I stopped to put gasoline in the car on the way to work this morning. As I was waiting for the tank to fill I heard screaming. Not very loud, but it definitely got my attention.
It got louder--I looked around and saw a car coming down the street. The screaming was coming from the car (windows were down) and I could see someone flailing around in the front passenger seat. As the car passed me the driver appeared to be trying to restrain the passenger.
The screaming was urgent--not like someone was mad and not a scream now and then but continuous and repeated screaming like someone was scared out of their mind or maybe insane.
Evidently it got too interesting in the car because the driver pulled off the road and into a car wash across the street diagonally from the gas station. He pulled the car into one of the car wash "stalls" and I couldn't see anything after that point. The screaming stopped.
Another vehicle pulled over and the driver appeared to be surveying the situation--he could see what was happening although my vision was blocked from where I was.
Here's my situation:
The tank is still filling but I paid by credit card so I can leave the station in a hurry if I want/need to.
I'm on my way to work--strict no firearms policy, not even locked in the car parked in the lot.
I had to run some errands so I was already late to work.
I had a cell phone.
What would you have done?
It got louder--I looked around and saw a car coming down the street. The screaming was coming from the car (windows were down) and I could see someone flailing around in the front passenger seat. As the car passed me the driver appeared to be trying to restrain the passenger.
The screaming was urgent--not like someone was mad and not a scream now and then but continuous and repeated screaming like someone was scared out of their mind or maybe insane.
Evidently it got too interesting in the car because the driver pulled off the road and into a car wash across the street diagonally from the gas station. He pulled the car into one of the car wash "stalls" and I couldn't see anything after that point. The screaming stopped.
Another vehicle pulled over and the driver appeared to be surveying the situation--he could see what was happening although my vision was blocked from where I was.
Here's my situation:
The tank is still filling but I paid by credit card so I can leave the station in a hurry if I want/need to.
I'm on my way to work--strict no firearms policy, not even locked in the car parked in the lot.
I had to run some errands so I was already late to work.
I had a cell phone.
What would you have done?