Gas Pump Hogs

This past weekend, my friend and I were driving back from LA to SF. My friend had to be back to SFO for a flight, and though we were making excellent time, we didn't have much time to spare. We inevitably had to stop for some gas, and pulled into an Arco.

Despite the fact that there were 3 gas pumps in a row, this girl decided to park her car at the first pump, even though she could have pulled up. Then she went inside the station to do who knows what. Buy some stuff, use the restroom. It was ages before she came back and even BEGAN pumping. There was not enough room to drive around her and go to one of the two empty pumps ahead of her. So we were stuck, sitting there, waiting for this selfish hog to do her thing before she decided she felt like pumping her gas.

People...ALWAYS PULL UP!!! You don't just take the first pump and stop. That is absurd. You pull as far forward as you can, to the last pump possible, so you aren't taking up ALL 3 pumps, when you only need ONE. You also pump your gas, and move the hell out of the way. You don't just leave your car there while you run your errands. Repark your car out of the way and THEN use the bathroom and buy your Diet Pepsi and your nachos. It's that simple.

I thought this was well-known gas pumping etiquette. ESPECIALLY when you are at a gas station off of a major highway, where many, MANY people will be stopping for gas and don't want to take all day to do so. This jerkface turned a normally 5-minute stop into a nearly 20-minute stop, for absolutely no reason. Why do I continue to be shocked by this type of completely selfish behavior? Will I ever learn??

Note: my friend did make her flight, despite the dumb girl's self-absorbed, egomaniacal gas pumping habits. But only due to my super speedy I-5 driving prowess...