Just when you think you've seen it all...

I had some errands in town today, so got all my rat-killin' done and thought I'd gas up my vehicle before heading home.  I pull into the station and all the pumps are busy.  I see a small silver, Mazda sports car at pump 6.  There is no fuel nozzle in the vehicle's fill spout, so I'm thinking this driver must be just finishing up, so I pull up behind the cutesy little car awaiting my turn.  A Dodge dually pulls in behind me, so there's no changing pumps now!  I am essentially blocked in, until the car in front of me pulls away from the pump. 

The driver, who looks to be the sister of 'Miss Thang' (whom you know if you read my earlier post regarding inCONVENIENCE stores), is washing her windshield with the station-provided, wooden handled, squeegie-sponge thing-a-ma-jig.  Ok, I think....it won't be long now.  Looks like she's just about finished with that windshield.  Yep, she's walking back to replace it in it's water bucket receptacle.  Good.  Any minute now, she'll be leaving and it will be MY turn.  WHAT THE HECK IS SHE DOING!??  She's just dipped the squeegie-sponge  to re-wet it, and is walking back to her car.....completely oblivious to the TWO VEHICLES WAITING BEHIND HER!! 

To my utter and COMPLETE amazement.....the woman proceeds to WASH her entire vehicle with the squeegie-sponge!!  I am in total disbelief as to what I am witnessing.  My mouth has fallen open and will not close!  Apparently, the guy behind me, in the big ole Dodge dually, is equally dumbfounded, since neither of us seem to be able to regain our composure, enough to even blow our horns, announcing our displeasure,  at her  audacity to keep us waiting for our turn at the pump while she gives her car a SPIT BATH!! 

The longer I sat and watched, the madder I got....and not just mad..... I was LIVID!!  I didn't trust myself to even get out of my vehicle to approach her, for fear I would go completely ballistic and perhaps attempt to do her some grave,  bodily harm.   

HOW CAN ANYONE BE SO, COMPLETELY AND ABSOLUTELY,  INCONSIDERATE OF OTHERS?? DO THEY REALLY THINK THEY ARE THAT SPECIAL???

I knew I had to get a grip on my emotions.  This sort of thing can really drive my blood pressure up!  The best way to "de-fuse" myself, is to try and find some sort of humor in the situation.  (This can be quite challenging at times!) I told myself that I had probably saved my own life by NOT getting out of my vehicle. (She could've had a gun on her! I could've been shot!!) 

Still seeing no humor in the event, I did get a mild sort of satisfaction in the justice of it all....when she reached for the station provided paper towels...TO DRY HER CAR!!!...and found she had pulled the last two out of the dispenser! 

As she finally moved away from the pump and I moved my car into position, I could only thank God that it was a small, tiny sports car and not a Cadillac Escalade, otherwise, I'd probably still be waiting at the pump!!