Gassing up

[MikeyG]

next person who gets out of their car while smoking will have a windscreen water bucket tipped over his head.

Use the fire extinguisher instead, since putting out fires is what they are there for you can't get in trouble for it and the powder gets everywhere

[MikeyG]

I always hate the cell phone sign in gas stations. There is no posible way a modern cell phone can cause a spark. Simply not possible. (saw it on discovery channel) The only time it poses a problem is if someone was talking on one of the 80s "brick" phones - and the huge battery 'fell off' and hit the ground. Even then it would have to hit the ground at just the right angle etc to create even a small spark. All stemmed from some idiot in US back in the 80s (go figure) who did just that ane blew the entire forecourt up. Has not and will not happen since.

There is a politeness issue here as well though. When I worked in a gas station i would ignore people talking on their phones and serve the people queued behind them until they hung-up.

[BNZ]

I thought it was to do with your jacket & pants rubbing on the bike with possibility for a static spark or some simmilar form of ignition.

[Grub]

I thought it was to do with your jacket & pants rubbing on the bike with possibility for a static spark or some simmilar form of ignition.

That's a pretty fair point. I wonder if that can actually happen? It also raises another point.

When I gas up an aircraft, we have to use an earth wire to ground the airframe before you touch the nozzles to the filler. Have always done that happily because, we were told, of the potential for a static spark. Surely then if it's true for aircraft, it is equally true for cars and bikes. None of them are earthed

[Toaster]

Who was he? I'll go sit on him.

I never remove my helmet either and screw anyone who tells me to get off my bike. BP are the only ones who tell bikers off in my experience.

[Disco Dan]

That's a pretty fair point. I wonder if that can actually happen?

my thighs dont make sparks with pants on...

[Grub]

my thighs dont make sparks with pants on...

Then you're not rubbing between them fast enough

[sunhuntin]

Use the fire extinguisher instead, since putting out fires is what they are there for you can't get in trouble for it and the powder gets everywhere

yeh, but i dunno how to work one. and windscreen water is usually filled with an assortment of dead bugs and crap. much more fun!!

mikeyg... yep. i will avoid serving customers on their phones... whether talking or txting. ill go over, wait a few seconds and then leave.
i also hate when im inside and someone comes in on their phones. if ive gotta ask for milage, it can be awkward.
same with people who come in eating. an apple wont go brown in the 10 seconds your not in the car. if its an ice cream, finish it before you come onto the forecourt. pure rudeness... id never walk into a shop while eating. same as i dont serve people while im eating.

not sure on the static thing... ive received some good electric shocks from customers while taking cash. static builds in clothing naturally, and has to be discharged somewhere.

[Ghost_Bullet]

I have always gotton off me bike to fuel up, and also always remove me helmet before heading in to pay.
The one time I sat on me bike to fill, the attendant came out and fair blasted me for sitting astride the the machine. Realy pissed me off that did. And often seen the signs stating for no doing that on bikes.
Though do nto see the signs anymore about no helmets inside. I guess these days they have enough cameras around the site, that they could almost have a look at what ya had for breakfast

[Winter]

yeh, but i dunno how to work one. and windscreen water is usually filled with an assortment of dead bugs and crap. much more fun!!

you work in a gas station, but don't know how to use a fire extinguisher?

When i was working at a caltex, a chap comes in needing to borrow a can of diesel. We had a jerrycan to loan out, but it had a little bit of petrol left in it from the last guy. My helpful workmate takes the can (one of those plastic red ones) out the back to rinse out in the sink. He used hotwater and flushed the can clean.

out front all I heard was a wooomph. not really a bag, more of a woomph, the door fly open, and flames pouring out from the back room.

The fireman would later tell us that the hot water made steam which carried petrol vapor to the ceiling, where a flickering flurotube had ignited it - setting the room ablaze.

Cardboard boxes of chips etc were soon englufed, and after ringing 111 screaming 'my gas stations on fire!!' we emptied two extinguisher on it.



When filling my bike, I remain on it most of the time. If its wet, i'll leave my helmet gloves etc on too whilst paying.

[SPman]

If I want to sit on my bike with my helmet on, whilst refuelling - I will!
If some knob has a go at me - I'll tell him exactly where to put himself and that'll be the last time I'll ever use that station!
If he quietly tells me, that its the stations policy to please get off the bike and take of my helmet and would I please do this next time, with no agro - I'll consider going back.
Guess its all about attitude - both ways.

[Nasty]

I sit on the bike when I can't be blowed getting off ... but now I have found that I fill the tank more by having it on the side stand .. the filler is on the high side of the tank itself. Only had one station tell me that they wouldn't turn on the pumps if I sat on the bike, I said fine .. you don't want me as a customer .. there are plenty that do ... tah tah

Also, I was told at one station to take off my helmit, which I did, she weren't impressed that I was wearing a balaclava and snood underneath, which she did not ask me to remove. Now with the Nolans I can flip the front of the lid up. Don't see how it helps none though.

[Grub]

You guys ever spilled petrol on your balls while filling up and sitting on your bike??

Well no, gassing up is not that exciting, I keep it in my pants when doing that.

There are way too many reasons to get off your bike while filling. FFS you gotta get off it anyway to pay.

Ahhh, true, perhaps I didn't explain why I *wanted* to sit on my bike when gassing up. I get at least two litres more in the tank and that's worth another 45km of range.

I want that, I need that

[Disco Dan]

Ahhh, true, perhaps I didn't explain why I *wanted* to sit on my bike when gassing up. I get at least two litres more in the tank and that's worth another 45km of range.

I want that, I need that

You sure about that?

...always figured there was a reason for the bike to be on it's side stand while putting gas in.

I still think the moment you get off and put it on its stand that it will go out your overflow. Even if not just then, the first few corners you hit.

Check your manual.

[more_fasterer]

BP are the only ones who tell bikers off in my experience.

Ditto.

I've found it easy enough to get off the bike and stand it upright anyway. That way I can actually fill the bike up properly.

Can't say I've ever sprayed my balls with gas, will have to try it sometime. Or is diesel better? Closest I've come was covering my bike with petrol after the f*ckstick who used the pump before me couldn't be arsed releasing the trigger after they put their $5 of 98 in