Applying makeup while driving... um, what?

Fun story... When I was about 3 or 4 years old we had a 4-door Oldsmobile that was just paid off and my parents were ecstatic about it. After all, when you pay off a vehicle and it still runs that is a good sign. I was in the car with my  mom, brother and my brothers friend and we were sitting at a red light on our way to their school. In front of us was an SUV and behind us an approaching truck. I remember feeling the collision and the seat belt rubbing across my neck which left a very uncomfortable burn mark but I wasn't sure what happened. Well, we had been rear-ended by the approaching truck which totaled our just paid off car.

Years later I was talking to my mom about that accident and the driver of the truck, a woman, claimed her foot slipped off the clutch (which really doesn't matter because if she were in gear she could break, and if she wasn't in gear she could break) but my mom said when she looked in her rear view mirror that the woman was actually doing her makeup while she was driving.

I know that's a sad story, but it's very true. Distracted driving in general is what causes accidents regardless of what those distractions are. This begs the question... um, what? Do you really REALLY not have the time in the morning to ya know wake up, shower and put on your make-up? I mean really?

I get that moms usually have little time to do things in the morning and often resort to putting makeup on while they drive, which is stupid but reality. However, there are bathrooms at your work, USE THEM. We have somewhere around 4 or 5 women who come ALL the way up to the 6th floor just to put their makeup on in our bathroom.

Thing is, I see young women doing this. Women who probably don't have children and in fact can't be much older than me. This is ridiculous people, wake your sorry butt up early enough to ya know shower, eat, watch barney and then PUT ON YOUR MAKE UP. If you, as a 20-something, are putting your makeup on while driving and you don't have a car seat for a child in the back then I seriously suggest you re-prioritize your life and go to bed 30 minutes earlier to wake up 30 minutes earlier so you have the time to put that face paint on properly in an actual mirror than in the rear view of your Volkswagen Beetle with the eye lashes on the front.