And petrol station goes BOOM!

[Lace Neil Singer]

Well, not really. XD But it could have done... this morning, I saw a woman smoking in a car right next to a pump, so I went over to tell her off. Her window was open, saving me tapping on it. XD

SW: Smoking Woman
Me: Me

SW: What?
Me: Can you please put your cigarette out now? You are not allowed to smoke around the pumps.
SW: But I'm in my car.
Me: Petrol vapour is all around the pump, and your window is open.
SW: Really? (O RLY?)
Me: It's also really explosive. (YA RLY)
SW: *blanches, hurriedly stubs out cigarette*
Me: *walks away*

So petrol station was saved from going boom. It still beggars belief tho, that someone could think that smoking around the pumps was ever going to be allowed. XD

[crazylegs]

Have you got one of those emergency switches that powers *everything* off and sets off a great big siren...?

Y'know just curious...

[Lace Neil Singer]

Yup, but we are only supposed to use it if talking to the customer doesn't work. XD Haven't yet encountered a customer so boneheaded that they don't respond to my stern talking to.

[crazylegs]

Haven't yet encountered a customer so boneheaded that they don't respond to my stern talking to.

I certainly don't think I've met anyone that foolhardy...

[VenomX]

See I just know I am going to die at work. We are only allowed to tell people to put the cigarette out if they get out of the car and stand by the back of the car as we are pumping the gas.

My boss says we can not tell people what to do in their own cars.

[ArcticChicken]

My boss says we can not tell people what to do in their own cars.

OSHA? (blah, blah, blah, is it long enough yet?)

[MadMike]

You think that's bad? One time I was filling up, and I saw one of the employees smoking by the pump!

Seriously, she was refilling the oil case, which was right by the pumps, and smoking while she was doing it.

I probably should have gone in the store and said something to a manager, but I didn't.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. If some idiot wants to blow themselves up, more power to 'em. But don't take me along with you.

[karma_gypsy]

Are some people just undereducated when it comes to gas stations? Do they not know that there is hundreds(?) of gallons of fuel just below their feet? Any open flame of any kind should not be allowed - just as if it wouldn't be allowed at a fireworks stand ...

I once witnessed a couple of guys (they were Hispanic, maybe couldn't understand the signs) drive up to a gas station and fill up their (older) vehicle with it still running. And the amount of times that I witnessed my sister get out of the vehicle, begin pumping and then get back in to do whatever (creating a static charge against her cloth seats). It may be a one-in-a-million chance that a spark is ever created ... but safety protocols and warning signs can only do so much ..

[smileyeagle1021]

I once witnessed a couple of guys (they were Hispanic, maybe couldn't understand the signs) drive up to a gas station and fill up their (older) vehicle with it still running...

playing devil's advocate, but if it was a diesel it is perfectly safe to leave running sense there aren't any spark plugs (little tidbit I learned from one of my friend's dad who is a truck driver).

[lordlundar]

Too bad you have to tell them. I would have greeted them to a chemical foam extinguisher.

[mattm04]

I once was pullng up to the station, when the guy fueling his car in front of me pulls out a cig, then the lighter and trys to light it. I threw it in reverse and punched it.

The attendant saw it, killed the pumps and told the guy to "get he f**k off the property!"

[Lace Neil Singer]

Too bad you have to tell them. I would have greeted them to a chemical foam extinguisher.

I was thinking more of a bucket of sand, actually.

[Muses_nightmare]

I've had this happen, except it was the guy's buddy, and I actually had to say to them (because they couldn't understand why he couldn't smoke in the car with the window cracked)
"Listen, there are 150 000+ litres of fuel under your feet, it happens to be very very flammable, I'd rather not be burnt alive"

Needless to say buddy put out his smoke really quickly.

[thehippie777]

My dad leaves his car running...always has. Drive me bonkers.

[lordlundar]

I was thinking more of a bucket of sand, actually.

Not as effective or as much fun.