Reply #21: Gas lines are very dangerous. Here's the story of my last line. . . [View All]

[Journeyman]

Last gas line I was in, the cars were all spread down one street waiting to get into the corner gas station. Drivers waited at the entrance until the car at the pump left the station. I'd been there about an hour and was three or four cars from the driveway.

Suddenly, a Cadillac cut diagonally across intersection, barrelled in front of the line, and took a newly vacant spot at the pump.
The next guy in line, who'd just started to move into the station, yelled at the boatman: "Hey, there's a line here. Get to the end and wait your turn."

The Cadillac creep ignored him, opened his gas door and removed his cap. He then noticed he had to pay inside before dispensing. Without a glance at the highly-irate line, he walked into the station's office to pay.

The guy at the front of the line, who'd waited so long and now been displaced, looked at the Cadillac for a moment then calmly opened his own gas cap door, removed his locking cap, marched across the station lot and slammed his cap onto the Cadillac's open gas pipe. He then walked back to his car and wisely drove away.

Moments later, after much yelling and quite a dance around the station, the Cadillac driver left, too. Without his gas but with two gas caps.