Entertainment Night At Joseph City Love's

This truck stop has the lowest fleet fuel within hundreds of miles, and when paired with cramped quarters for parking it makes for some good times if you happen to keep an eye out.

The other night, I was shooting the breeze with one of the clerks while they were on break. The clerk puts out his smoke and says, "It's gonna be one of those nights." When I asked what he meant, he pointed out at the fuel lanes, where one truck was pulling through after fueling and backing up in front of another that was still parked at the pump!

After parking his truck, he got out and went on inside. I saw the guy he parked in front of was sitting in the cab of his truck kinda zoned out, so I ran in to grab some chips because I figured a snack would be nice for my evening show.

The guy that parked his rig in front of the other truck was heading back outside by the time I got my Doritos paid for. He looked like a cross between a good ol' boy and a Hell's Angel. I'll refer to this fella as Wild Man or WM.

When Wild Man and I were coming out of the truck stop, I spotted the driver of the truck he parked in front of. This one looked like... I don't know... one of those 2 hecklers on the Muppets... you know, the old guys? I'll call this fella Old Geezer or OG.

Well, Old Geezer looked like he was heading up to Wild Man's cab until he spotted him coming out, then he changed direction and started storming up to him, so I slid over to the side of the building and watched at a safe distance. I was worried that I might miss something, but they were kind enough to shout for me.

OG: What did you park in front of me for?!
WM: I'll tell you why! You've been sitting in your truck at that pump for over half an hour and other people need to fuel, so I pulled in front of you to clear my lane so they could!
OG: I wasn't in your way!
WM: When I got here you were! And you were in the way of everybody else that came through wanting to buy fuel!
OG: SO WHAT?!

Then Old Geezer got in Wild Man's face, at which point I wished I'd bought a bigger bag of chips.

WM: Hit me, you #######!
OG: .... (just glaring at him)
WM: HIT ME! HIT ME!! HIT ME!!!

Wild Man looked like he was itching to tear that poor old fool apart at the slightest excuse. I guess we'll never know though, because another driver heading into the store intervened.

Lady Driver: Hey... Hey... HEY!! They gonna call the po-lice!

Old Geezer turned around and headed back to his truck, and Wild Man spun around and shouted back, "I don't care, I'm not the one acting a fool!"

At which point I cracked up.

Anyway, Wild Man gave up after he turned back around and saw the Old Geezer had gone on to his truck and they pulled on out. I half expected Old Geezer to ram Wild Man or do something stupid to spite him.