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You know, I have so many little insights all day long that I keep thinking would be awesome for my blog, but I forget most when I get home. This one I didnt forget because it struck me as memorable. As I pulled into work today the above number was staring at me from my dashboard. That number is roughly the circumference of the whole Earth at the equator. My car has been from Maine to California and if Im crazy enough it will also go from Florida to Alaska. That car has seen both oceans, at least half the states in the union, and just about more highway miles then any other car on the road today. Damn, Im proud of it.
So enough of that. Here is the insight for the day. Have you ever pulled into a gas station where someone didnt pull all the way through so you have to go around them and back in to get to a pump, and then they need to back out when they leave? Why do people do that? Doesnt that sound like common sense to you, my fellow readers? And no, its not because someone was in front of them when they got there. I fill up cars usually about 3 times a day with gas. Today I watched the price drop from a 1.89 in the morning to 1.87 in the afternoon. And I watched not just one, but two people pull up only to the first pump, causing me to have to go around them. I consider 2 statistically significant in this case. I always pull all the way through if I can just so I dont have to back up if someone pulls in front of me. Oh and get this. I pulled in the same time as this woman who pulled in facing me. We both pumped our gas roughly about the same pace and we were both ready to leave at the same time. Well being the lazy person I am Im hoping she will back out and then I can go forward. So Im just kinda sitting there acting like Im writing something. So I wait about 10-15 seconds and I look up and she is doing the same thing, like looking in her purse or something. And Im like, I cant believe this is happening. We are both waiting for the other person to leave. So after a good minute I decide to be the bigger of the two persons and I back my car up and pull out. Then she pulls forward two seconds later. Humans have such silly games, dont we?
So enough of that. Here is the insight for the day. Have you ever pulled into a gas station where someone didnt pull all the way through so you have to go around them and back in to get to a pump, and then they need to back out when they leave? Why do people do that? Doesnt that sound like common sense to you, my fellow readers? And no, its not because someone was in front of them when they got there. I fill up cars usually about 3 times a day with gas. Today I watched the price drop from a 1.89 in the morning to 1.87 in the afternoon. And I watched not just one, but two people pull up only to the first pump, causing me to have to go around them. I consider 2 statistically significant in this case. I always pull all the way through if I can just so I dont have to back up if someone pulls in front of me. Oh and get this. I pulled in the same time as this woman who pulled in facing me. We both pumped our gas roughly about the same pace and we were both ready to leave at the same time. Well being the lazy person I am Im hoping she will back out and then I can go forward. So Im just kinda sitting there acting like Im writing something. So I wait about 10-15 seconds and I look up and she is doing the same thing, like looking in her purse or something. And Im like, I cant believe this is happening. We are both waiting for the other person to leave. So after a good minute I decide to be the bigger of the two persons and I back my car up and pull out. Then she pulls forward two seconds later. Humans have such silly games, dont we?
posted by Jeremy at 9:39 PM
3 Comments:
Jeremy, that is hilarious. Way to be the bigger man!
Well, considering the other person was a woman, Jeremy would have to be the bigger MAN. Funny story Jeremy. I am guessing that the "insight" is "Humans have such silly games don't we?". Ok.
Jerome, the bigger man. Ha ha ha. bigger. Now that's funny.
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