[Malacoda]

The woman will not be ticketed for the incident,

Uh, why in heck not???
She ought to be charged for the price of the response, as well.

Who in the world is dumb enough to SMOKE while pumping gas? It's not as if there are not signs everywhere -- or that most people know that gas + flame = big fire!

[Starboard]

There's probably a regulation that the "no smoking" sign has to be posted but apparently no penalty or consequences for ignoring it. What then require that it be posted in the first place??? Amazing.

[Young Werther]

I was gasing my car and saw that the women in fron tof me was talking on a cell phone which is verboten! She had two people in the car, one a baby in a child seat!

I finished my gasing and then walked up behind her and screamed BOOM! in her ear. she dropped the phone, turned and said, "What are you crazy?" I took her arm and pulled her to the pillar on which the "Do Not" sign was placed. I then lectured her on the evils of static electricity and the gases fumes coming out of the tank. I mentioned a SciAm article about static electricity and gas station explosions. That's where I lost her. She then said she was going to call 911. I said fine, I hope you have bail because the station attendant has been watching and I'm sure he'll support my complaint!

[festus]

She ought to be charged for the price of the response, as well.

Well I may be wrong but I'm guessing because someone this dumb probably has no assets and little income to start wtih. Any additional fines would just ad the cost of processing the forms to the cost that will never be recovered.

Deported to a country where all they have is bicycles now that I would support...................