zactayaus
Well-known member
I had to install a car seat in the most disgusting car ever today. Seriously I wanted to bathe in hand sanitizer after I was done. I can't remember the make or model of the vehicle now but it was a very old car that didn't even have locking seat belts. Parents had installed an evenflo infant seat FF in the backseat passenger side. I tried to install it in that position RF but unfortunately we needed to use a locking clip which then landed right in the belt path so the seat wouldn't be able to click in to the base. I thought the seat belt in that position was pretty disgusting until I went to use the seat belt in the center which was of course a lap belt, but it had a locking latch plate so we were good. This seat belt however was as stiff as cardboard. I actually had to keep playing with the seat belt to get it to soften up so that I could tighten the belt because it was so stiff it wouldn't even slid through the latch plate. So after I got that worked out I knelt in passenger seat and I felt my knee getting wet. I did my best to reposition myself and ignore it. I finally got the base in nice and tight and I got out of the car and OMG! My whole entire knee was completely brown! I have no idea what it was...coffee?...soda? Not sure. I was too embarrassed for the parents to even ask. I completed the check as fast as I could and then ran for the hand sanitizer like my life depended on it. I completely covered the knee of my pants in sanitizer and scrubbed it with paper towels and then used a ton of sanitizer to wash my hands. I still had another hour to go and several more seats to check and I felt so gross and disgusting. Here I am showing new parents how to install their seats properly with this big old dirty brown knee. Someone even asked if I had tripped and fallen in a mud puddle.
Has anyone ever refused to do a seat check because of the condition of a vehicle? I'm sure I would still have done it any way cause my own conscious would not allow me to let someone leave with a FF infant seat but ugh. I just wanted to vomit.
Has anyone ever refused to do a seat check because of the condition of a vehicle? I'm sure I would still have done it any way cause my own conscious would not allow me to let someone leave with a FF infant seat but ugh. I just wanted to vomit.