Vera was also filled with quirks. One of which was her knack for forgetting she was the only waitress of any of them without a drivers license until realizing she was in a predicament regarding a motorized vehicle. Also, she was able to solve math problems by using her finger to imaginarily write out the problem in the air, and often solved the problem before Mel could with a calculator. Her often used catch phrase against Mel was, "In a rat's hat, Dumbo!"