Why do people queue at petrol stations?
Discussion
daemon said:
The Vambo said:
daemon said:
I suppose you do the same in banks and post offices then?
One queue of people waiting for a window to be free and you just rock up and stand behind someone at a window?
Same thing isnt it?
I would jump the queue in the Bank if joining it meant standing in the middle of a main road.One queue of people waiting for a window to be free and you just rock up and stand behind someone at a window?
Same thing isnt it?
Pick a pump and wait.
I will take a lie detector test and everything.
TankRizzo said:
And the banks and post offices thing is pointless. They nearly always have a defined queuing system with a marked line, and a cashier notification system to go to the first available window..
Why risk it? Far better to stand in the entrance blocking the entire bank/post office. I simply drive up to a pump and wait. Whats the point of waiting behind some random stranger if there are in fact spaces to wait bhind a particular pump? Rather odd! Or if there is a line of cars for a 2 pump setup and the pump past the first car is free, (the other pump having paid and driven off) I simply drive up to it (the driver for the first pump is inside paying,shopping etc) after observing if the next available car will go around to the free pump. Often they dont even realise that the pump in front is free due to being on their cell phones, having a conversation etc, just generally not paying attention.
daemon said:
Osinjak 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.
Nice, I haven't been called a name on the internet for ages. You must have enormous testicles.Edited by Osinjak on Sunday 19th October 13:21
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.
Osinjak said:
daemon said:
Osinjak 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.
Nice, I haven't been called a name on the internet for ages. You must have enormous testicles.And clearly "winning" on an internet thread means a lot to you.
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.
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