There was a puzzle game that I loved when I was a kid: Rush Hour.
It’s a board with a bunch of cars and trucks that can slide around. The goal is to get the red car to the exit by moving the other vehicles out of the way.
Little did I know that I’d eventually have a real life ‘Rush Hour’ experience at one of the Park & Fly services in Miami. Upon returning from Mexico, we were greeted with this sight.
Our car is the one in the middle with the trunk open.
It took more than half an hour for the staff at the Park & Fly to the find the keys for the other cars and to, one by one, move them out of the way so we could get out.
I had to laugh in the moment, but it got me thinking: if we’re going to do anything, we might as well do it well. A bit of upfront thinking and planning—or in this case, parking the cars in the order in which they’re going to be picked up—can save a lot of time.