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Nearly a fight over a gas pump? (in broad daylight)

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DLeRium said:
If you're far enough away from the pump that someone ELSE can get gas from that pump still, you're too far. You occupy a pump like it's yours. Otherwise learn to park at the pump.
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Not really. He could have been backed away far enough because someone was in front of him. So he goes into to pay for gas while the other person finishes up. But this fine citizen here butts and then he wants to wield Excalibur.
 
I don't know how the OP was able to squeeze in between the space if every pump was used. Around here, the pumps are close to each other.
 
mizzou said:
i generally just kill with kindness and it prevents me from having to deal with the legal repercussions of an assault.

I would have said, "Sorry, I thought you were done. My bad, I'll get out of your spot as soon as I can."

You did add a little bit of a zinger here, "Me: "My problem was that I needed gas, now I don't have that problem""

You better want to be willing to escalate if you want to throw stuff like that out. I'm not saying you aren't justified in giving him a little verbal smackdown.
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bingo. i think you handled it fine but some people will jump to "fist city" on the drop of a hat. just be ready if you're going to mix in your smart ass comments(which was comical). hell you might have squared off fine but some people snap pretty damn quick.
 
jagec said:
The guy gave you a "peace" sign after you almost ran over him and his wife, and you call that an overreaction? Uhh...sounds like YOU have problems dealing with situations reasonably.
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Someone needs to start watching more British stuff! :colbert: Since it isn't the 70s anymore, I wouldn't assume that people are flashing the peace sign. Given the way the person talked about someone "not handling it well", I assumed he meant the British "ah heck off" meaning regardless of knowing whether he was in England or not.
 
Walk to car, knock on passenger window.

Window opens up.

You ask, "Has he gone in to pay for gas, or is he not using the pump?"

Problem solved. No weapons needed. Humanity wins. :whiste:
 
Abe Froman said:
Yesterday I pulled into a gas station and all but one pump was in use. There was a car parked near that pump, but the driver wasn't in the car and the passenger saw me didn't react as I backed into the pump to put my gas cap near the pump (with his vehicle's back end facing my car's)

I waited for a couple minutes and no one came out. So I proceeded to put my card in and begin pumping gas. A man comes out and starts staring at me and I have less than a gallon to being full.

Him: "So you just jacked my $hit, huh?"
Me: "Excuse me?"
Him: "You jacked my gas"
Me: "I'm sorry. I waited for a couple minutes. No one was using it. I figured that you were done already. I'm almost full already."
Him: "What the f*ck is your problem, dog?"
Me: "My problem was that I needed gas, now I don't have that problem"
Him: "you got jokes, huh?"
Me: "I think we have a disconnect. I'm already done, you had to wait 30 seconds. I waited 2 minutes for you to come back out. Let it go, man"
Him: "Don't tell me to let it go, n!gga! You let it go!" (He wasn't even black)
Me: "Are you being serious right now?"
Him: "Yeah I'm serious"
Me: "Whatever man, the pump's all yours" (walking back to my vehicle)
Him: "F*ck you, dog"
Me: "Have a nice day, sir"
Him: (He follows me around my car)
Me: (I open my door and pull out my Ka-bar Game Hook Knife) "Are we f*cking done now"
Him: "What the f*ck is your problem, dog? You better hope I don't see you around here again!"
Me: "I look forward to it, now go f*ck yourself"

This entire interaction took longer than the amount of time he was forced to wait. I just don't understand why this had to escalate. (The high crime and rough area where I work is precisely why I keep two weapons in my vehicle at all times.) The fact that I'm white in a predominantly non-white area at the point might have made me an easy target, but what is wrong with people? How is this something to threaten another human over. It's not like I stole his actual gas. I was even polite.

What is the dumbest situation over which you have been confronted/threatened?
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The knife and situation are racist
 
kt said:
He could've paid inside instead of at the pump, so he thought you had "jacked his gas". I would've thought so too if I went inside to pay for the gas and walk out to find someone else filling his car at the pump that I just had paid.
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Yep, OP failed on this one.
 
OP, you should have just apologized for using his pump and not go off on the whole "my problem was that I needed gas". Also, you probably should have said something about you using your CC to pay for your gas.
 
Better way of handling this:

Him: "So you just jacked my $hit, huh?"
Me: FUCK OFF! *make serial killer psycho face*
Me: Turns back to moron.
 
Schfifty Five said:
Well you are in the UK and the scenario here is in the US.
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Yep. While the UK has pre-pay insofar as "stick your card in this machine to authorise payment before starting to take petrol" (which is new) and normally just uses a "take your petrol then go and pay for it" system, the US has a few different systems AFAIK.
 
Why do people feel the need to start arguments over the most trivial shit? Whether the OP was right or wrong, there was no reason for that douchecanoe to get all up in arms about having to wait 2 minutes to fill his car up. There are bigger problems in your life I'm sure, just let it go.
 
I'm confused...i see lots of assumptions by members here and we don't have all the details. although this isn't anything new...

we need a diagram.

who the fuck parks their car away from the pump to prepay? I go to the pump, get out and go in the store, say I'm at pump # and then go out and pump my gas.

so you're saying this guy parked away from the pump, went into pre-pay and said i'm going to go to pump # and then OP pulled into the pump he was going to use?
That's fucking retarded. how was the op supposed to know?
 
That was dumb. Doesn't it make sense that this dude had occupied the pump already? WTF made you think it was okay to jack someone else's pump while they were away? Jesus. You're an asshole.
 
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