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Shell Station Incident - 2006

Well, it's been a long time since I've told you a good story, so here you go!

My gas station of choice is very small (two pumps -- total of four cars can get gas at one time) and I needed to get gasoline yesterday morning. I'm out in the third position in my blue polka dotted dress, heels, and pearls pumping gasoline with three men at the other pumps. Well, I finish my business first and get back in the car and was putting my debit card and receipt in my billfold and I hear this horn. Well, Mr. Late for Work Builder is facing me in his big truck and actually beeped the horn at me to move! I was over it!

Well, when someone is that rude and crass to a woman, he deserves to wait a little longer....not to mention there was another exit out of the parking lot, but he wasn't smart enough to figure it out.....Anyway, while staring at him intently, I adjust my sunglasses, put my smile in place (the kind that says that implies "kiss my butt"), put my wallet in my purse, put on my seatbelt, put the car in drive, pulled forward and stopped right by his window and mouthed the words "You could wait just a minute" and I proceed to the exit that he missed. I turn onto New Circle Road and then Liberty Road and the poor sucker is still in the Shell parking lot trying to get onto Liberty Road. He pulls out behind me and realizes that he could have pulled out the way that I went -- yes, you should have seen the surprised look on his face as he sees my car passing by. It would have been perfect if I would have waved, but I just couldn't be that rude........o.k., I did break a blinding white smile at him. Just goes to show you that if you are Mr. Nasty in the morning, it always manages to catch up with you.

My friend Kay always told me that you could always get better results if you were sweet like honey rather than bitter as vinegar. Sometimes it takes me repeating the words "I will be sweet" fifteen times before I address a difficult situation, but I'm always glad that I responded rather than reacted.

Have an awesome day and congratulations to my cousin Kristi and her husband Brian on the birth of their new baby girl, Amanda Ruth, who was born yesterday at 10am. Mom and baby are doing great! Brother Michael thinks she's beautiful. Papaw and Mimi are overjoyed! I love these babies coming into the world! They are such a gift!

Love and peace,
Mrs. Frey
2006
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