An ordinary day, what appears to be the usual commute to the office: Who would think I would uncover the greatest dastardly scheme to befall the innocent American consumer!
I leave home for work, then four minutes later as I’m going by the local convenience store, I have an irresistible urge to use the bathroom -- unusual to say the least. I rush in only to find a line of people at the restroom doors -- again, unusual at just after 7:00 in the morning. Some of them are jumping up and down and muttering lines such as, “Hurry up, I’ve really got to pee.”
“Wow,” I say to myself, as the line grows behind me, “who would think there’s such a line for the bathroom.”
Finally, I use the facilities, then like everyone else who had been in line, I leave with some snacks and a drink. I’m already stopped, so I fill the car up with gas before getting back on the road. At this particular place, unleaded is going for $3.39 a gallon, six cents cheaper than some of the stations only a couple of miles away.
I pull back onto the road, then, glancing through the rear view mirror, the answer to the bathroom queue is revealed to me on the electronic billboard announcing the price of gas. It’s a conspiracy to make people pee! I know, I know, you think I’m some kind of ranting loon like Mel Gibson in the
Conspiracy Theory movie; actually, you think I make him look sane. But it’s true and the proof is reflected in my car’s rear view mirror. I’m on to them and they can’t stop me from telling the truth. As I’ve told you before in by blog, always carry a camera. Who would think it could prove the greatest mad plot of the twenty-first century?
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This is proof that you should always carry a camera.
A conspiracy is revealed in the photograph |
“Oh, just a coincidence,” you say. A mirror image of the word "pee" on the gas price sign -- just a coincidence? I think not! If the price had been $3.45 instead of the ever-so-clever $3.39, the hoards wouldn’t have been stopping to empty their bladders. They also wouldn’t have been leaving the store with sodas, coffee, beef jerky, and pricey reflective stickers of Justin Bieber.
Now, we must ask just how widespread is this conspiracy. Are there hundreds, even thousands of convenience stores with the secret to the billboard that will subliminally force us to pee, then buy all sorts of unneeded food and trinkets as we leave the store?
I demand an investigation. Who is behind this sinister manipulation and what is next on their agenda? Look in the rear view mirror at your convenience store and let me know if this insidious conspiracy has reached your neighborhood. Warn your neighbors, friends, and family before it’s too late. Contact your elected officials. And when you feel the urge to pull into a convenience store to use the bathroom --resist. That’s when you know they’ve gained control of your mind.
Let’s stop this mad conspiracy. If you pee, the bad guys win. Please don’t pee!
