Fearing For Your Life

This ones another odd update - so here goes....

On my way back from my session I stoped to get gas at the Exxon in Chapel Hill. All things where normal as they can be when one stops to get gas. That was until I heard a loud crashing sound.

I looked up in time to see a jeep across from me pulling away from the gas pump with the nozzle still inserted into the jeep. The crashing sound was that of the pump unit falling over and being dragged away by the jeep. This sent gas spewing everywhere.

This is the point where I immeadity pulled my nozzle out of my car, screwed on the tank lid, and bolted for the safety of the interior of my car. I drove away as fast as I could and parked my car in the adjacent parking lot to view what was developing. "I've always loved disaster movies!"

One would think that by now people would be fleeing and screaming as the store clerk ran out the door screaming "Everyone Run!" Yet no one did a thing. The pump stopped spewing and the jeep proceeded to pull up to the front door of the store and parked - mind you the hose was still attached. The owner of the jeep proceeded in side and everyone else just continued to do their normal gas station routine.

Had I just been on candid camera - or one of those scare the crap out of you then tell you your on TV shows? No one was doing any thing. So there sat the pump in the middle of the station in a pool of gas. This was twice in three days where I had witnessed a climatic social event and no one did a thing!

Needless to say - drove off and came back to the apt to write it up as a blog. I pondered over the act of fearing for ones life all the way home. I don't think I had ever truly had my "flight or fight" instinct kick in before. I didn't realize I could run that fast!

This is just another experience in the life of CROOZMAN - the excitement never ends - and I hope it never does!