ALMOST Armed Encounter at the Gas Station.

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FUD

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Last night I went to fill up my sister-inlaw's car. I pull up to the pump and started looking for the lever/switch which would open the latch for the gas when a car pulls up behind me. I found this to be strange as all of the other pumps (12 in all) were completely empty with no cars.

A deranged looking individual gets out of the car waving his arms in the air and screaming that this is his pump and that I don't belong there. I responded with "Excuse Me?" He repeated the same thing and starting moving closer to me. I was carrying a S&W 3913 on my right hip under my shirt and since I wasn't sure what his intentions were and the fact that this whole thing seemed a little weird, I positioned myself so that the left side of my body was facing him and I brought my right hand into a ready position in case I had to quickly draw my weapon -- at no time did I expose the gun or even put my hand on it.

However, based on how I was standing, I suspect that he knew that I was armed and did not come any closer but repeated for the third time that this was his pump and that I did not belong there. As I had not put my credit card through yet, I decided to let him have "his pump" and told him "okay" (meaning that I would not use the pump). As I was getting into the car, I kept my eye on him and my hand at the ready in case I had to go for my weapon. He also began to return to his car and said to me: "Sorry but this my pump."

I drove to another pump a few pumps over and filled up -- the whole time keeping my eye on him as he filled up his car at "his pump". He was finished before me, and waved to me as he left and said "Thank you". It doesn't get much weirder than this.
FUD
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[This message has been edited by FUD (edited July 01, 2000).]
 
Attacks by gators

Stragne phone calls from your home in the middle of the night.

The "downpour" intruder.

Now, this.

FUD, you're jinxed! :)
 
Doo-doo doo-doo (as voice of Rod Serling begins speaking)...

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"An armed society is a polite society."
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FUD, You didn't happen to walk under a ladder or break a mirror did you? Or is there some law in FLA that gives exclusive rights to a particular gas pump for anyone buying a BMW?
Eric

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Formerly Puddle Pirate.
Teach a kid to shoot.
It annoys the antis.
 
buzz_knox, I look at it this way ...<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI> The gator attack was a true life & death situation
<LI> The phone call in the middle of the night was a "strangeness" of technology and no real problem
<LI> The "downpour" intruder was a non-violent guy looking for an easy house to rob and didn't expect to find an armed homeowner present.
<LI> The gas station thing proved that there are a lot of crazies in the world and maybe you're right, I might attract more than my fair share of them.</UL>Regards, FUD.
 
FUD-

I had an almost similar experience about ten years back. Guy was screaming the same thing at me. Seems he had prepaid for that pump then went to bathroom before pulling up to pump.

marsh
 
Fud,
You must have been on empty.
I don't think I would have just moved over to another pump.
Glad everything turned out ok.
And of course he did say thanks...

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No fate but what we make...
 
FUD!

That second pump you pulled up too...THAT'S MY PUMP...WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING AT MY PUMP WHEN I'M NOT THERE!

Thank you. :D

Jim
 
No flames intended, but, why didn't you just drive off to some other station? You had to get in and move your car over anyway. After all, he may have had his own gun in his car to enforce the right to his pump. Then, had you been forced to defend yourself, the fact that you had the opportunity to leave before trouble started MAY be harmful to your case. Just food for thought.
buzz: That WAS funny, BTW. LOL
 
It kind of reminds me of the cartoon where Porky Pig is trying to paint a landscape and Daffy keeps messing with him.

Seriously, FUD, welcome to Florida!
 
FUD

Famous last words of my prospective new insurance agent after being rear-ended twice, struck by a driver running a stop light, AND being robbed:

"Boy, you just have bad luck!"

No blaim on me, but still screws up your day.

Kind of makes you want join a cult and offer a sacrifice to the Great God of Glockdom to see if you can "get right," doesn't it.
Would forty rounds of Cor-Bon sent down-range on Saturday be an adequate offering?

-William
 
Had the same thing happen to me. I pulled up to the pump and put my card in it and started pumping the gas, but the guy coming out of the station had just paid $10.00 to go on the same pump. We were a little confused but luckily it worked out without a problem.
 
I used to go to one station because it had the cheapest gas around, but no more.
Incident #1. I go in and pre-pay for my gas. I come out and a guy is usuing my pump, by pulling the hose around the pump to the other side. When I said something, his response was some serious vulgarity on my ancestry. I went back inside, told the clerk what was going on and she turned the pump off. He left.
Incident# 2. I went in, paid gpr my gas and on the way out was accosted by some nut who thought I was the Mayor, with whom he apparently had a gripe. I told him he had the wrong guy. Pumped my gas, and went to collect my change. He followed me ranting how he was going to fix my wagon, etc. I got my change and weas returning to my car when he showed up with a large stick. painted black, generally shaped like a baseball bat, but not a bat. I got to the car and locked the door. My wife is in the car, and she is becoming quite frightened at what this nutcase is doing, while yelling at the top of his lungs for me to step outside. I couldn't drive off because there was a car behind me unattended, and he was in front of my car. Well, I removed my 9MM from the glove box and laid it on the dash. At this he came alongside, pounding on the window, screaming for me to get out of the car. I finally let him have a good look at that S&W 6906, and racked one into the chamber. At that, he left so damn quick, his shoes almost burned rubber on his exit. My wife has always given me a hard time about carrying a gun, even when we go to the store for groceries or gas, or whatever. No more.
BTW. In the last two years, there have been several fights with serious injuries, a few knifings, and three shootings, two resulting in deaths. After I had my incident #2, I quit going there. Saving a few cents on a gallon of gas ain't worth dying for.
Paul B.
 
Obsessive-compulsive anxiety ridden joik with a controlling personality. 5150 or 800 in CA Cop slang.

Fud, you did right by going to another pump. It's certainly easier and cheaper than having your gun confiscated (even if self defense), detention or arrest by the police, attorney fees (for any criminal or civil litigation). I'd have done the same too.

[This message has been edited by 4V50 Gary (edited July 03, 2000).]
 
I commend you on keeping the peace and not letting the situation go out of control over a gas pump.

I was in Arizona recently and doing evenings and nights as security for a conveinence store. Not a bust place and not in a crime area-a favor to my GF who worked there and her daughter-in-law who runs the place.

I had decided to grab a soda and was by the coolers. The doors and parking area/gas pupms were obscured by shelves. I hear my freind call to me in a low voice... "Sat!"

I'm wearing my biker leathers with a Makarov under the jacket and my bowie knife [26" overall] on my leg. I walk to her and there is a man standing in the door. He sees me and kind of straightens then smiles and waves and walks on. Turns out her was coming up the street growling...had walked up to a customers car and growled at them then started to come in.

He saw me and didn't. Smart of him.

He did come back the next day and threw a 30 pack of beer at the manager and clerk because they wouldn't sell to him.

Just makes you wonder at times.
 
Congratulations. Sounds like you have just become a part of a statistic. It's a good one, if rarely seen. It's the one in which guns are used by citizens 250,000 times per year to keep the peace.

Bobbalouie
 
VictorLouis, you bring up a good point. He could have returned to his car to get his own gun. However, he SEEMED "better" once he saw that I wasn't going to be using "his pump" and when I drove to a few pumps over, I kept my eye on him before I started using the pump. But your right, he could have filled up his car and then taken a shot at me when he left while I was out in the open -- a good point to keep in mind for the future.
 
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