On my way home to Lodi from Sacramento I decided to pull over at this Chevron gas station which is off of the Grantline Road exit. I like going to this Chevron instead of the other gas station that's on the other side of the freeway.
At chevron I 1st pulled up to the building, I wanted to make sure it was open inside 1st because I had to use the bathroom real quick.
Before getting out of the car I remembered that I needed to read a text message and reply back to them because I couldn't do so while I was driving on the freeway. I was in my car for maybe 4 minutes. Enough time for one of the workers to get frustrated with me being there I guess, but it hadn't even been enough time for my overhead light in my car to shut itself off like it usually does when I stop my car but still was sitting in it. All of a sudden I heard water getting closer and closer to me and I remember the sound being a bit confusing to me because I couldn't really tell what it was, it sounded like rain but it definitely wasn't raining but yet it sounded familiar. So I look around and I notice a man standing right outside my car door, almost a car length away from me, he was standing in the parking spot right next to where I was parked. For some reason he was spraying the ground, so close to my car it was basically underneath my car and plus around my tires. All up and down the left side of my car (the driver side).
I was thinking to myself "well Teresa, how rude of me!" I was questioning myself if I just pulled in to this parking lot, not even noticing him cleaning, did I drive right on top of an area where he was cleaning? I was feeling pretty bad and immediately started my car and backed up. But as I was moving away I noticed there was nothing at all around on the ground that even needed to be cleaned, so I'm confused as to what he's doing.
So now I decided to pull in front of a pump instead, finish my text message, which I was just about done with, run inside to use the bathroom real quick and get gas. Maybe 30 seconds goes by and I hear the same sound as I heard earlier of water getting closer and closer. Oh my goodness, now this worker is spraying behind my car for some reason. So I decided to ask him if I was in his way of cleaning or what was going on? Was there a problem because he was obviously trying to wash me out of the gas station. I mean now it's obvious he's purposely spraying the hose towards my car, I'm just not sure why. This station is huge. I'm definitely not parking in the dirty areas for sure.
I said, "excuse me, but is there a problem with me sitting here for a few minutes trying to finish this text message that I'm typing because I was planning to use the restroom and then get gas and then get back on the freeway after I finish this message, but I feel like you're trying to push me off of this gas station property for some reason."
He immediately snapped at me and started yelling at me and saying "you get off my property you don't need to be on property texting I'm trying to work and do my job, you text out on street and pointed to the road where it was dark and I felt safer parked under the lights of a gas station.
I asked him why he needed to keep spraying the ground around where I was parked twice now, when the parking lot and gas pump area is so huge??? I told him he could start spraying at that end or that end and pointed in both directions because I was parked on the 2nd row in from the end. I mean now I'm also thinking to myself, wouldn't a person start spraying the ground to clean things up at one end or the other, not starting in the middle of the parking lot and then move over to the 2nd row from the end and skip all that other area.
So I'm trying not to be rude, but I did ask him that question why do you keep spraying around my car? Like I said, he was yelling at me and saying I needed to text out there, and he also said all he is doing is cleaning, he's doing his job, that's all just his job. what do you want me to do? He says the same thing to me again and again. So I ask him if I can please take a picture of him doing his job then. I honestly don't know what he said at that point because I couldn't really understand him. All I know is at that point I did take his picture. But then I shut the door and was kind of just frozen for maybe 20 seconds. Not sure how to proceed. I knew I probably needed to go. I heard him talking to himself but I don't know what he said. read more