[Closed] People who wont fuel up unless the pump is on the closest side to their tank !

I don't mind if they wait for one pump. There a few who seem to want everybody to wait behind them while they block every pump. Happens a lot at my local due to its poor layout.

Some cars are small enough that you can stretch the pump across.
Some aren't.

Some pumps are long enough to stretch to the other side.
Some aren't.

Some people are tolerant and patient.
Some aren't.

Usually the case that these people have zero regard for the ensuing que that invariably develops in part due to their refusal to utilise the available pump because it's on the 'wrong' side

How does waiting for a pump on a particular side form a queue? Surely they leave a pump free for the 'I'll use a pump on any side' guys? Therefor the only people queuing will be the 'I'll only use a pump on the 'right' side guys.

Plus as above from perchypanthe. Sometimes using a pump on the 'wrong' side means dragging the hose across the rear of the car. That's not something I'm happy doing.

I can't find a hose long enough to reach at the majority of stations. Sorry to irk you.

1/10.

Legible. Punctuated. Good spelling and paragraphs. No random use of caps.

Poor rant.

Hard to do it in my van. I do pull up so as to not block others though. Don't recall it having been a problem at the pumps I frequent.

I've yet to find a pump who's hose is not long enough to stretch around the sizeable rump of my smax. Sometimes I have to park closer to the pump than usual but no problem. I suspect most people don't even think about it and just are on auto pilot.

One thing that irks me are people who won't drive between two cars to go to the front pump if someone finishes on that one first. I've jumped the queue a few times doing this when the person in front of me refuses to drive through.

People pulling into the "wrong side" when I'm in my van irks me. Just goes to show you can't please anyone. 😕

noltae - Member

Pardon my triviality but this seriously irks me -

some people are retired and have all the time in the world and are happy to wait, at least that's my observations. Dam you old people with your bags of time and wrinkly skin.

It's the one who decide to do their shopping while leaving their car at the pump.

They should have a place reserved for them in the 9th circle of hell. 😈

I'm yet to find a hose that I can't stretch over my car, but then again it is only [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTM_K3 ]61 inches wide and less than 43 inches tall[/url]...

My party piece at the local petrol station which has not long enough hoses is to pass all the queing people in reverse.

There is never a wrong side just direction.

Most cars are narrow enough and most pump hoses are long enough - not yet found one that didn't work and my car's not small.

BUT

I got told off for fuelling from the other side by a garage, because the hose came straight out of the nozzle handle and didn't have an articulated connector. Apparently pulling it across (even though I didn't pull hard) breaks it quite quickly.

It's only one petrol station that said that though. How we're supposed to know before we get to the pump I have no idea.

As said by gobuchul, now every garage seems to have an M&S or Waitrose in it, it's the people that leave their cars on the pumps while they prat about in the shop for twenty minutes. I had this the other day, and when the driver finally emerged he proceeded to pop his bonnet whilst still on the pump, and check and fill his oil up ignoring the massive queue building up.

How long, in reality, do you have to wait? Five minutes maximum I reckon. Just chill out for five minutes. It's not like your world will end because you've had to wait a bit 🙄

I used to work in a petrol station and a customer came in piss wet through cos the carwash had jammed.

I got told off for fuelling from the other side by a garage, because the hose came straight out of the nozzle handle and didn't have an articulated connector. Apparently pulling it across (even though I didn't pull hard) breaks it quite quickly.

Right or wrong, I was always of the understanding that pulling the hose across damages them.

I don't really get the complaint tbh. Using the correct side seems a perfectly sensible thing to do to me, and if they choose to queue up when other pumps are available, then surely that leaves a free pump for you??

silverT4 - Member
People pulling into the "wrong side" when I'm in my van irks me. Just goes to show you can't please anyone.

It irks you that people who got there before you get their fuel before you?

fine though your story is finephilly it is completely unrelated to the thread subject.

If it doesn't reach around, I just open the windows and pass it through.

I used to work in a petrol station and a customer came in piss wet through cos the carwash had jammed.

LOL!

then surely that leaves a free pump for you??

Waves.

that's me. 😀

As the supervisor, I had to bollock people for naughtiness. I guess if the OP whinges to the staff, they'll ensure satisfactory fuelling procedures are followed!

Being Sherlock Holmes when there's a 'drive-off' was fun.

It's a right ball ache using the wrong side to fill my Freelander due to the filler position & there's a high likelihood of the hose scratching the crap out of my paint.

What irks me is when I've queued behind someone, they take the first pump and I take the second. They only part fill, pay and drive away then some moron comes from behind and takes the first pump.

Then I'm sat waiting for them to finish and pay.

I dont give a shit ! I only ever fill up in works time 😉

Some cars are small enough that you can stretch the pump across.
Some aren't.

Some pumps are long enough to stretch to the other side.
Some aren't.

This.

Not every garage has extendible pumps.

136stu - Member

What irks me is when I've queued behind someone, they take the first pump and I take the second. They only part fill, pay and drive away then [b]some moron comes from behind and takes the first pump[/b].

Then I'm sat waiting for them to finish and pay.

Noltae - that's a poor effort for a friday afternoon end of working week rant.
Must try harder...... 😀

find a pump who's hose

*squints*

Here ya go...

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OT - If the pump is on the opposite side to my cap I just reverse in.

every pump i've used has been extensible enough to reach around

and of course the ones that hold things up, also are the ones that pump the last quids worth really slowly to pump an exact £xx.00 but then go and pay on card

least here in Germany the hands free catch always works so you don't have to squeeze the handle for the entire duration

I find adopting a crazed look, holding the nozzle in one hand & a lighter in the other clears the queue quickly.

I'm in full agreement with OP
They are the same people who slow down to 2mph to cross speed bumps.

least here in Germany the hands free catch always works so you don't have to squeeze the handle for the entire duration

That's a bad idea.

it's a damn good idea when tanking up and it's -17C outside like it was the last time I filled up!

I scratched a lease car badly once dragging the pump across as the hose must have been full of dirt and grit and it scratched the rear quarter.

Had to get it touched in before it went back, cost about £80.

I use the Ultimate or V Power fuel in mine and at a few stations near me, they only have this on one pump so I sometimes have motorists queuing behind me when their is a pump in front which doesn't have my fuel.

Well it's tough, not my fault I can only get the fuel at one pump it's the garages so take it up with them.

I'm yet to find a hose that I can't stretch over my car, but then again it is only 61 inches wide and less than 43 inches tall...

Nice. Is that. A later version of the old Cox GTM? A mate built one just after we left school. Most envious at the time.

They are the same people who slow down to 2mph to cross speed bumps.

Thats me since i spent boxing day taking a cracked sump off.

I don't buy into the notion that using the 'wrong' side causes the hose to drag /touch the back of vehicle - Its ridiculously straightforward to use other hand to guide the hose..

I don't buy into the notion that using the 'wrong' side causes the hose to drag /touch the back of vehicle - Its ridiculously straightforward to use other hand to guide the hose..

andytherocketeer - Member
every pump i've used has been extensible enough to reach around

and of course the ones that hold things up, also are the ones that pump the last quids worth really slowly to pump an exact £xx.00 but then go and pay on card

Given that most stations have an even number of left and right sided pumps do the vehicle manufacturers get together decide which firms will make lefties and which righties to even it up. Or is there a better side to be for faster pump queuing (given most folk don't do as the OP wants). I think every car I've every owned has been a righty but the van is a lefty.

I only buy cars with the filler on the left, for ideological reasons.

I worked in a petrol station for a bit when I was 18, and we were told not to dispense petrol if people pulled the hose right the way across, and use the tannoy to tell them to move. Not only does it wear hoses, with whatever nozzles they were using at the time, people were more prone to flinging petrol everywhere as they removed them from the car.

Some petrol stations have pumps with long hoses that terminate quite far above the cars; I think these are designed for refuelling either side. Many don't and have short hoses people will yank on to do it.

It irks you that people who got there before you get their fuel before you?

Not particularly. I trying to be ironic.

if I go the wrong side, I'll pull the car much further forward. The hose stretches round the back just fine, but I'll use the other hand to guide the hose, mainly to ensure it doesn't rip the number plate off.
depends on car I spose. Mine's a hatchback, so it's easy.

I'd be concerned if the hoses wear out on a pump that has a wind-out hose designed presumably to wind out so it can reach fuel filler holes.
sounds like nonsense to me.

their refusal to utilise the available pump because it's on the 'wrong' side - Witnessed this twice today

Am I the only one who's wondering how far you drove in one day to have to fill up twice??

I use the Ultimate or V Power fuel in mine

How long can it take to just turn around and use the next pump?

Oh...

Very very rarely stretch the pump over to the other side of wife's car. Not really possible in my car as filler cap is near the front door and absoluely not having hose touch the car. Don't hold anyone up as I know which side the filler caps are on.

To the people at our local Morrisons petrol station who use the pay-at-pump pumps when the normal ones are free and then go to pay in the shop and don't buy anything else and pay by card: I HOPE YOU DIE IN A FIRE.

Use the normal pump if you want to stand in a queue and interact with the spotty oik behind the till, you idiotic shitegoblins, and let us misanthropic introverts use the handy machine that spares us the pain of having to be in proximity with oblivious ****wits like you for any longer than absolutely necessary.

Grrrrr I think I need a lie down.

I used to work in a petrol station

Ha, piss on you! I used to OWN a petrol station.

Here's me owning a petrol station (but not with Bombers)

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I could write a book about people being unable to park up on a forecourt.

I find it hilarious that people get wound up about this 🙂

Use the normal pump if you want to stand in a queue and interact with the spotty oik behind the till, you idiotic shitegoblins, and let us misanthropic introverts use the handy machine that spares us the pain of having to be in proximity with oblivious ****wits like you for any longer than absolutely necessary.

Now this I wholeheartedly agree with. Don't use the pay at pump if you're going to go inside. You desperately want an excuse to talk to a person, then use the human interaction pump 👿

Here's me owning a petrol station (but not with Bombers)

That's the look of a man enjoying his work right there. Like a catalogue model advertising those overalls 😉

@essel I think that look is called "jaunty" 🙂

I can't believe you gave up all that time outdoors for a working life in a Prison !

Given about 70-80% of cars have their filler on the drivers side (oddly because they were designed to be driven on the 'passenger' side) Shirley the people who will only use the 'correct' side leave the other pumps free for those who are prepared to stretch the hose?

for those who are prepared to stretch the hose?

And pray tell what have people's masturbatory habits got to do with the OP?

sorry, my inner child couldn't resist.

Some pumps won't reach round my car (mondeo estate). Most will, but quite often it's a real stretch or I end up having to drag it right over the paintwork or whatever. Which I don't care about because my car's a disaster but normal people don't like that. And even for me it's still a pain in the bum.

OTOH,

funkmasterp - Member

Now this I wholeheartedly agree with. Don't use the pay at pump if you're going to go inside.

Aye, to me it's pretty much the equivalent of going through the express checkout with 2 trolleys full of stuff.

jambalaya - Member
@essel I think that look is called "jaunty"

Spot on.
🙂

Looks like an illustration from a Ladybird book.

You just don't see simple, daft happiness like that anymore.
😀

Proper cheered me up.

Like a catalogue model advertising those overalls

I.C.I. overalls, got them free cos I sold I.C.I. petrol. 😆

I can't believe you gave up all that time outdoors for a working life in a Prison !

It wasn't intentional. Don't know if you remember the Esso 'pricewatch' campaign from the early 90's but that was the nail in the coffin for a huge amount of rural petrol stations (along with supermarkets selling fuel).
I was amongst many that went under because us standalone sites couldn't buy fuel for what the big boys were selling it for otherwise I'd still be there. 😥

Why aren't we taking about the real problem? The folk who only put £10 or £20 worth in each time, therefore visiting petrol stations 3 or 4 times more often than necessary. I usually find that's what the last person put in when I roll up.

Why aren't we taking about the real problem? The folk who only put £10 or £20 worth in each time, therefore visiting petrol stations 3 or 4 times more often than necessary. I usually find that's what the last person put in when I roll up.

Do you fill up from empty every time then?

[i]At least here in Germany the hands free catch always works so you don't have to squeeze the handle for the entire duration[/i]
That's a bad idea.

Do you fill up from empty every time then?

Do you fill up from empty every time then?

I do (well within a couple litres or so anyway)

I also always stop at something.00 litres or a whole pound 🙂

Do people not do this?

I tend to but it depends how the cashflow is at the time. Otherwise I bung enough in to see me till payday.

simondbarnes - Member

I also always stop at something.00 litres or a whole pound

Apparently this fine art is almost completely forgotten by everyone under the age of 25 or so- people for whom cash was never the main way of paying for things. I still like the neatness though.

I tend to take the hose the long way round. It mostly avoids any risk of standing in diesel spillage.

Do you fill up from empty every time then?

I'm happy people queue for a hose on the correct size. Means there is more chance I can just drive straight up and stretch the hose over. What's the issue withe the hose touching the back of your car. It's rubber it won't damage it and at this time of year my car is filthy anyway

perchypanther - Member 
Some cars are small enough that you can stretch the pump across.
Some aren't.

Most are as most pumps are long enough. A van or bus is another matter.

Some pumps are long enough to stretch to the other side.
Some aren't.

Most are. It's only old school places that are ridiculously expensive that aren't in my experience. I tend to avoid those.

Gary_M - Member 
How does waiting for a pump on a particular side form a queue?

Frequently been stuck waiting at the entrance which is too narrow to go around because a queue has formed blocking access to the side with loads of free pumps.

In fact most of the ones I go to now have a sign saying "fuel either side" to encourage either side filling, but people ignore it.

Also annoying - pay at pump where not all of them are pay at pump, all the non pay at pump are free and they go pull up at the pay at pumps then go in to pay, forcing me to waste time paying in the shop 👿 😈

I also always stop at something.00 litres or a whole pound

I'm quite fond of the palindromic fill. I aim to go to the next nearest palindrome after the filler clicks, say £31.13 or £46.64 etc. I also figure that were I the sort who ever looked at their bank statements, I would immediately be able to recognise my fuel purchases because of this palindromic stamp... 🙂
....but I don't.

I hold the lever till it goes 'click'.
😀

I hold the lever till it goes 'click

Weirdo... 😉