We went camping a few weeks ago. We needed some ice so I went looking for some. Couldn’t find it anywhere so I had to drive a ways.
Except for this.
A Shell Station. Hmmmm. What’s wrong with a Shell Station? For a guy that used to work for BP I sure seem picky. Well let me tell you about Shell Oil. I used to work for them also. When they sold the assets I was working on, they included a clause in a bidding agreement that prospective purchasers agreed to not hire the employees of the assets unless they bought the assets. Huh!!! Yep that caused a few problems since everybody in the natural gas gathering and processing business in Oklahoma bid on the assets. Employment lawyer’s office said, “you have a great case if you can prove damages.” Good luck with that.
So as Sweetie can testify I do not buy gasoline from Shell and certainly not ice. It’s not an option. So I drove another five miles, for a total of about 15 miles round trip to find some ice.
Of course I felt pretty stupid when I drove back to the State Park where we were camping. Note the striking mid century modern Eufaula State Park Office.
Notice the big old white ice machine out front?
A fish slap for a blind crusty gas guy. One for Shell also!
Have you ever done anything as dumb as that? You don’t need to elaborate.
LOL! Now I feel better about the dumb thing I recently did!
☼ Sunny
I do that kind of stuff all the time. I know you’re surprised.
It is easy to become so focused on the task that we fail to see the solution in front of us.
Well, in my town here, Shell is the only station that carries 100% gasoline. We ONLY use 100% gasoline.
The Shamrock (out of the way) has it too. I get it there when it’s convenient.
And, yes, I do things that take twice as long just to try and save time. LOL!
I can see why you’d like to fish-slap Shell and never buy anything there. Yes, I’ve done plenty of foolish things, but I’m not going to be specific. Not here, anyway.
And I’ve always blamed it on my age! Nice to know there’s more than one of me out there somewhere.
Perfect verification word for your post “YRANT”.
Hey…Eufaula is in my neck of the woods. My hubs works in the oil field. He’s pretty picky where we get gas too. I wish I had a QT. They are my fav.
And since you’re male, I’m not surprised that you made this mistake.
Yessir. I have. I have not seen a building quite like that one, however. Very interesting.
Yes, indeed! In fact there’s a list of them, but I won’t elaborate here!!
And like Janie, I can certainly understand why you’d like to fish-slap Shell and never buy anything from them again. Hope you’ve had a great week so far! Enjoy your evening and don’t worry about missing the “water sign”, it frequently happens to us girls, too — well, the old ones like me!!
Sylvia
Things like this happen to me too.
Um, yeah…I do that kind of stuff ALL the time. So much so, I think there may be something wrong with me.