The guy started to drive away like nothing happened, he was completely oblivious…

It’s becoming a habit, but lately I seem to be running on fumes on the trip home from work, so I stop at the nearest filler-upper. While being in Beverly Hills, gas is expensive so I only put in enough to get me home—filling up later on more affordable gas where I live. Anyway, I’m pumping away as I hear what sounded like the slamming of a door and some plastic crunching when before my eyes the fuel hose and handle went sliding across my feet on the floor of the station. I thought it was odd to see the hose some twenty or thirty feet away from the pump when I realized that it had been ripped out of the station and was on its way to clothes-line someone. Thankfully, It didn’t but the gas station attendants were yelling, screaming, whistling at the driver who was so oblivious to what he did, he kept on driving.

Needless to say, the oblivious driver was eventually flagged down but not before gas had spewed everywhere on the ground. Finally, an attendant ran over to the pump to shut it off and to keep us all from blowing us to smithereens.

What was my part in this whole gig? Document it of course and make the oblivious driver feel less-than smart. Soon after, the driver asked me what I was taking pictures of. I told him, “you of course!” and when he asked, “Why?” I simply responded, “Because it’s hilarious”. Sorry for your bad luck “oblivious driver”…I wonder how much a new pump hose and handle costs? Does insurance cover that sort of stuff? I don’t know and I hope I never find out. Knock on wood.