I love irony...

I really do love the irony of life at times. I will share this story, and then some journal pages as day 20 contains this tale of delight as well.

I am at Costco, I have been out all morning, running errands, and the gas pumps at Costco are our last stop. The knockeduped one is done for, tired, and worn out. I pull in and all the pumps are full, people literally have all just begun pumping. There, in the last lane, the one nearest a steep embankment, is one lone car... at the BACK pump. I pull in behind the car to wait and do wonder why...

#1 The man is in his car not pulling away if he is done OR...
#2 He doesn't start pumping his gas.

The attendant sees me there, waiting, and goes over to the man's car. He taps on the window... the man is yapping away on his cell phone and literally gives the attendant the annoyed "I am on the phone just a minute" look and the "wait a minute" index finger. He is refusing to move up or pump! Nice....
So, the attendant motions me around, which I hate doing in the last lane, due to aforementioned embankment. But, I am obedient when the Costco man tells me what to do! He stands at the front pump, and helps motion me in... giving me those "a little to the left" and "a little to the right" and "whoa" hand signals. Hmmm... thanks Mr. Costco, I, being the boat driving SUV woman, really do like the help. I am not being sarcastic here, i was glad.

When I get out to pump I notice that I am in the spot totally crooked, taking up the whole lane. Ok, so Mr. Costco is sweet, but not the best at the hand motions... or so I thought.

Finally, stupid cell phone yapper gets out to pump his gas. Well... nice of you to join us. He is talking so stinking loud too... I seriously think, I will chuck that cell phone over the embankment into the fake enviro-friendly pond below if he curses loud enough for my kids to hear again.

He doesn't, so I set up the pump and settle in for the wait. You see, the pumps aren't super fast, and I am filling the Excursion's 40 gallon tank, and yep, the gas light is on. I am usually there long enough to have converstions with the attendants it takes so long to fill up. I watch all the other cars come and go. It really takes a Looooong time. It is then that I realize what is happening. Cell phone yapper is done pumping and is now waiting on me because I am taking up the whole lane... Mr. Costco... YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!!!!!! I laughed the whole time I waited. Irony... I love it sometimes... :)

here are the pages...