Earlier in the morning I put $10 in the gas tank. It wasn’t my car, but I was using it. You know, the whole SOME DRUNK ASSHOLE HIT MY CAR AND PUT IT OUT OF COMMISSION deal.

Anyway, so $10 is like three gallons of gas, give or take. That should be enough to get me to work and back and again to work at least. It’s a thirty mile one-way to work, so that’s about right.

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!

Here I am, coming home from work, and the needle is at the quarter mark. Not really bad, but I already know I should put more gas in. I’m at the quarter mark, you know? That’s when I hear it.

That sucking sound that is followed with a pull in the engine. I felt it a couple of times in the old Caravan when I first got it. The gas gauge was off, and I learned the hard way to watch the miles instead.

I couldn’t get off the parkway, but I was THISCLOSE to the exit. I grabbed the gas container from the trunk and made my walk. It wasn’t so bad, and I was hit on by a group of screaming, but probably drunk, girls outside a bar and grill.

Walking back, I crossed the street and I was honked at by some jerks. I had already passed through the intersection, so I don’t understand why they honked at me. They slowed down and the ass in the passenger side sat outside the window and started yelling at me.

I just stood there, with this idiot screaming and a car behind them honking THEIR horn. Alright, I flipped him the bird, too.

So back I go, waddling to the car without any further drama. The rest was waiting for me AT the car, as I tried to pour the gas in.

You know how it’s supposed to pour through the spout? Yeah, that wasn’t happening with me. The cap wasn’t secured on top right, so I cursed myself until I got a better look - IT WAS BROKEN. So instead of pouring gas in the tank, I was pouring it on the fucking dirt.

I started chucking it from the canister, like the gas going in the opening would actually stay in. I’m pretty sure some of it went down because I was able to get the car started, but I know I got more on the parkway than in the gas tank.