So I'm gassing up my car at Costco a few minutes ago...

[Snarkoleptic]

and I notice the guy at the adjacent pump is facing backward.
This despite the fact there are four huge "WRONG WAY DO NOT ENTER" signs (two on either side) & a "DO NOT ENTER" painted on the pavement.

The attendant approaches the errant mouth breather and calmly asks him to be sure exit the same way he entered.
As he drives by I said (a great deal too loudly) "Another Glenn Beck fan...unsure which way is up!".
There were far more chuckles than scowls.

The reality-based community is out there and will come through in November!

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I hope and pray that your conclusion is correct..

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[Snarkoleptic]

7. Since you've missed the not-so subtle subtext (see my screen name), I'll help you out.

It's yet another example of a right-winger missing all indications (regardless of how loudly broadcast) that they are oblivious to the fact their behavior is contrary to what is required of citizens in an ordered society. In case you slept through literature, missing the cues for what is obvious to most (up & down, right & wrong, left & right) are common metaphors for those whose thoughts are disconnected from reality due to a flaw world view. Cognitave dissonance is at work here...a reasonable and prudent person would know that their actions are at odds with what is right and proper in this context and yet they have missed all abundant cues. In short, they are typical right wingers who behave in an antisocial and contrary manner without regard to the antisocial nature of their behavior.

***Forgot to mention the Bush/Cheney 04 bumper sticker that drove me to this post***

[pipi_k]

11. Oh, so it was the bumper sticker...

Not like it could have been on a car that the guy borrowed or anything.

Or maybe he just bought it and didn't give a shit what bumper stickers were on it.


The evidence is in...

if the bumper sticker is the "wrong" one, then the person driving the car is a RW asshole.


:eyes:

[Sinistrous]

16. Coulda, shoulda, mighta, maybe,...

Reach much?

[mindwalker_i]

12. There's a gas station like that where I live

It has some obvious signs that direct traffic one way, and many people just completely ignore them. I have to admit that I have ignored them once or twice too. This causes all the cars to be facing every which way, so nobody can get out when they're done since some dumb-ass (admitedly that included me at one or two points) is facing the other way, blocking you in.

My inclination is to believe people to do whatever the hell they want since it's just easier. Fuck everybody else. That perception is particularly well suited to the current generation of Republicans: they preach personal responsibility but really mean it for other people.

[lunatica]

13. Are you the Morality Police?

shaking your finger at long timers won't make you friends here.

[DainBramaged]

15. There are a few here who think it is THEIR job to make us behave

to THEIR standards.


And more often than not they don't last long. They get outed soon enough.

[malaise]

17. What flowers do you like

Duchess of Beckastan.

I'm the DU florist of snark. :evilgrin:

[pipi_k]

3. Actually, anybody under the age of 10 could have done the same thing...

Hey everybody!!!

Look at MEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!




oy...

:eyes:

[DainBramaged]

4. Here come the nannies........

:eyes:

[smalll]

5. Good work! Now maybe you can follow up on that by --

going to McDonalds to yell at old folks!

[donco]

6. Maybe he should do penance

by going backward thru a McDonald's drive thru.

[Snarkoleptic]

10. mebbe while throwing sandwiches back through the drive thru?

This may require a flux capacater.

[MineralMan]

8. Sounds to me like the attendant had it handled.

I don't see the need to snark loudly. Did this person interfere with your transaction. If not, I guess I can't see your point at all.

[OJones]

9. LOL.

I think I love you. In a very special, David Cassidy fashion.

[Curmudgeoness]

14. Well, you are getting hammered unjustly here, and I think I might

have done the same thing. But no one ever accused me of holding back. And I won't accuse you of it either. I think it is time we speak out.

[Codeine]

18. Wow.

[donco]

19. I gassed up yesterday at our Costco

pretty good crowd, could be because it was twenty cents cheaper per gallon.All of he oil company stations were in the process of jacking their prices up in anticipation of the holiday travels.