El Cheapo

Lisa and I almost got murdered. Honestly everyone should count their blessings that we are still alive. On the way out of Savannah (I think our GPS went evil, came alive, and tried to kill us by taking us to clearly Savannah's Crack Capital) we stopped by a gas station. Now pulling in I didn't really see anything unusual... well yeah the name was "El Cheapo" and the store itself was made entirely of cinderblocks with bars on the windows.... but me being my typical naive trusting self didn't really catch that.

I got out of the car and went to insert my credit card at the pump. Leaving my sister in law and unborn babe "safely" in the car. But there wasn't a credit card pay thing. There was a big sticker that said "Pay Before Pumping" So I would have to go in (we should have left right then.)

I walked in and to my left were the cash registers and employees. The cash register area was surronded by a thick bullet proof glass all around. Behind the glass were two HUGE Turkish dudes. Like as big as grizzley bears.
On the glass were approx 50+ pictures of them, them & their friends, them & their kids, ALL holding machine guns, oozies, and rocket launchers. They were kissing the guns, aiming them, shaking them above their heads. It was THE FREAKEST SCARIEST THING I EVER SAW. Next to the pictures was a sign that read "Nothing In this store is worth dying for" yikes

While I was standing there this big dude came in. And his eyes were dead. Like he was on crack. How do I know this? Because as he came in I made eye contact with him and smiled and said "Hey!" He just stared me down with murder in his eyes and I almost had a Freaking Heart Attack! Honestly there was no life in his eyes! It was very scary.




So the guy behind the counter was like "What do you need lady"

"uh some gas"

"how much"

"i...don't...know..."

"what are you using to pay"

"I can either pay with Master Card or Visa" I then proceded to open my wallet and give everyone a show of its contents. smart one shellie

"okay I'll put the pump on"


I went out and saw Lisa still sitting safely in the car. While I'm pumping gas I notice big thug dude come out to his car right next to us and rummage through his trunk. I was for sure he was getting some sort of weapon. I hurry and stopped pumping and went back inside to pay. As I was walking in I almost ran into another dude and he knocked over a fan.
Lets just say he was a little pissed.

Then I waited in line to pay and when I got somewhat near the front the big Turkish dude I think was trying to get us out of there so he was like

"Come here I'll take care of you"

so I handed him my credit card and for some reason also pulled out my drivers lisence and held it up next to my face and smiled real big. (I guess I was hoping that my funny sweet side was showing through... maybe that would humanize me and make me less killable.)

I got out of there went to the car where lisa unlocked the door right as I touched the handle and relocked it as soon as I got in. We then peeled out and looked at each other like
"What in the hell was I thinking" -me
"What in the hell was Shellie thinking" -Lisa