Why do people queue at petrol stations?
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scott15 said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
That's even more retarded than queueing to get a pump on the "right" side. Just pull up to any old pump, believe it or not the hose is long enough to go round the otherside! It's like they sit down and think about these things when designing the pumps or something.
I don't see how its retarded. I know the pump is long enough, however i'd have to hold the hose away from the roof of my car whilst I fill up, as I don't want it sat on my paintwork. I drive a Honda Accord estate, so it wont go round my car, it'll have to go over it.But I guess you're probably one of many who's ability to drive diminishes as soon as reverse is selected. Fortunately for me, I can reverse up to the pump, an fill my car up with no worries at all, no queuing, and no holding the hose.
daemon said:
Calm down mate.
Go out for a ride on your bike and cool off.
Make sure you get some petrol in it first...
All good here my friend, nothing wrong with this callsign. You're the one getting your frillies in a twist. And on that note, I'm definitely off out for a ride. Enjoy your afternoon.Go out for a ride on your bike and cool off.
Make sure you get some petrol in it first...
daemon said:
TooMany2cvs said:
daemon said:
A lot of the hoses i've seen dont reach over from above, they come from out of the pump itself.
Still PLENTY long enough to reach around the average car.Sure, there are instances where you can't fill from the wrong side - a van, f'rinstance, where the filler is behind the front door - but for 90+ of vehicles in the average filling station? Dead easy. IF you engage brain. Which, of course, is the usual problem.
Pyrolysis said:
The hoses reach to the other side of the car if you park close enough. So i dont really care which side the pump is at. I just hold the hose so it doesnt actually touch the car
Saying that, I've more than once saw a traffic police BMW 3 series pull into an empty petrol station, in the dead of the night, and pull up to a pump that's on the wrong side of the fuel cap and proceed to stretch the hose to its limits right round the car and fill up. Why they do it I have absolutely no idea??? :/PHmember said:
No, like yourself, they got the wrong end of the stick & started whining about people jumping queues. What the OP actually wrote about was ONE person BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE to the forecourt.
Can't have been blocking the entrance if the op got past them? Looks like you read it wrong.Read the first sentence of my first post - it starts with IF
baccalad said:
Pyrolysis said:
The hoses reach to the other side of the car if you park close enough. So i dont really care which side the pump is at. I just hold the hose so it doesnt actually touch the car
Saying that, I've more than once saw a traffic police BMW 3 series pull into an empty petrol station, in the dead of the night, and pull up to a pump that's on the wrong side of the fuel cap and proceed to stretch the hose to its limits right round the car and fill up. Why they do it I have absolutely no idea??? :/daemon said:
Patrick Bateman said:
daemon said:
If theres already a queue, join the queue. Dont be a prick and decide your own rules on what that queue should be and drive round everybody.
So everyone should wait on the one person at the front who's taken it upon themselves to decide for everyone that they'll wait until the next pump is available? Choose a pump and drive over to it, don't hold everyone else up.Would you do it in a bank or post office? Just walk past everyone and stand behind someone getting served?
When you go to a petrol station that's busy, pick a pump and wait at it, if it takes longer than some others that's tough, who are you to determine how quick the queue moves???
Me me me me me me as always
Patrick Bateman said:
daemon said:
If theres already a queue, join the queue. Dont be a prick and decide your own rules on what that queue should be and drive round everybody.
So everyone should wait on the one person at the front who's taken it upon themselves to decide for everyone that they'll wait until the next pump is available? Choose a pump and drive over to it, don't hold everyone else up.(Having said that I've never seen it happen)
Wills2 said:
Quite, I'm frankly amazed that people think it's OK to sit in front of say 10 petrol pumps, just choose your pump and let others choose theirs.
(Having said that I've never seen it happen)
It's not uncommon at some. One of our local supermarkets has a "sliplane" from the carpark exit - numpties sit at the end of that waiting for a pump to come free. Unfortunately for their logic, there's another entrance from the road, the other side of the forecourt, so people drive straight in there and queue at a pump. If more than about three cars joined that line (for eight pumps!), it may well block the exit from the car park itself...(Having said that I've never seen it happen)
rambo19 said:
What is it with 'the correct side' mob, every garage ive used in the last 10 yrs has hoses that will reach either side.
I used to be the same untill I got my golf, you cannot get the fuel to despence properly by brining the pump around, I've done it 3 or 4 times and it clicks all the way though, I'm happy to wait nowGassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff