Just when I give the benefit of the doubt

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TrailBeast

TrailBeast

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People show how whacked they can be.

So I pull into a busy gas station and there are to pumps on the island I'm at and there is a pickup with dark windows directly in between pumps, so I can't get to either one.
So, I figured "Oh well, I'm not in a big hurry" and I pull up behind it to wait for it to move.
I noticed no one was out of the truck putting gas in or anything, so it must be that they have either not gotten out yet or are finishing up a phone call or something and I was determined to be patient about it.
Now there were three more cars waiting behind me.

I sit there, and sit there, and sit there waiting, thinking they have to either get out of the truck or drive off and suddenly I notice this woman about 35-40 walking up out of the landscaping with a dog on a leash.

I about friking lost it.
No ****, she's blocking both pumps and out walking around letting her dog relieve itself in the landscaping.
I sat there being patient and waiting for a good 5 min. for THIS?

I got out of my car and said "You have got to be kidding, are you that stupid or just a selfish *****?"
You think this is your personal rest stop, and the landscaping is there just for YOUR damn dog to take a dump in?"
Get your F'n truck out of the G D way so the rest of us can get gas you F'n moron.

It seems every time I give someone the benefit of doubt, they are doing something even more stupid than I could have imagined in the first place.
 
And the problem is??? Sounds completely "normal" to me....
 
Well it certainly sounds like you gave her what for.
 
I see it all the time, mostly they park in between two pumps to go in and pick up lottery tickets, smokes, and a Big Gulp without buying any fuel. It only piss me off because those are the only two pumps that have the diesel fuel I'm waiting for. :banghead::banghead:
 
Since she wasn't using the pumps---obviously no one else needed to use them either

I let a lady go ahead of me in line. I had two items, she had one.

Then, after she cashed in three lottery tickets, she asked for seven different types of lottery tickets (one at a time), a pack of smokes, let the cashier ring up the total, and then added another pack of a different brand, which took the cashier almost a minute to find.

How come 99.99% of lottery ticket buyers can only process one request at a time, and have to wait for the cashier to return to the register before asking for another ticket???
 
Whenever I make the trip to AZ & back with a trailer I always have at least two problems on each leg. Most memorable...Think it was in Ely NV...Not a ton of diesel stations. Only place I ever ran out of fuel in my truck was here. Anyhow...returning a 27' enclosed rental trailer to AZ. Station is not a truck stop so it is pretty tight. Diesel pumps on either end. Buy fuel here every time I go thru....Normally I would pull into the pumps form the east side, go to the pump and the far end of the lot and go out around the back of the building. It is tight with my little car trailer, no way I was going to make it with the longer trailer. Not to mention behind the place was blocked off, it was being paved. There was enough room for me to go into the lot, turn left in front of the building and use the same pump I normally do, except I would be pulling in from the west side of the pump. I am sitting on the road, waiting for the end pump to clear out. There was no body in the spots in front of the building so away I went. As I am putting past the front of the building some a** clown comes blazing into the lot (by now all the pumps were empty) and heads for the row of pumps I have been patiently waiting on. I am now stopped, blocking all the parking spots to the store. I get out and politely ask him to move and he tells me to FiretrUCK off...Bad move...grabbed the dweeb by his head and started to remove him from his little car. His wife started freaking out, yelling at him to just leave....In the time he got his car started I managed to bust the drivers side mirror and cave in the skin on his door.....really surprised these bi-polar manic spells have never landed me in jail....I fill up my truck and am 15 miles or so form the station when a Sheriff hits the lights behind me. He said that there was a 911 call of an assault down the road...and that one of the vehicles mentioned matched mine. I explained to him what had happened. He took all my info, thanked me for being honest and told me that if the other party reported me he would be in touch...Never heard from him....Sorry for rambling....
 
Well, it figures,, but I am surprised as to how easily you lose your cool and swear at someone who is just stupid. Might it be possible to explain to the person that they were being rude in a manner so that they actually learn something? If someone swears at me, my ears just automatically shut off as to what the idiot is saying.
Now, that being said, I get irate at people parking in handicapped spots because they are just lazy, it is raining, or because the weather is too cold for them to walk further. My van with a ramp only goes into so few parking spaces, and I don't appreciate someone being lazy or uncomfortable to be a good excuse to park there. I usually park them in while I get out and to my business.
 
Happens all the time. I am in sales. 90% of my job is delivering to c-stores. Every store I deliver has these people who can't walk from the parking spots and park right in front of the door. I use a hand cart and with the curbs I usually can't get around the vehicle and get in the door. So I park my cart. In front of their car and head inside. I wait for the driver to get their stuff and will follow them out, grab my cart and wait for them to back out of the way. The worst part is it is always a younger person fully capable of walking.
 
I can understand accidental mess up's and misunderstandings but most people are either ignorant or selfish a**holes.
Either case I feel they need to be informed.

My Brother was at this exact gas station when he realized he pulled a little to far forward.
He looked in his mirror and the car behind him pulled up too close for him to move back, so he put it in reverse and ever so slowly started to back up thinking the person in the car behind him might get the idea and also back up a little.

Not, as he just sat there honking his horn.
My Brother continued slowly hoping the guy would get it but he jumped out of his car and started yelling about "Don't you see there is a car back here?"
My Brother said "I saw you and I was hoping you would realize I had pulled up too far and needed to back up a little bit."

The guy starts yelling at him that he is an off duty cop and it's illegal to back up once you have pulled up to the pumps, and that he could write him a ticket for it.
My Brother laughs and tells the guy that not only is he full of ****, but he's also an a**hole.
The guy just stood there turning purple.

Always an adventure around my Brother.
 
Valiant63 said:
Well, it figures,, but I am surprised as to how easily you lose your cool and swear at someone who is just stupid. Might it be possible to explain to the person that they were being rude in a manner so that they actually learn something? If someone swears at me, my ears just automatically shut off as to what the idiot is saying.
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You obviously have no idea what it takes to get me to that point, as I am generally patient and polite.
Sometimes the stupidity is just too much.

I feel the same way about handicapped parking, and I am not handicapped.
It's just another example of laziness and inconsideration of others which is getting more and more completely out of hand these days.
 
I agree with all the above ppl are dicks and not that it makes it worse but around here we have a very large meth problem in Humboldt county so sometimes who u might start yelling at is a crazy meth head that has no cares so cant really jump onem .but damn if when my pierced up face tells someone 50+ excuse me or thanks or go ahead I get looked at like im crazy in the head for being polite happens all the time.
 
Is why me and the wife dont get out much..public safety..she'll jump on a asshole quicker than I can react..usually drunks or methheads...they run the next time they see her but she is the 1st to help someone in need also but dont take no ****...lots of morons out there and seem to congregate at c-stores..had a few run ins myself waiting in line for a gas pump with a trailer loaded and some a-hole slides in at an angle as I pulling up,acted like I didnt see him as my 4x4 ramchgr bumper pushed his little honda out of the way, got out, got gas, went in to pay as this little sawed off prick[about 20 yrs old 130lbs,I'm 54 220 and dont give a ****] is bouncing around and screaming how he's gonna beat my *** and sue my *** off....cops show up and chk me out and several people who witnessed it relayed their story turns out this little bastard was high didnt have ins,no valid drivers license,had dope on him and in the car,and was drinking,underage girls in car..no damage to my trk but his was damaged pretty good,he went to jail as did some of the occupants, and car was towed,I went home unscathed and no ticket ,I told cops he ran into me as did the witnesses for I was pulling up as he came rolling in..he played chicken with the wrong dude and the dodge won,I chose not to press charges..lets say he needed a whole front clip after that....felt pretty good...laughed my *** off all the way home....just glad the wife wasnt with me for it wouldve been ugly and probably costly getting her outta jail....
 
haha all I know is if I mess up and one of you hotheads reaches in my car and punches me or something, I wont be trying to escape. one of us will be leaving the parking lot on a stretcher...

but if goin off on someone makes you feel better then just go ahead. but if you come up around here you should think twice little froggie before jumping
 
I might have mentioned to her that it was not cool, but I would have never called her a *****, or a f'n moron, or anything else.

By using the language you did, I think you just stooped to her level
 
Couple times I have pulled up to a gas station and there will be five or six cars parked at the pumps. All unattended and not one with a nozzle inserted (It's like a episode of the twilight zone). In this day of plastic credit/pay cards and no one carrying cash. There is no question in my mind that at least four of the six cars were owned by inconsiderate self serving individuals.

Cars with the gas door on the opposite side from the pump is the first clue.
 
I can relate to every ones experiences here. YY1 your percentage is correct. My brother-in-law and I figured out almost twenty years ago that 99.999...% of the population of this world are perverts, weird o's, crazies, a**holes, stupid, obnoxious, dumbies, druggies, and clueless. Now, that still leaves .1111...% of us that are normal, and in speaking of the world population, is really a lot of people. Thank god we are all in that .1111....% !
 
Need a push bumper on your truck. Stack em' up by the front door.
 
While it is always best for one to keep his / her cool when faced with confrontational situations, SOME people ONLY understand HARSH words OR actions. That's the honest truth. You just need to assess each situation, and deal with it accordingly.
 
So, this reminds me of one of my most recent confrontations. Now, let me say that my Wife criticizes me for dealing with things in too harsh of a manner. So, my wife and I are at a Bob Seger concert. The guy in front of my wife, stands up and blocks my wife's view. So, after about 5 minutes, I can see LOVEY is getting pissed off. I gently tap on buddy's shoulder, and say "excuse me sir, can I ask you to please sit down, because you are blocking my wife's view, and I want all of us, to be able to enjoy the show. And thank you very much Sir." I thought I was being really polite, but I could tell this guy was really STEAMED, that I had said anything at all. A few minutes later, ( as my wife was commenting, about how good the show was), Buddy turns around and says " tell that ***** to keep her f-ing mouth shut, I AM TRYING TO ENJOY THE SHOW TOO". So, I said " Look, you C--K Sucker, I tried to talk to you like a gentlemen, but now you pissed me off, so now if you don't shut the F up, sit down, and look straight forward, I am going to beat the **** out of you, and your friend, in front of your FAT wives ! The guy , and his friend were so Demasculized, that they left the show about ten minutes later. I am not a big , tough guy. I weigh 185 lbs, and am 5'7". How I reacted was NECESSARY. The guy didn't understand me when I talked to him like a gentlemen, so I switched things up for him.
 
MileHighDart said:
I might have mentioned to her that it was not cool, but I would have never called her a *****, or a f'n moron, or anything else.

By using the language you did, I think you just stooped to her level
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You use that language at my wife or daughter and it would be on.Maybe there were empty pumps when she pulled up or someone was already at one in front of her. She may have been ignorant but you were hostile. Get some meds.
 
You'll like this one. I was running on fumes and saw a opening at our local gas station. My tank was on the passengers side , so I slide on in to be beat out by some blonde in a soccer van...my wife! What can you say, pulled out and made it to the next station. She never even saw me!
 
Nobody is threatening, or swearing at anyone's wife, daughter, here. We are only discussing rude people, and / or inconsiderate situations. We all have to live with the consequences of our actions. I for one, always feel really bad, when I lose my temper, no matter if I was right or wrong. When people treat each other badly, everyone loses.
 
daredevil said:
You use that language at my wife or daughter and it would be on.Maybe there were empty pumps when she pulled up or someone was already at one in front of her. She may have been ignorant but you were hostile. Get some meds.
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The threat of impending violence and a suggestion for me to get meds in the same paragraph.
Might want to get that checked. :-D
 
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