gas (pumps)

as i was driving to my office this morning, i saw something on the side of the highway i'd never seen (on the side of the road) before. i'd tell you what it was, but i don't know if it has a name. we've all seen them, many times a day in fact. most of us even use them at least once a week. so what am i talking about? you know the place at the gas station where you pay (the "pump" i guess)? yes, well that WHOLE thing was lying on the side of 290 west. i so wish that i had taken a picture (since i had my camera with me and my phone has a camera on it), but i feel like i take my life into my hands just driving lately, so fumbling around to find something with which to take a picture would probably not have been wise (i do try sometimes). but seriously, how does something like that get on the side of the road? don't you think if you were driving the vehicle transporting that cargo that you would notice something that large falling off? would you not have to go back and get it? so who's responsible for picking it up? very interesting...

and while that's intriguing, i have one better:
about 2-3 weeks ago, i am at the shell station by my house filling up. i'm innocently sitting in my car waiting, and suddenly the gas tank shuts off and stops pumping. curious, i get out of the car and look around, wondering what happened (it hadn't even been close to enough time to fill up the tank). lo and behold, the lady on the other side of the same pump (who's on her cell phone, by the way) has DRIVEN AWAY with the pump still in her gas tank. yes, that's right. and when she pulled away, she ripped that sucker right out of the pump. so for all of you who ever wondered what would happen if you drove away from a gas pump with the handle still attached, now you know. it rips out, stays attached to your car, and shuts off the pump. and while that's stupid enough, what's even better is that she got out of her car, hung up with the person she was talking to, made another phone call, and just stood there staring at the pump. um, you want to go inside and tell the attendant what happened and maybe find out what to do? neh, lemme call my friend/boyfriend/whomever and find out what he/she thinks i should do.

because my pump wouldn't work any more, i just paid and left. it was too hard not to laugh at her, and had i stayed any longer, i would have been REALLY unchristian. i'm laughing now as i type because it was so ridiculous. i swear, people kill me.