Fueling on the "wrong side"

[backwoodsman]

Today I was told off by a woman at a petrol station, apparently I queue jumped, by joining the shorter queue, and filling on the "wrong side".

I tried to inform her that you can fill from either side, and the pumps even say extra long, to allow this.

But her driving instructor had told her to only fill on the "right side", god knows how she passed her test with an instructor like that.

I know some of you have nice cars, and don't want a dirty pipe draped over your car, but in an old banger, would you fuel on the wrong side?

[rejn]

hilarious!

[MGZTV8]

Too right I would

[Rushjob]

Always do.

What would she have said if you were on a bike?

[backwoodsman]

Rushjob said:

Always do.

What would she have said if you were on a bike?

Good point, should I be filling my bike from the left, or right?

[Aidancky]

I do in my good car - If you have arms you can stop it touching the car, and either way, its a clean rubber hose, whats it going to do?

Pumps are designed to be used at either side.

[Mustard]

If you want to wait for the 'right' side, please yourself, but if you are not bothered how can you be jumping a place? Your just merely speeding everyone through in my book as the majority of cars are on the right

[SonicShadow]

There's no point even engaging with that level of moron.

If you must engage with them, then you only need to use two words - do one.

[0a]

I came across a new petrol station where the pumps were too short to remotely reach - clearly deliberate as several other people tried to fill from the other side and immediately noticed something was wrong. Silly, I wonder why a petrol station would deliberately stop this?

[Fleckers]

was she fit ?

[Robb F]

0a said:

I came across a new petrol station where the pumps were too short to remotely reach - clearly deliberate as several other people tried to fill from the other side and immediately noticed something was wrong. Silly, I wonder why a petrol station would deliberately stop this?

To stop people queue jumping

[grayme]

If you don't get close enough and the nozzle is up-side-down you do risk more spillage.

[backwoodsman]

Fleckers said:

was she fit ?

I would put my nozzle in her, repeatedly, right side, or wrong side.

[andy118run]

Fill on the "wrong side" the majority of the time. I used to be one of those patiently sitting in queues for pumps until someone (possibly on here) pointed out that pumps are designed to reach either side. Nobody has ever grumbled at me but then I don't see many people doing likewise, either.

[Mound Dawg]

Fleckers said:

was she fit ?

Unlikely. I suspect prune faced Daily Mail reader.

I fill my car from whichever side the pump with the shortest queue is. Alfa is fine but the Fiat takes longer because it's van shaped so the nozzle ends up at a funny angle.

Still doesn't take as long as queuing behind stupid women though.

[ShampooEfficient]

I quite often reverse in to use the other side - its a lottery though, sometimes the attendants get uppity and refuse to switch it on...

[backwoodsman]

ShampooEfficient said:

I quite often reverse in to use the other side - its a lottery though, sometimes the attendants get uppity and refuse to switch it on...

On what grounds?

[Sam.F]

I usually just point to the big sign that says "extra long reach hoses - fuel either side"

[MiniMan64]

There's something about queuing at a petrol station that turns people into morons and then makes them go mental when you don't follow the "rules"

I've always made a point of going to the first available empty pump and it's always so much better when there's a queue of cars steadfastly refusing to go anywhere near it when it happens to be on the "wrong side"

[E24man]

backwoodsman said:

Fleckers said:

was she fit ?

I would put my nozzle in her, repeatedly, right side, or wrong side.

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