Is it just me? :D

I do this people look at you funny though, like you're breaking the rules or something
I once had a guy say the filler cap is on the other side mate. To which I replied

Really!? as I was already halfway around my car with the hose in hand
 
I never use pay at the pump machines as I'd rather be served by a human being thanks.
That being said I cannot remember the last time I filled up that actually HAD a pay at the pump machine, as I don't frequent supermarkets often.
BP happens to be my convenient place and it's probably the most expensive forecourt in the County but when the car does 70 to the gallon, who cares. :D
By the time I've driven to a different one I'll have burned any savings I would have made anyway.
I do however pull up at any free pump that has a derv nozzle and pull it across the car, paintwork quality isn't an issue in a 18 year old shed
 
Sindri said:
Often people dont bother as the printers dont always work or they are out of printer roll. So to get their VAT receipt they have to go in the shop anyway.
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At Tesco at least you can print off your receipt from any pump and not just the one you used to fill up. Handy when you pay at pump and the receipt doesn't work on your pump of choice
 
Another thing that erks me, is for anyone that knows the area, the people that sit at Blaydon Shell and spend an age choosing which pump to go for, leaving people backing out onto the roundabout it's situated on.

They seem to get really erked when I beep my horn at them so we don't block the roundabout...
 
I hate drivers who go to the first pump they come across. At our local BP there is 2 rows with 3 pumps on each row. These dimwit drivers use the first pump they come along leaving 2 spare pumps in front of them. Obviously you can't get past because it's so narrow and full of cars, so as soon as i can, i get in front of said dimwit and proceed to fill up and block them in at the same time until either i finish and go, or the drivers in their cars next to us go.

I've even had confrontations with people asking if i can move forward whilst i'm in the middle of filling up.
Them: "can you move your car forward mate, you're blocking me in"
Me: Well, if you would have used this pump in the first place, then i wouldn't be in front of you would i? DIMWIT!!

It's simple. Go as far forward as you can, and other motorists can use the pumps behind you. Chances are, you'll then be in and out before them and nobody gets blocked in.
 
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A) I've never been to a garage where I can't use the 'wrong' side pump because it won't reach

B) I've never been unable to get through the middle of the occupied pumps to the ones in front unless someone has parked their car an outlandishly huge distance from the pump

C) The only thing that really annoys me about petrol stations is the way that the one at the top of my road manages to have a huge queue every morning at about 7:45-8:00. Who the **** goes shopping at rush hour? People where I live, apparently. I fixed this by not going there anymore in the morning.
 
Liquidfox said:
Another thing that erks me, is for anyone that knows the area, the people that sit at Blaydon Shell and spend an age choosing which pump to go for, leaving people backing out onto the roundabout it's situated on.

They seem to get really erked when I beep my horn at them so we don't block the roundabout...
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Exact thing happens at the big Tesco in Exeter. One woman had a go at me for honking saying I was being impatient and getting all annoyed.

She failed to realise that she was causing about 10 cars to queue up back out the station and across a roundabout.

It's simple, drive into station, pick a pump lane if there's none free and just friggin queue, don't sit way back waiting for the best choice for ages. I'm sure her filling needs were not that time critical she absolutely must have the quickest possible fill up.
 
I just drive around and fill up. Most of the big supermarkets have designed pumps to be long enough to reach around anyway.
 
Not keen on dragging the hose over my paint or standing on the exposed side as Doris squeezes her car past my backside driving around the car in front so I just wait.

TBH it gives me a chance to note down my mileage and stuff anyway.
 
I don't mind stretching the hose round either if it saves waiting. Doesn't touch me paint work as I pull slightly more forward than I normally would so it's fine. It also annoys me when people don't use pay @ pump as I know people who don't simply because they prefere to pay inside :confused:
On the odd occasion the receipt paper runs out you can always request it from inside.
 
I would rather wait if the queues are short than risk messing up paintwork with hose (No matter how careful you are sometimes it's going to rub) but will do it if the queues are horrendous.
 
I do this too, in the beginning I used to wait but from one moment I was tired of and and will simply pick the other side. To hell with waiting...

Also don't understand people who come unprepared in the shop when they have to pay, get your bloody debit card or money out when you're next in line and stop wasting peoples time. I'm usually done with paying even by debit card in less than 10 seconds. Even if picking up a pack of fags or some other crap from the shop it still shouldn't take more than 20 seconds per customer yet some people manage to stand there for a whole minute doing god knows what.
 
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daz87uk said:
I don't mind stretching the hose round either if it saves waiting. Doesn't touch me paint work as I pull slightly more forward than I normally would so it's fine.
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Yeah just go a couple of feet further forward than normal and its fine.
 
The bottom line is that as with many things in life even something as simple as fuelling a vehicle up is difficult for those in our society who have been blessed with half a brain cell and no common sense whatsoever.
 
Must admit I don't really think about what side the pump is on as I've never come across any that won't reach to either side of my car.

I did once do the same thing in a nissan Navaro (/Navara?) - then realised the filler was halfway along the other side and it was far too wide for the hose to reach. Had to drive off sheepishly. On a random sidenote, those nissan pickups are hilarious in the wet in 2wd mode.
 
Sin_Chase said:
I would rather wait if the queues are short than risk messing up paintwork with hose (No matter how careful you are sometimes it's going to rub) but will do it if the queues are horrendous.
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The filler is right at the back of our cars though, just park a bit further forward and the hose goes no where near the paint.
 
Kevin Clark said:
I have natwest and I always fill up at tesco. No problems at all with paying at the pump.
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Only problem I used to have paying at pump was with Natwest Maestro cards because it had a £60 limit that wasn't quite enough to fill up the entire tank. Now I have a fuelcard instead though so I still have to go into the kiosk annoyingly :p
 
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