Remember those goofy mint candy commercials that were aired in the 1990's and were even spoofed in a music video by the Foo Fighters?
Well, this morning I had a Mintos moment.
On my way to day care I stopped at a neighboring Shell gas station. I chose the wrong side too because there was a huge beer truck parked and unloading cases. I decided to park on the other side of the gas pump isle where the beer truck was unloading. The isles are wide enough to accommodate two cars at once so if people drive to an isle and all of the pumps are busy then they can continue to drive around the convenience store (center) to the other side where there are more gas pump isles. So, I was fine at first while fueling my car when a woman pulled up next to the pump in front of me.
I got annoyed about not being able to just drive out ahead but figured that I could just drive around her car to the right. So as I'm getting back in to my car, a second car pulled up to the pump behind me while a third car (practically on cue) pulled up in front and parked next to the car in front of mine and directly next to the convenient store.
The woman pumping gas looked at me then at the tattooed neck, guy (dressed as a service station employee no less) and said "Hey, you're blocking her in." As the guy was getting out of his car he looked at the woman then raced in to the convenient store. The woman then looked at me again but with her eyes and mouth wide open as if to say "No way." I had the same expression on my face. So, I sat for a second and realized that there was still an opening behind me.
Quickly before a fourth car could come, I shifted my vehicle in to reverse and slowly eased my way backward around the car behind me, careful not to bump it or the raised side walk that boarders the convenience store island.
Wouldn't you know it, a fourth car from the opposite isle, near the big beer truck, decided to exist just as I was starting to clear the side walk and parked car. The older man continued to drive and for a second we drove parallel around the same corner.
I made it out!
Jerks or no jerks, I made it passed those little every day annoyances.
So, as I was driving off thinking about how inconsiderate those guys had been I suddenly heard "Do-do-do-do! Do-do! Do-ahhhhhhhhhh!" All I was missing was the hand size, paper wrapped, tube of white, minty candy to hold up next to my cheesy grinned face.
Thinking about the goofy similarity helped me to not drive back to the Shell station and demand to speak to tattoo neck's manager and complain about his rude behavior. Besides, I had figured my way out of a tight spot on my own. I AM pretty good at figuring things out for myself.
