Fill’er Up, Please

Fifteen minutes of love is only twenty bucks at the Springfield Flying J Truck Stop. She ran off from the place a few months back when the manager of the joint grew soft on her, but his business fell so slack so that he had to get her back, no matter the cost. Fortunately, it wasn’t hard for Pete to find her. She was only one exit down, at the Circle 10 Fuel and Fireworks.

Her name is Windy, and like a vacuum she sucks in the big rigs, giving her drivers not just the quick pump and go, but a warm shower afterwards too, and a bite of cherry pie at the counter. She truly loves those truckers, so she throws herself into the job, and in so doing she keeps those lonely men coming for miles around.

It was really all her fault, and Windy knew it. Like any good employee, she tried to be sweet to the boss, even to suck up a little, but when Pete started balling her out about laying down on the job, it made satisfying her customers extremely tricky. I mean, how can he tell her to shut her trap and get to work when getting to work required her to open it? Sheesh!

But all is well that ends well! As with any dispute of this type, the remedy is only a little give what you get. Pete gave Windy a healthy raise, Windy gave Pete a good tongue lashing, and everyone at The Flying J benefitted from the pair’s happy new working relationship. (Everyone except HR, that is.)

And so fifteen minutes of love is still only twenty bucks at the Flying J Truck Stop... but if you happen to get soft on Windy, she’ll make it hard on you!