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I've taken my bike to work everyday for the last week, but today I have to head to Birmingham after work and bring some things with me. I needed to take the car, but it needed gas.
I was on the way to work this morning when I stopped to get gas. Because of an incident where my car randomly decided to lock itself with the keys in the car, I now roll my windows down or take the keys when I fill up the tank.
You may recall several threads this past summer asking how to eradicate wasps, bees and hornets. This may give you indication of how much I enjoy these pests...
Anyway, I'm standing there filling up with the good stuff and there is a yellow-jacket that just won't go away. I'm dancing around the car, looking like an idiot, trying to avoid getting stung. The sucker wouldn't leave me alone, I swatted at him and hit the thing. He goes down and I figure that's that.
I continue to get gas and there he is again, persistent POS. I step back as he hovers around the gas nozzle, lands on the door sill and sits there. Now I know he's going in the car and I need to prevent that, I grab one of those credit card flyers at the pump but by the time I get it he's in the car... somewhere.
Damnit!
So I throw open the door and there he is on the sill. I take the credit card flyer and swat, for the second time. Uh oh, now I don't see him at all. I don't know if he's on the car or I got him out of the car. So, I finish pumping the gas and start on my way to work again.
Since I don't know if he's in there, I'm looking down at that door sill every 1.3 seconds to see if he surfaces. Well, he did. I slam on the brakes, ABS kicks in and I hurry out of that car like a little girl. By the time I get out and look at the door sill, he's gone again. Once more, I don't know where he is. (See a pattern here?)
So I high-tail it to work with the seat belt off, windows down and doors unlocked trying to figure out if I really need to come to a complete stop to exit the car.
I made it to work, but I don't know if he's in there or not. I didn't want to leave the windows down because I don't want anything else flying in during the day. Do you think this insect with nine lives can survive in the car all day? What am I supposed to do? I don't want to be flying at 80 down the freeway when he decides to surface again.
I was on the way to work this morning when I stopped to get gas. Because of an incident where my car randomly decided to lock itself with the keys in the car, I now roll my windows down or take the keys when I fill up the tank.
You may recall several threads this past summer asking how to eradicate wasps, bees and hornets. This may give you indication of how much I enjoy these pests...
Anyway, I'm standing there filling up with the good stuff and there is a yellow-jacket that just won't go away. I'm dancing around the car, looking like an idiot, trying to avoid getting stung. The sucker wouldn't leave me alone, I swatted at him and hit the thing. He goes down and I figure that's that.
I continue to get gas and there he is again, persistent POS. I step back as he hovers around the gas nozzle, lands on the door sill and sits there. Now I know he's going in the car and I need to prevent that, I grab one of those credit card flyers at the pump but by the time I get it he's in the car... somewhere.
Damnit!
So I throw open the door and there he is on the sill. I take the credit card flyer and swat, for the second time. Uh oh, now I don't see him at all. I don't know if he's on the car or I got him out of the car. So, I finish pumping the gas and start on my way to work again.
Since I don't know if he's in there, I'm looking down at that door sill every 1.3 seconds to see if he surfaces. Well, he did. I slam on the brakes, ABS kicks in and I hurry out of that car like a little girl. By the time I get out and look at the door sill, he's gone again. Once more, I don't know where he is. (See a pattern here?)
So I high-tail it to work with the seat belt off, windows down and doors unlocked trying to figure out if I really need to come to a complete stop to exit the car.
I made it to work, but I don't know if he's in there or not. I didn't want to leave the windows down because I don't want anything else flying in during the day. Do you think this insect with nine lives can survive in the car all day? What am I supposed to do? I don't want to be flying at 80 down the freeway when he decides to surface again.
