Just drove a mile or so through a small town east of Seattle with one gas station after another and none suitable to pull into.
Finally found one and pulled all the way up to a pump only to discover that it was out of service (little handwritten note taped to pump). No problem, I'll just back up and move over to the next one - but no can do because that was out too. Only thing we could do was a crazy 180 turn to get to the nearest working one. Grrrr.... :M
Lesson learned is, don't pull all the way forward until you are sure the pump is working so you have a decent escape route.