I stopped for gas at the American Natural on my way home last night . I went in the store, and paid cash for my fuel ( with my mask on ) and was heading out the front doors, back towards the pump .
I move like I am on a mission most times, head down, at a fast paced walk. Just then, the fast and furious came tearing into the parking lot . There were 3 hopped up VW's and the one in front had to correct a little to avoid hitting me, and I also had to take a quick step back.
At the end of a work day in the 90 deg heat, I look like I crawled out from under a bridge, or just got done dumpster diving . I was greasy, tattered, sweaty, and also driving my crappy little beater honda accord. What I am getting at , is I looked like a bum.
Anyhow, I was checking their cars out while I was pumping gas. The kid with this car, gave me a bit of stink eye. he was the one who almost hit me . I got a little bit of a cocky vibe, and it reminded me a tad of myself in my younger years .
I had a couple of amusing thoughts standing there oogling his car, filling my tank .
" cool car, I have always liked the look of BBS style wheels on a lowered dub. I wish I was young again . Looks like they are going to some kind of meet/cruise . That guy does not look like someone who wrenches , that vr6 will probably eat him out of house and home , I bet he has no idea who I am , probably thinks I am some scummy redneck not at all into euro cars "
Today, at about 2:30, I hear the distinct beep beep beep of a tow truck pulling in and when I walk out to see what the broken car gods were bringing me today, walla, I see this .
Same car I was staring at last night . They had it towed to the truck/car repair shop in front of me, and those guys are not really into german cars. If it is anything more than a brake job, or inspection, they usually just end up sending it back to me .
The kid called me later in the day , and I mentioned to him that was me last night, and that I was not staring him down or anything, I was just checking out their cars .
he apologized about 10 times, and I had to tell him " all good, you did not do anything wrong, I was admiring your rides . We had a good laugh in the end .
Life is funny like that sometimes
Weird stuff ever happen to you ?