[tcb] Re: Bus story of the day
- From: "Brian Denning" <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:43:18 -0600
don't forget to put gas in it this afternoon.
From: wuzmop@xxxxxxx
Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Bus story of the day
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:38:59 -0500
So last night I go to bed thinking to myself, "I gotta put gas in the bus
in the morning."
Fast forward to 5:30 am: This morning on the way out I do my normal check
for phone, wallet, badge, keys. Everything checks out, but I have this
nagging feeling that I'm forgetting something on my way to work.
Hit a stretch of southbound I35 where there are no street lights, no
civilization, with the exception of homeless people. Bus stutters and
stalls. Still nothing has dawned on me. Coasted, tried to start bus, it
starts and gets me maybe another 100 yards of momentum, enough to coast
under some street lights before Northwest Highway. I check my probablities,
all checks out. Then it dawns on me. CRAP!
So, there is a gas station about 1/2 a mile away on the other side of the
highway. Thank god I've been running 2 miles a day, because under the
Northwest highway bridge is likely where most of the homeless folks crash,
and I have to go under it to get to the gas station. That and if I'm gone
long my bus gets stripped or will be occupied by homeless people.
I haul butt to the station. It's 6:05, sign says it opens at 6. Cool. Until
I realize the doors are closed and the lady at the counter is COMPLETELY
ignoring me. For 15 minutes. Some guy rolls up and needs to pay cash for
gas so when the pump starts beeping inside, she finally opens the door.
$15 1 gallon gas can in hand, I run back to the bus. A big sigh of relief
that he hadn't been molested. Gas that bad boy up and roll on to work.
This is BEFORE I had any caffiene.
Robb 1
Bus 0
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