Gas Station MORONS

[JoitheArtist]

I'm still seeing red about this!!

I notice that I am very nearly out of gas--the needle is in the red, and while I know my car can go a bit further, I don't want to push it. My usual gas station is right by the Wendy's where I plan to get dinner, so I head there right after work. It's packed, no surprise, so I get in line to wait.

Moron #1. Yakking on her cell phone, and taking her own sweet time to get out of her SUV, yak some more, stick the nozzle in, yak a LOT more, pull the nozzle out, yak more, get in car, sit there for a minute, and pull out. ARGH.

Moron #2. Pickup truck. Pulls ahead...ONE FRAKKIN' SPOT. I know the other spot wasn't full, because Moron 1 just went through it!! Then Moron #2 makes his woman get out of the car, go pay, and pump the gas while he sits there. Oh, and when he wants to get out, I have to back out a bit, and his woman has to direct him where to drive so he doesn't hit anyone. Double ARGH!!

Moron #3. On the other side of Moron #2. Pulls through INTO THE SPOT I'D BEEN WAITING FOR FOR TEN MINUTES NOW!!!

I got so fed up, I burned rubber out of there (ok, sucky on my part) and went to the more expensive station next door. Freaking MORONS!

[blas]

I was very amused the other morning, watching some girl in her tricked out Grand Am (or was it Prix?) maneuvering around each and every pump, unable to aim it to the side of the car that the gas tank was on. She just did not get it.

I mean, I'm guilty of it from time to time. Especially if I've just gotten over borrowing someone else's car when mine was out of commission or I was driving someone else's car over the weekend when we went out. But it only take me one time to realize "Oh wait, it's on the other side" and to go to the next pump accordingly.

[mikoyan29]

My pet peeve is people that can't seem to pull up to the end of the pumps and forcing you to maneuver around them.

[Food Lady]

Some woman was talking on her phone while she was pumping?? Isn't that a huge safety hazard? Or is that just cigs?

[Nohbody]

Some woman was talking on her phone while she was pumping?? Isn't that a huge safety hazard? Or is that just cigs?

TTBOMK, there's no laws about talking on a cell phone while pumping gas, nor is there any inherent danger in doing so.

Though, I could easily see her yakking on the phone while driving, too, and not paying attention to her surroundings.

At times I sometimes wish there was a reasonably discreet way of remotely zorching a cell phone, though the still rational side of me does understand how obnoxiously exploitable by jerkwads that would be.

[It shouldn't]

But it only take me one time to realize "Oh wait, it's on the other side" and to go to the next pump accordingly.

Here is a little trick I use, when in vehicles, which are not my own.

If you look at the gas gauge, right next to the little fuel pump symbol , there is always a little arrow that points to the side of the car on which the gas cap in at.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Here is a little trick I use, when in vehicles, which are not my own.

If you look at the gas gauge, right next to the little fuel pump symbol , there is always a little arrow that points to the side of the car on which the gas cap in at.

That is not alway true. Here is a web page about it. I checked both of my cars. Both have the gas pump with the hose on the right, but the gas cap is on the right on one car and on the left on the other car.

[dalesys]

That is not alway true. Here is a web page about it. I checked both of my cars. Both have the gas pump with the hose on the right, but the gas cap is on the right on one car and on the left on the other car.

I've had/driven cars that had the gas cap:

Behind the rear license plate.
Behind one of the taillights.

[Shpepper]

I had one behind the license plate (Ford Gran Torino ... I loved that car) .. but never heard of one behind the taillights.. what was that one?

[edible_hat]

TTBOMK, there's no laws about talking on a cell phone while pumping gas, nor is there any inherent danger in doing so.

There have always been signs at the pumps saying switch of current emitting devices. Before mobile phones, they had pictures of CB radios. (nobody really noticed them then because very few people had CB radios)

This is because there is a small chance that the gap between the nozzle and the edge of the pump could be just the right size to hit a resonant frequency of the trasmitted signal, which will cause a spark to jump the gap. Spark + gasoline fumes = huge explosion.

The risk may be small but it's there.


(ETA: people who want to yap on their phones while filling up will try to pickholes in "my" theory, all I have to say about that is this is the reason those signs are there. Also it may not have happened yet, but do you really want to be the first?)

[Andara Bledin]

The risk may be small but it's there.


(ETA: people who want to yap on their phones while filling up will try to pickholes in "my" theory, all I have to say about that is this is the reason those signs are there. Also it may not have happened yet, but do you really want to be the first?)

Well, of course we'll say it's never happened, because it never has.

Although, there are quite a number of instances where fires and explosions have been caused by static caused from cloth seats (OMG!! We must ban cloth seats in cars!!), as well as the pump nozzles themselves.

Sure, we should be safe, but I think we should focus on things that have happened then things that might possibly happen but never have.

For the record, I don't use my phone at the gas station. Then again, I hardly ever use my cell phone at all, anyway.

^-.-^

[edible_hat]

there are quite a number of instances where fires and explosions have been caused by static caused from cloth seats (OMG!! We must ban cloth seats in cars!!)

How about we obey the signs saying not to get into and out of your car while filling? The static discharge happens when you get out again when there are lots of fumes around after you fill up.

I think we should focus on things that have happened then things that might possibly happen but never have.

I've never been electrocuted by an overhead power cable, does that mean I should go around climbing the poles that hold them up?

[blas]

I don't like the idea of people turning on the pump, then going back in their car or wandering away while it fills itself.

Most of the time, yes, the pump will automatically stop when full, but there have been times here and there where it's just kept going and going......

I suppose unless it's -30 in January and you have a giant vehicle that was on E when you got there.....but even so......I've stood outside in the bitter cold pumping my gas and I survived.

[Andara Bledin]

How about we obey the signs saying not to get into and out of your car while filling? The static discharge happens when you get out again when there are lots of fumes around after you fill up.

Never said we shouldn't. And you should note that I already indicated that I do.

I've never been electrocuted by an overhead power cable, does that mean I should go around climbing the poles that hold them up?

Straw man.

^-.-^

[edible_hat]

Straw man.

No, taking a ridiculous argument to its logical conclusion. Straw man would be if I said you're saying that people should light fireworks while filling up.