Last night I went out after work to get groceries at the Giant supermarket in Wheaton, MD. I also had to fill up my car with gas too. I had just over a quarter tank and I don’t like to have the tank so low when it’s so cold. But I get a bonus card discount on gas depending on how much I spent at Giant, so I intentionally went food shopping first.
While I was shopping at Giant, I did notice a guy looking at me and acting weird. I didn’t think much of it at the time but he quite abruptly walked towards the front of the store after he saw me go to the next to last aisle.
Now the man acting odd inside the store could have been a coincidence, but when I got outside I found my gas tank cover pried open. I started up the engine and the tank – which I knew was 1/4 full when I went into the store – was now below E.
Somebody had watched me enter the supermarket with bags in hand, and then syphoned the gasoline out of my car while I was shopping! (The strange guy inside may have been a lookout.)
They only got about 2 or 3 gallons of gas, so less than $10 worth. Perhaps they thought my tank would be more full since I have North Carolina plates, because otherwise why would you bother with a tiny Scion that only has an 8 1/2 gallon tank?
Anyway, even below E, I was able to drive around the corner and fill up the tank. Because it was empty, it was the most I’ve ever spent to fill up this car.
