I Just Want My Fuze

I've been over the rising price of gas ever since it started rising. I fill up and deal with the price later. After all, I do have to get B to school, go to work, etc. So yesterday afternoon I was in the gas station amongst the panic(Ike Spike)of $4 a gallon gas. I was in line to purchase a Fuze. I got gas earlier in the week because I needed it with no idea T.G.I.F was gonna be like this. So the attendant and owner of the store was telling this guy that he had to prepay for his gas because he had been dealing with drive offs. The guy gives his credit card and tells the attendant he doesn't know how much he wants but he would leave his credit card there. If I'm on half a tank I can pretty much guess how much it will take to top me off and this guy in his Silverado at half a tank had no earthly idea how much he needed. *blank stare* I just want my Fuze...The attendant then says he has to leave his driver's license along with the credit card. Which from his perspective I can understand because there may not have been 2 cents on the card. So the guys mumbles, "I'm not a thug, I just want some gas. My credit card is worth more than my damn license" You're not a THUG? That could be translated in so many ways but only one way in the gas station with a barber shop on one side and adjacent to a "Wings & Thangs" eatery. Yea. The man that was behind me made a comment that I guess was suppose to get my sista gul, "ooohhh no he didn't" side out. Again, I don't rant and rave about gas prices, I just fill up AND I just want my Fuze... So he throws the driver's license on the counter and heads out the door. Now, as a person who works in retail nothing urks me more than having someone toss a card or place their money on the counter. Especially when I have my hand out as the attendant did. So once the man walks out the door all the people who were agitated by the, "I'm not a thug" comment begin their rants. The attendant starts talking about all his drive offs. Someone else talks about Governor Riley said this on the news, behind me someone echos "Bush needs to be shame...", Obama this, McCain that. Uuuhhhhggggggg!!!! I just want my Fuze...So FINALLY it's my turn and I pay for my drink. As I walk out the door the man is still pumping and I wonder, "why didn't he just swipe at the pump?!"