My Blond Moment of the Year Part I

People have asked through the years if Vic  minds if I tell funny stories about how she does stuff.  Most of the time they are true, and I just report them as they happen.  Our family has always been long on humor to get us through some difficult times, and it always make relationships stronger if you can laugh a little at the funny things of life.  I'm sure you have them in your family and life, and humor has always been a big part of ours. Even though mine is dry, very dry.....

I too have had many blond moments, and try to share some of them every year to highlight what funny things I have done.  This has been a yearly ritual, that either tells something stupid or dangerous that happens to me. 

Well some of you know, I went to Mexico last Sunday 12/06/009.  The only way John Newville, and I could get to Mexico on the cheap for the company was to drive to Detroit Metro (DTW) and hop a plane to El Paso Texas.  On Sunday morning, I drove to Apex Spring and picked up the company car.  Of course, the other salesman for the company left the gas only half full.  I picked up John at the Lowell exit on I-96.  While waiting for him, I decided to stop and get a bottle of water and top off the tank so I didn't have to stop and get gas on the way to Detroit.  I was really cold that day with a stiff wind out of the west.  The car had about 1/2 of a tank and I decided to listen to my pod cast as the car tank topped off.

I was deep in listening mode after a while and I noticed that the dollars were ringing up on the tank, I took no notice.  I glanced out and the gallons was getting close to 3/4 of a tank and the light went on in my simple mind.  The AUTO shut off was not working on the pump!  Oh no, I jumped out of the car, and gas was just streaming out to the fuel fill door.  I'm like, crap if I was a smoker, this could have been a highlight film on "look at this guy just before he dies or explodes the hole gas station and my car" story.  I could see the guy in the movie set that gets set on fire and walks like Frankenstein for 3-5 steps and falls over dead.  I got to the pump and shut off the gas.  I think I had pumped more than 5 gallons onto the ground.  The puddle of gas was growing, and I was soooo embarrassed.  I quickly tried to dry off the cars back 1/4 panel, but it was no use.  I was a marked man and I had to get out of there as soon as possible.  I pulled around the side of the gas station a parked.  The puddle was about as big as my car and growing.  I walked in the gas station and didn't say a word, got my water and left.  I'm thinking I will never stop there again, even if I'm almost out of gas in fear of video surveillance I.D. ing me and I will be on some most wanted gas station list, or some tree hugers hit list for environmental abuse.

OK I'm sorry but every gas station has a overflow system that doesn't allow petrol to get into the ground.  I just hope theirs was working? I was just testing their system, yea, yea that's the story, or I think is was?  Oh well?  Made it to DTW on time and had a very interesting trip to Mexico.  That is part II of this story.