkest you can go to pass the annual inspection. It won’t be a problem if you get pulled over, but they are a real stickler at inspections. Since “39” meant nothing to me, I had him show me, and I pointed at a car and asked if that was 39 (because it was just WAY to dark and if that was 39, I wanted less). He told me no, that that was a 20 and it was factory stock. At this point I am now completely confused and asked him why they were allowed to have 20 but I am only allowed to have 39 (even thought I don’t want 20, but the rules were confusing me)- if my car had been tinted at the factory, would 20 be legal?
It turns out that SUV’s are allowed to have their windows tinted darker than cars (for reasons I didn’t get in to with the guy because he was starting to get that look my grade school teachers used to get when I was in question mode). I finally saw a 39, and that seemed fine and not too dark, when really what I am most concerned with is getting rid of glare.
It makes no sense though about the SUV/Car differences, because the reason I would want something as dark as a 20 on my rear window is because of the damned SUV headlights behind me blinding me at night. At any rate, another day in the life of Cole.
Oh, and I have no idea what the appeal of Tim Horton’s is- their soup is awful and the coffee is only marginally better than Starbucks (which I think is dreadful- why do they burn all their beans?), but the wifi is pretty decent, so there is that. There is a loud man sitting two tables over who seems to think he is the only one in the establishment, as he is loudly having business conversations on his phone. I’m debating if I should start responding to him as if I was on the other end of the phone call just to see what he would do. This is another odd quirk of mine- I hate people using their cellphones in public places for extended conversations. IF I am in the grocery or somewhere and someone calls me, I respond to the question or whatever, and then immediately tell them I am in public and will call them back later at a more appropriate time. I guess I am just weird.