Why is it, every time I fuel up...

[mattian]

Why is something as trivial as this bothering you?

I usually approach the pumps when I'm in my car so that the pump is closest to the side where the fill point is. I don't mind waiting.

Is it really that much of an issue for you?

It bothers me at the time. I'm standing there filling up my bike and, this car pulls up and waits to use my pump, when the other one is totally free. Its absurd. As soon as I have paid and left it doesnt bother me anymore. Just leaves me a little puzzled.

[That looks like fun]

I go to the Gas station, I fuel my bike up, I pay for it, I drive away. The rest of the world is not my problem
Sort of like the "I walk away" man

[mattian]

I go to the Gas station, I fuel my bike up, I pay for it, I drive away. The rest of the world is not my problem
Sort of like the "I walk away" man

if the solution to a problem is obvious to you.... but not to the person whose problem it is, you don't want to point it out to them?

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

Either side when its the Honda.

Yep that'll be right

[sunhuntin]

watched some bird try this once, pulled in, got out, oops cap on wrong side, drove around the pumps to the adjacent one, got out, fuck still on wrong side, try again, wtf why does this still not work, leave station without getting gas. Turns out if you drive around something and face the other direction, its still on the same side some people really shouldn't be allowed to drive.

i used to love watching people [usually women] do that when i was bp. funny as hell. i also remember some teachers from the local high school came over in the van. the place was full and their cap was on the other side. the station i worked at was so small that you basically had to go out onto the road to turn around, by which time "your" pump had been taken by someone else. their solution? put the driver and passenger windows down and carefully pass the hose through the front. cracked me up big time... quite a clever idea really.

as for filling my bike, at the local shell i prefer to use pumps on the left due to the angle of the stand and camber of the forecourt. if i park the other way, it feels like the bike is gonna fall over.

[lb99]

ever notice how in a big carpark that is mostly empty, if you put your car in a empty row, when you come out there is almost always someone parked directly beside you, even though they could have parked anywhere (incl. closer to doors of shop).

Is usually some beat up POS too, parked far to close to you.

Yes, the general public IS retarded.

you should see it when someone hits a parked car while trying to avoid a traffic cone.

[That looks like fun]

if the solution to a problem is obvious to you.... but not to the person whose problem it is, you don't want to point it out to them?

Nope

[The Pastor]

you can drive foward an extra 1 or 2m and then the hose can easily reach around the back

[Gubb]

Not with the van she had.

You can if you wind down the Drivers and Passengers window, and run the hose through the cab.

DAMHIK.

EDIT. Bollocks. Sunhuntin beat me to it.

[Cynic]

You're not filling up on the only pump in the place with Diesel are you ?.... dead annoying if there is only one and some-one is getting petrol from it when there are free petrol only pumps available....

[wickle]

Because people are stupid.

Yip we get them in every day, some even so far out from the pumps no one else can park in double lanes

[Sentox]

as for filling my bike, at the local shell i prefer to use pumps on the left due to the angle of the stand and camber of the forecourt. if i park the other way, it feels like the bike is gonna fall over.

Even on a flat forecourt, I find it a lot more comfortable when the pump is on the left too. Easier to angle the nozzle in.

[Maha]

Yep that'll be right

I could have bought one of those Suzuki SBW's but, that would have sent out the wrong message..

you can drive foward an extra 1 or 2m and then the hose can easily reach around the back

Something you excell at ??

[MadDuck]

Either side when its the Honda.....

Hmmmm so Hondas will take it either way huh? I dont have a problem. The average person is surprised to see a bike at the deisel pump you see

[Maha]

Hmmmm so Hondas will take it either way huh? I dont have a problem. The average person is surprised to see a bike at the deisel pump you see

Ah yes! the Grahammeboy fill of 07' at Waipu.

Yes Hondas are at times considered.....multitaskable?