How not to win the parking lot idiot of the day award

Beware that your parking lot behaviour does not earn you this award

If you are prone to bouts of self-inflicted idiocy like I sometimes am, you have probably made the huge mistake of walking up to a car that you think is yours, deactivating the alarm system with your remote control and only realising when trying to open your car door  that this car is not your car! This normally happens (dare I use the word "normally?") when the car is the same colour as yours and more confusingly when it is the same colour and model as your car.

Such an experience tends to be not only embarassing but also extremely scary. Embarassing to the extent that