Oct 19 2008
Heeeeeyyy…. who are you again?
I’ve talked a bit about gas pumps before. The other day I was at the gas station filling up, and I had just started lifting the nozzle when a voice from the other side of the pump said, “Excuse me. Is your name Bryan?” I looked over and there was a guy with sunglasses and a hat on. Immediately, inexplicably I blurted out, “Heeeeeyyy! How’s it going?” We continued the conversation, with me not letting on that I had no idea who he was.
I guess I thought that by talking to him it would buy me some time to figure it out, but no such luck. Our conversation was very non-specific, talking about my Phillies shirt and their playoff run. I still had no clue. The guy was in a beat up blue truck and had really bad teeth. I was frantically trying to think… did I go to high school with him? Work? Was he a (former) fellow firefighter? I completely drew a blank. So after about a minute I just stopped talking altogether and focused on my fill-up to avoid further embarrassment.
He finished with the gas pump, got in his truck and as he drove away, said, “Good to see you, Ryan.” Now I was more confused than ever. Did he think I was a guy named Ryan the whole time, or did he just forget my name? Or did I not hear him correctly? I’ve forgotten people’s names before but this is the first time where I completely pretended to know someone I did not. If I did know him it would have been a much more pleasant experience. Instead, I had to endure a moment that seemed to be out of a Seinfeld episode or something.
So is this the “most confusing gas station ever”? Is it anywhere near the “funniest gas station ever”?