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    After work Sunday evening, I went to Wal-Mart to get a haircut at the salon since I knew it would still be open. I was way overdue for a haircut. I also decided to get gas at the nearby MurphyUSA since my wife and I use the Wal-Mart gift cards to get 3 cents off per gallon.

    So, I get to a gas pump at the MurphyUSA, insert my Wal-Mart gift card, and wait for authorization. Some young guy (late teens/early 20s) was trying to fuel up on the other side of me, and was loudly cussing and ranting about having problems getting his pump to start. While I can understand being frustrated, the guy sounded all too much like some of the obnoxious morons I deal with at my store who can't bother to follow basic instructions before they start in with the sucktitude.

    The authorization is taking longer than normal, so I hit the "Cancel" button, and insert the card again in hopes that this may reset the pump. At about the same moment, I become aware that a lady at the pumps on the other side of me is also having problems getting her pump to start. She goes to the cashier's booth to ask the clerk for help.

    The clerk comes out following the lady from the other pump. He passes the young guy who is ranting like a loudmouth, and asks him to put out his cigarette. Why am I not surprised that the moronic loudmouth would be smoking while pumping his gas? I immediately think to myself ( Oh geeze, here we go.... ) as I already know how this scenario is going to play.

    The clerk stopped in his tracks, and asked the guy to put out his cigarette again. Apparently the guy just decided to ignore him. The clerk returns to his booth, and stops the guy's pump. He informs the guy that the pump will be turned back on when the cigarette gets put out. The clerk then heads on out to help the woman at the other pump. Loudmouth starts yelling obscenities at the clerk who just ignores him.

    Moments later, the clerk walks back toward the booth. I ask him if something is wrong with the pumps. He says they may be out of gas, and continues back to the cashier's booth. So, I push the "Cancel" button again. The pump keeps giving me the "Waiting for authorization" message, so I try a few more times to cancel the transaction.

    While I was trying to make sure my transaction was cancelled at my pump, I could hear loudmouth cussing and blowing about his pump being turned off. Since I was more concerned with making sure my transaction was cancelled, that nonsense was filtered to the background. Then I heard a bunch of paper rustling on loudmouth's side of the pump. (Did that dumbass just do what I think he did?) All of a sudden, he hopped in his car and spun out. I saw the tag as he was leaving.

    Then, I overheard the clerk say something to his coworker about the loudmouth throwing out some trash before he took off. The pump was still giving me a "Waiting for authorization" message. I walked up to the clerk's booth to ask if they could make sure my card was no longer active on the pump. There was a paper bag and a bunch of popcorn scattered all over the lane where the loudmouth had been. The clerk told me that my card should be clear. I told him the tag number of loudmouth's car in case it would help. He wrote it down, and thanked me. I went to the other Wal-Mart to use my card to get gas at that MurphyUSA.
    The Borg wouldn't know fun if they assimilated an amusement park. -- B'Elanna Torres, Star Trek: Voyager

    Math! Math, my dear boy, is but the lesbian sister of Biology. -- Peter Griffin, Family Guy

  • #2
    Good for that clerk! And good for you getting the tag.
    They say that God only gives us what we can handle. Apparently, God thinks I'm a bad ass.

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    • #3
      Woot! Go clerk go!

      Hope they fined him for illegal dumping
      "If anyone wants this old box containing the broken bits of my former faith in humanity, I'll take your best offer now. You may be able to salvage a few of em' for parts..... " - Quote by Argabarga

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      • #4
        Popcorn? POPcorn?
        I will not be pushed, stamped, filed, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own. --#6

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        • #5
          Hey, at least h didn't set the pper bag on fire.
          I am the nocturnal echo-locating flying mammal man.

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