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Stupidity at the petrol pumps

Monday, 6 March 2006 ‡ 12:45

No, this has nothing to do with the high price of petrol in the UK, but how people are unable to adapt to situations that they may be in, lack of quick thinking and the utter stupidity of some people.

An average sized petrol station will usually have about 3 lanes with 2 double sided pumps, thus 12 positions where you can stop your car and fill up.

Why do the stupid have to look for a pump which will allow them to stop their car so that the filler cap on their car is directly next to the pump itself? i.e. stupid with a car with the filler cap on the right will only use a left hand pump. This stupidity causes queues with 2 or 3 other stupid drivers waiting to use those left hand pumps! My filler cap is on the right hand side of my car, therefore it would be easier to use a left hand pump, but hey, there are no left hand pumps available and there are a couple of cars behind each left hand pump, so i will use the right hand pump, extend the fuel pipe from the pump around or over the car and fill up.

I have actually filled up with 40 litres of fuel, stood in queue to pay and actually left the petrol station while cars who were waiting before me have just managed to pull up to a pump to begin filling up, this must be a good 5 minutes.

I have actually arrived at a petrol station and found queues extending out of the forecourt and onto the road, with pumps not being used for exactly this reason. I have jumped these queues and have actually used available pumps with stupid looking on. What makes them even more stupid is that they continue to wait for the particular handed pump!

I used to have the attitude that if someone was waiting behind me to use the pump, i would move my car forward while i went to pay, but since people feel that would rather queue and wait, i don't bother any more.

Labels: car, diesel, petrol, pump, queue, stupid

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