The Costco gas pumps are set up like they are everywhere, with multiple aisles of pumps, a wide center lane between the aisles, and a one-way traffic flow:
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<--Exit
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X|X |X
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X|X A|X
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B
Entrance-->
Vehicle B was parked straddled behind the 3rd & 4th aisles, apparently waiting for a car to leave in either lane -- but evidently not interested in the open pump in front.
I pulled into the open pump ahead of vehicle A. Vehicle A's driver got in his car to leave just as I pulled past him. When I got out of my car, he rolled down his window and gave me a hard time for taking that open pump. He was annoyed because it required him to pull into the center lane to exit around me (instead of driving straight through the pumping lane past the open pump) and also accused me of cutting in line as there was another car (vehicle B) waiting behind him. I told him that as a matter of courtesy, people should pull all the way forward to avoid this issue and that the guy behind him could & should have done what I did instead of waiting, and ended the conversation.
Thoughts?