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I still get yelled at about this. Several years ago we were leaving the fair and as is usual it was fairly late. This was a rare occasion when we went at week's end (Friday) because the girls wanted to see somebody. There was a fairly new Exxon outside the gates and I "needed" some coffee for the drive home. There was a fairly long line at the counter and there was an ODO from DPS over by the front door.

Several of the people in line started cranking up and it looked like there was going to be some trouble. I turned to face it, I was effectively cornered and I went to my hip under my shirt tail where I was carrying. I made eye contact with the DPS officer who had assumed a similar stance and he nodded in what I took as recognition. As quickly as it started it simmered down, not sure why. I left without my coffee and then got in the already running car with a very angry SO.

The myriad points of my corrections, which were all valid:
1)Why on Earth would we spend any more time in that area than necessary to hit the freeway?
2)Why on Earth would I stop, get out of the car and expose my family as well?
3)She had started the car, and if I hadn't come out when I did she was going to leave me.
4)Next time she would AND there wasn't going to be a next time.

FWIW, the adrenaline (and admonishment) kept me alert all the way home. A poor substitute for coffee, but hey, that ship had sailed.