Online gift store Abernook has just put out the Safety Girl Roadside Emergency Kit, touting it as “‘cool’ and practical.” The fact that they put the word cool in quotes in their press release should probably tell you a little something…
The Safety Girl Roadside Emergency Kit contains some useful stuff for the driving gal: an emergency blanket, instructions on how to change a flat tire (though the assumption that women don’t know how to do this is annoying), first aid supplies, etc.
The kit also has some not-so-useful (and somewhat bizarre) items: breath freshener, portable stain treater, antiperspirant, an aromatherapy headache remedy, lip moisturizer, an 18-piece emergency sewing repair kit, tampons, a nail file, and…chocolate.
Um…okay. I’m so torn with stuff like this. Obviously it’s great that someone has put out an emergency kit specifically for women, and if folks buy it because of its “cool” appeal, how can I complain?
But come on now—a fucking sewing kit? Am I going to be mending shirts on the side of the highway or something?
In any case, if you want to buy the kit you can also get it at Curve magazine’s online store.
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I'm willing to bet money that you don't know how to change a tire...do you?
actually, i do. so how much did i win?
Darn, it's just too hard to figure out for our wee woman brains. I mean, 4 nuts! We can only take off three, tops, before the strain of all that thinking wears us out.
Luckily, if we forget to use the hubcap, we can just hold the lug nuts in our bras! Beat that, boxer brief.
At my high school, they taught us in gym class how to change a tire. It was in a self defense workshop. Definitely a great idea, if your high school can afford.
Yeah, the kid sounds like a noble idea that went horribly wrong....It's actually the breath freshener that gets me angry. I think every car should have some emergecny chocolate in it, but that's just me.
Being a former boy scout and all, I'm for preparedness. My GF makes fun of me because I keep a change of clothes, blanket, First Aid kit, toothbrush, & some food in my emergency bag in the trunk. I say if I'm ever stuck in a ditch in a blizzard, I won't freeze to death. And when the EMTs find me, my breath will be fresh and my underwear clean.
Oh yea and duct tape. Gotta have some duct tape in the trunk.
Well, the sewing kit/stain remover thing, to me, was about what happens when you're wearing business casual clothes and have to change a greasy tire on a tar-topped road on your way to work. Very likely to rip/stain something. Actually, in that case a pair of sneakers and socks and a coverall jumpsuit would actually be more helpful, but then you'd need to order sizes. What might actually work would be those heavy duty kneepads the towtruck guys use--that way you could kneel down without tearing up your legs. That's the number one reason I would call a truck rather than do it myself anyway.
I know there's still a market for this (women who won't buy safety kits that aren't pink and cute) but it depresses me. I would rather there just be a kit that's not gender specific.
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