Re: Soccer Mom drivers

"Gashauler" <swordfish2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'll tell you how stupid drivers are in Las Vegas. This woman pulled up at
the store at the gasoline station I was unloading at. She gets out of the
car and locks the door leaves the engine running with a 5 year old loose
inside the car. I tell her not to do that and she says mind my own
business. I tell her if your kid puts that car in reverse and then he
burns the truck down then it is my business. She goes into the store and
comes back and what do you think happens. Yes the kid kicks the car in
reverse and she starts screaming. I'm getting ready to through a fitting
under the wheel when the kid kicks the car in park about 15 feet from me.
You'd think she would have said thanks or something but just gets in her
car and leaves. I can tell you hundreds of stories on how people are
stupid at gas stations. One major problem in Vegas is when it rains. The
streets are like ICE and people do not slow down. During your shift during
the day if it starts to rain you can see up to 10 wrecks before you bvget
back from your first load. That's why I love ABS on the trucks because
they all worked very well.

Wow. I've been in lots of situations where I saw someone putting themself
in their "pre-accident" postion, knowing exactly what was about to happen.
But I've always been isolated in the truck and not able to actually speak to
them.

One job I had when I was working my way through school was cashier at a
convenience store. I had all the evidence needed to prove that most people
are really clueless most of the time before I worked with the public. My
favorite gas station story was telling people over the pump side intercom to
"step away from the fuel pumps and please put out your cigarette." I think
only one person ever did step away from the pumps before flicking their cig
to the ground.

--
Scott

"This is one time an Arab aggressor must be allowed to be beaten so badly
that every civilized nation will stand in horror, wanting desperately to
step in and stop the carnage... but knowing that the fight will only truly
be over when one side gives up and finally admits defeat."

http://tinyurl.com/penv8


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