In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I will tell you all a story about something I'm thankful for on this big blue sphere. Twas the night before turkey day... okay ditching this format. So last night I stayed late at work until we were a good chunk of the way into the evening. When I finally left, I was exhausted and ready to go to sleep for twelve hours, but I decided to stop and get gas first. Big mistake. While pumping my gas, I decided to go back to my car and turn the power on because warmth. And on my way back around the car to check the pump... some forty-five year old, grizzled, and fat redneck came up to me and threw his hands around my neck. Apparently, this was his way of making sure I paid attention as he threatened me. Note: I have never met or seen this man before in my life and he was expressing his anger over something that was IMPOSSIBLE for me to have done to him due to being at work. Cool, so back to being strangled for no reason. Despite having a lit cigarette in my hand and the ability to burn his eye out and book it to my car, I managed to stay calm and scan my surroundings. Locking eyes with someone at another pump, I got their attention. While the man was finishing his business with my neck, the man at the other pump wrote down the guy's car's make, model, and license plate number. After the man caught wind that I didn't give a shit, he angrily waddled back to his car and stormed off. At that moment, the witness and I exchanged information and he called 911 while I went in the gas station and got them to pull up camera footage of the whole thing. So in short... PEOPLE ARE EFFING CRAZY DURING THE HOLIDAYS. And yet, even in a gas station in a city full of welfare frauds and criminals, you're surrounded with people with good intentions and sense of virtue. That's what I'm thankful for- that people like that still exist. ..That and I guess I should be thankful I"m okay. Eh. Other message was better.
I work in the retail industry, I've gathered this and the fact that adults will turn into screaming kids at the slightest provocation. Like this lady that threw a full on tantrum at me when I told her we were out of the ice cream she drove specifically into town for. Added the Black Friday horror stories of people being trampled because of a material item. If you put a toy or whatever over a person's life/well being than that is just sad. /bitter retail employee that still manages to enjoy the holiday season
We're not so different, you and I... Yeah, I'm a retail worker myself.. at an electronics store :X I'VE SEEN SOME THINGS MANG.
So ... you were at a gas station ... with a lit cigarette in your hand and a crackpot shaking you around? Sounds potentially heartwarming indeed.
We get it, he skipped the frying pan and swan-dived right into the oven. On another note, sounds like the guy was just drunk or something, or at least taking his anger out on nothing. Still, I want to see his face after the cops get him with that video footage. I'm not looking forward to tomorrow at all. I'm gonna have to deal with the crazy people in the parking lot looking for someplace to park while at the same time having to push carts in and more then likely hearing the dumber-than-stones supervisors going over the radio that there's no carts. ...Someone point me in the direction of the guns, so everyone gets the message not to get on my nerves tomorrow.
Yeah, a cigarette isn't going to explode the place. If gas dropped on the ground and I hunched over and lit it on the ground then maybe, but the spark is the dangerous part.
Coming this winter, the explosive new action hit from Hollywood that will light your hearts on fire like his cigarettes. James, starring in Thanksgiving.
I' m not an expert but I' d rather avoid finding out the answer empirically. All I know for sure is that smoking in gas stations is forbidden in my country.
