Why do people queue at petrol stations?
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feef said:
SonicShadow said:
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.
daemon said:
feef said:
SonicShadow said:
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.
Never had a hose scratch any of my cars tbh
feef said:
Give it a wipe with a paper towel then. Still got to be easier than gymnastics to try and hold it off the paintwork.
Never had a hose scratch any of my cars tbh
If you had been following the thread, rather than just extract posts to try to be smart arse, you would have seen back on page three i posted that picture in the context of making an observationNever had a hose scratch any of my cars tbh
daemon said:
tonygt3 said:
as has already been said, the hoses are quite long enough to reach the over your car. why some folks have not worked this out is quite sad.
A lot of the hoses i've seen dont reach over from above, they come from out of the pump itself. Edited by daemon on Monday 20th October 21:32
daemon said:
feef said:
Give it a wipe with a paper towel then. Still got to be easier than gymnastics to try and hold it off the paintwork.
Never had a hose scratch any of my cars tbh
If you had been following the thread, rather than just extract posts to try to be smart arse, you would have seen back on page three i posted that picture in the context of Never had a hose scratch any of my cars tbh
daemon said:
tonygt3 said:
as has already been said, the hoses are quite long enough to reach the over your car. why some folks have not worked this out is quite sad.
A lot of the hoses i've seen dont reach over from above, they come from out of the pump itself. I only quoted that post as it was the most recent one in the thread regarding this aspect.
feef said:
It doesn't matter which kind of pump it is, above, below, middle whatever.. I'd still fill up from the 'wrong' side irrespective, and I've still not had a car scratched as a result.
And as i posted on the bottom of page 8...daemon said:
You mean that you cant just look at your own experience and apply that to everyone elses situation irrespective?
Thats going to come as a shocker to some people on here....
Thats going to come as a shocker to some people on here....
out of people and them responding come as a shock to you?
daemon said:
So you would happily drive round everyone else, and park up behind a car thats already fuelling?
Brilliant.
It is the right way to do it and also the only reason they have so much vacant queuing space behind the pumps.Brilliant.
How have you got to your time of life and not worked this out?
LucreLout said:
daemon said:
So you would happily drive round everyone else, and park up behind a car thats already fuelling?
Brilliant.
It is the right way to do it and also the only reason they have so much vacant queuing space behind the pumps.Brilliant.
How have you got to your time of life and not worked this out?
LucreLout said:
daemon said:
So you would happily drive round everyone else, and park up behind a car thats already fuelling?
Brilliant.
It is the right way to do it and also the only reason they have so much vacant queuing space behind the pumps.Brilliant.
How have you got to your time of life and not worked this out?
If theres already a queue, then you're going to look a bit of a prick driving past everyone and parking up behind a car thats at a pump, just in the same way as you'd look a bit of a prick walking past people in the queue in a bank or post office to stand behind someone whos being served.
If theres a queue AND its out onto the road AND i dont want to wait / block traffic, personally i'll probably just drive on to the next station. No world shortage of them.
If driving past everyone floats your boat then go for it
Baz Tench said:
LucreLout said:
daemon said:
So you would happily drive round everyone else, and park up behind a car thats already fuelling?
Brilliant.
It is the right way to do it and also the only reason they have so much vacant queuing space behind the pumps.Brilliant.
How have you got to your time of life and not worked this out?
If theres an individual dithering, then i've no issues driving round them, and have done in the past. But one individual does not make a queue.
Hey if he wants to sit behind the grannies that have no idea about whats going on as everybody else queues at a pump then who are we to stop him?
There are different forms of queuing, at a petrol station you should go and queue at an individual pump, not block up the entrance waiting for the first one to become clear, thats for the idiots. Perhaps signage needs to be put up for the stupid to realise this.
Having spoken to petrol station workers before they are always puzzled by the idiots that insist on blocking up the entrance rather than queue at a pump.
What about petrol stations with just 1 98 octane pump or only 1 or 2 diesel pumps, should we all sit in the road waiting for idiots that are blocking up the petrol station entrance that have no intention of using either of these pumps? No because this is not an issue if people just queue at the pump they require. Its pretty simple really when you actually think about it.
Hmm.....
a) queue of traffic coming out of the petrol station onto the road whilst one person blocks the entrance waiting for his/her favourite pump or
b) no traffic and a few cars queuing at the appropriate pump.
Which makes more sense?????? Let me think........
There are different forms of queuing, at a petrol station you should go and queue at an individual pump, not block up the entrance waiting for the first one to become clear, thats for the idiots. Perhaps signage needs to be put up for the stupid to realise this.
Having spoken to petrol station workers before they are always puzzled by the idiots that insist on blocking up the entrance rather than queue at a pump.
What about petrol stations with just 1 98 octane pump or only 1 or 2 diesel pumps, should we all sit in the road waiting for idiots that are blocking up the petrol station entrance that have no intention of using either of these pumps? No because this is not an issue if people just queue at the pump they require. Its pretty simple really when you actually think about it.
Hmm.....
a) queue of traffic coming out of the petrol station onto the road whilst one person blocks the entrance waiting for his/her favourite pump or
b) no traffic and a few cars queuing at the appropriate pump.
Which makes more sense?????? Let me think........
Skyedriver said:
Well I wait for a pump where i can fill without stretching the hose around or over the car and would get bloody irate with anyone who tried to cut into the pump I wanted.
And yes a hose will scratch your paint work, my wifes last car is a testament to that.
What kind of petrol stations do you people use???And yes a hose will scratch your paint work, my wifes last car is a testament to that.
This is quiet interesting. As someone who simply drives past all those who stand in a single line and drive right up to the next available pump, I am shocked that there is really folk out there who would then think I am jumping the line. Nort starnger than folk! as they say. Its similar to the being undertaken from the left situation on the highway. If someone can undertake you, then it simply means that you were driving in the wrong lane. Same as waiting for a next available pump in the Gasoline station. If someone else can drive up to a pump and wait for the preceding person to finish while you are waiting in line, you are lining up in the wrong place. Simple!
Thats what that area in front of the pumps are for ("quieng").Use it. Maybe its a British thing this "queing" as you call it?
Thats what that area in front of the pumps are for ("quieng").Use it. Maybe its a British thing this "queing" as you call it?
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