Gas Station Mishap

I went to fill up gas today.

It was $4.19 a gallon. Much cheaper than earlier in the week when I was returning the rental car.

Anyway, as I was driving out of the gas station I thought,
Hmm... did I go through the motion of screwing in the gas tank cap & closing the lid?

I look at the side mirror to see if the gas tank lid is open.

It's wide open.
Eep!

So I quickly turn off the engine, run out & close the lid.
The gas tank cap was still sitting on the back bumper of my car.

This is the second time I did this at this particular gas station. Last time, I drove 5-6 blocks before someone honked at me about it. By then the gas tank cap had fallen off & I had to ask Dee to buy me a new cap.

But I have an excuse!
When I got out of my car to fill up, there was an icky smell. I saw a box of cat litter that was next to the gas pump, so thought the smell could be coming from that. Although now that I think about it, the cat litter might be kept there for any gas that's spilled on the ground. Anyway, the smell was so intense, I wanted to get back into the car... I think.

Plus I had two boxes of Drumsticks ice cream bar sitting in my car & wanted to get to the office quickly.


PS. They were yummy!