karder wrote:I agree that purposely surprising people is a bad idea. When I was about 19 or so, I worked a swing shift. It was about midnight and I was giving one of my coworkers a ride home. We pulled into dark gas station to fill up. It was almost deserted but we see one other guy, who we immediately recognize as another coworker who just gotten off shift, pumping gas. He wasn't paying any attention, so as I got out to fill up, my buddy gets out of the passenger seat, and charges at our friend. As he is about 6 feet away he screams "HEY!!!" at him. Our poor co-worker nearly jumps out of his skin, jerks and gas nozzle out of his tank and sprays his assailant. As he douses the goofball, he recognizes him, and stops.
We three are all just standing there staring at each other. The friend who sprayed his "attacker" was hyperventilating. I ask him, "what was that?" He goes, I don't know, I just got really scared and the first thought that came to me was to spray him and then throw my lighter at him! Well, needless to say, no one every tried to spook that guy again! On top of that, he was about the most gentle and non-confrontational guy you will ever meet, but he sure got aggressive when he thought he was in danger! My gas soaked friend had to ride the rest of the way home in the bed of my truck!
I have to say that immediately after every thing settled down, you realized some very scary things could have happened.
But the thought of your buddy in the back of the truck riding the rest of the way home got a good chuckle out of me. Poetic justice and all that.
What would you have done if you didn't have a pickup?
Make him walk?
