I am new here, so I’m still pulling things from my past, and I can’t believe I almost forgot this one. Last fall I stopped at the gas station on my way home from work. A old beater truck was on the other side of the pump from me. I started filling my tank and looked over. The guy had his door open to the cab, he was filling about 10 small gas cans on the ground next to his truck. The guy stop pumping into a can and reached into the cab of his truck and pulled out a lit cigarette and proceeded to take a hit, then sit the burning smoke back on something on the seat of his truck. I said “dude, gas and fire….not a good idea.” He told me to mind my own business. I stopped my pump, and went inside. I told the clerk that the guy was smoking WHILE filling gas cans. In the mean time the guy comes inside and heads toward the pop cooler in the back. I look out and the guy left his door open I could see smoke drifting out the door, and the open gas cans still on the ground. The clerk told him to go put his cigarette out, and put the caps on the gas can. He flipped her the bird.
The clerk grabbed a fire extinguisher, walked out the door, and emptied it into the interior of the truck. Note, it was NOT the CO2 type, it was the powder type. The clerk walked back in and the guy rushed at her. She aimed the nozzle of the extinguisher at him and he stopped in his tracks. He went INSANE! He was yelling and screaming. She grabbed a phone, walked over, (let me out) and locked the door. She stood in front of the door with the fire extinguisher in hand, keeping him at bay. I finished filling my tank, and a cop car pulled in. I told the cop what I saw, and the guy was put in the cop car in handcuffs.
I have done my best to get gas there every time I can, and told the manager why.
The clerk grabbed a fire extinguisher, walked out the door, and emptied it into the interior of the truck. Note, it was NOT the CO2 type, it was the powder type. The clerk walked back in and the guy rushed at her. She aimed the nozzle of the extinguisher at him and he stopped in his tracks. He went INSANE! He was yelling and screaming. She grabbed a phone, walked over, (let me out) and locked the door. She stood in front of the door with the fire extinguisher in hand, keeping him at bay. I finished filling my tank, and a cop car pulled in. I told the cop what I saw, and the guy was put in the cop car in handcuffs.
I have done my best to get gas there every time I can, and told the manager why.
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