"What Have You Done? What Have You Done?"
One night I was driving on a highway around 3 am, on my way home from a friend's house. I noticed that my gas tank was empty so I decided to pull over at one of the gas stations to refuel. When the slim fellow walked over to the driver-side window, I remotely opened the gas tank and asked him to give me $20 worth of fuel. After he started refueling my car, he walked inside of the store to talk to a co-worker. At this point I was feeling a bit bored so I decided to turn up the music to keep myself occupied.
When he returned to my car a few minutes later, he asked me for payment and with the music still blasting, I opened the window and handed him a $20 bill and started to drive off. After driving less than 10 feet, I heard a loud bang. I stopped my car and immediately looked into the review mirror and didn't see the attendant. I quickly turned off the radio, rolled down the window and looked back and there he was, lying on the ground next to my car.
I then realized that he was not done refueling my vehicle and the nozzle must have still been connected to my car. When I pulled off, the hose expanded like a giant rubber band. The nozzle was released from my car and hit him in the head, leaving him unconscious.
I jumped out of my car thinking that I had just killed a man with a nozzle. His coworker ran towards me yelling, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" And I started yelling back at him, "NOTHING! NOTHING!" Fortunately, he recovered a few minutes later and walked away with a severe headache.
Comments
Peace,
That's crazy. That's sounds like something I might do once in a blue moon. That couldn't have felt good...for either of you. Glad ya'll could walk away to tell the story.
Posted by: Ronin Ali | July 30, 2005 09:43 PM
WOw! What a story! I can't say that anything ever happened to me like that. But thank goodness the attendant wasn't hurt. PLEASE be careful!!! Hope to hear from you soon!
Posted by: Gail | May 26, 2005 12:14 PM
thats real... it happens though. we just need to pay attention more often
Posted by: Dan Tres Omi | May 25, 2005 05:52 PM
I thought about your story for a while and I began to realize how quickly life can change. That brother got up in the morning to go to work -little did he know that at 3am he would be out cold at the job. I'm sure you would've never thought this would be your lesson for the day either. When things like this happen, it's not only a sign for those who are affected but also for those who witness such events. Things can happen in the blink of an eye so, we must take time and smell them roses, cause you never know.
Thanks for the opportunity to share.
Posted by: Mena | May 20, 2005 11:30 PM
damn...
Posted by: Mike In Bmore | May 20, 2005 07:49 PM
That story is crazy!!! I thought that I was bad when one day I was getting gas for my car, and I started the car when he was taken the nozzle out. Luckily nothing happened, but now I always check my mirror first!!
Posted by: Marsha | May 20, 2005 06:21 PM
Funny. When I read the title I thought this story was about the Janet Jackson song.
Posted by: Zara | May 19, 2005 07:48 PM