5-10 minutes is the length of time it takes to fill a car up with gas. But there’s always a person who goes inside to use the restroom, complete their weekly shopping, and to pay for the gasoline. Sometimes it takes 10-20 minutes. Other times it takes longer.
Regardless, I somehow park behind this person because there are no other options. There’s a contagion of parked cars. It’s enraging, to say the least . Not only is it inconsiderate of other people’s time, it could lead to a loss of money for the owner.
There’s bound to be some hothead angrier than I who squeals out of the parking lot to find a less busy gas station and convenient store. That’s a loss of one customer, or $50 for that tank of gas. Pretend that happens 20 times a day . That’s 1000 bucks a day. That’s a loss over time of 352K a year.
Yet there’s a part of me that wishes I could park my car in front of the gas pump, then take a shower, use the rest room, go shopping and pay for my gas. And to do so without caring about the feelings and frustrations of others, nor feel any embarrassment.
Rather , I’d be so confident I’d act invisible, as if no one can see the candy I stole, nor the line of cars that lays behind mine , at attention, like a river.