307 design shortcoming

The handbrake lever needs a gaiter to cover the slot in the centre console
and thus prevent small objects from falling into the handbrake mechanism!
My partner's job requires her to wear a name badge which she removes when I
pick her up from work. Usually this is not a problem but yesterday she
dropped the badge and rather than fall somewhere accessible such as the
footwell, it decided to obey Sod's Law and dropped into the said slot.
At first it looked like a simple job to retrieve it just by poking about
with a thin stick and blu-tack but by the time we got home it had moved and
disappeared somewhere in the mechanism and out of sight. Now it seemed we'd
have to remove the entire console! Luckily we were able to gain access
through the rear of the console by removing the oddments bin but the badge
remained stubbornly illusive. Eventually, thanks to my partner's long
slender fingers, the pesky thing was located and retrieved. What a relief
but please Peugeot, think about a gaiter/cover for the handbrake!

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"Once in a while,
I'm standing here, doing something.
And I think,
What in the world am I doing here?
It's a big surprise."