Am I the only one that get annoyed when people form one long line when queuing for the pumps?
My theory is pause, have a quick look at who is filling/paying, just parking etc, pick a pump and queue behind it.
Sometimes you win sometimes you get behind someone who is buying half the shop as well as fuel and you lose.
Mini rant over...
Rich
No I think all queues (where possible) should be a single line to multiple serving points.
I think folks who park at a pump, then spend 20minutes shopping before they pay should be killed to death. Twice....
I leave it while it's late and use one of those Card pumps, that way I don't have to speak to anyone
Why does no one ever pull up on the 'wrong' side?
I am forever jumping non-moving queues as people always want to use the pump on the filler side.
The 'evils' I get when doing that.
I was once at a busy forecourt with a mate. He owed me a favour so he was going to pay for my fuel. I filled up, he went inside to pay but was taking
ages. Person behind me got out, knocked on my window and asked why I was not moving. I explained I was waiting for my friend to pay.
The person at my window then insisted I move as the computer systems they have would allow them to fill up BEFORE my mate had paid for me.
I said it doesn't work like that but if you want I will move over.
I moved and then watched smiling as the person tried unsuccessfully to fill up. It took almost 5 minutes before my mate could pay and he got back to
my car before the pump kicked in.
I find near me, everyone is waiting for the right-hand pumps, so I go straight to the empty left-hand one and drag it around the back of the car (with
a smug grin on my face) 
MY filler is on the nearside.... (UK!)
You should try leaving the motorway, driving all the way round the services road, joining the que, only to find that when you eventually get to the
far distant corner of the forecourt that there is no LPG again...
All part of the fun driving up the M40 from Heathrow.
I'm with you on this one. Most of my regular places to buy fuel I have to turn right to get into on my normal routes and you always get a
sittuation when it's busy where your stuck across the road because people forming a single queue have blocked the entrance and when it does move
someone coming the otherway will fill up the space and do the same thing. The problem with people using the wrong side pump is I alsways get stuck
behind the person who can't park close enough to the pump and is halfway across to the other pump so you can't get through. That leads me to
the worst offenders in my book, people who feel the need to drive around you to the pump infront when you've just got in the car to set off,
I've had people do this to me with the engine running, and in some cases when I was actually moving.
It's only petrol this applies to, at a counter situation you should form one queue unless there are seperate queuing spaces marked out, and you
deffinitly shouldn't stand next to someone who is currently being served or everyone will assume your being seen to and ignor you.
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Originally posted by BigLee
I find near me, everyone is waiting for the right-hand pumps, so I go straight to the empty left-hand one and drag it around the back of the car (with a smug grin on my face)
You can start filling from a pump before the last transaction has been paid. It all depends if the till operator authorises the next pump use. If
it's busy they might not notice immediately.
Agreed about the LPG at services. It also annoys me that Morrisons insists on placing LPG fillers inbetween normal pumps so you have to block a whole
filling island to use it. Then you notice the single LPG filler is being used on the other side...
I'm forever using the 'wrong side' pump, and if there is any queue it usually means I'm skipping past it. In some cases I've
seen other cars follow my lead once they realise what I'm doing. Some lines have been a bit tight (the shoulder height ones that wind out are
usually the shortest) but if its an overhead line then its long enough to get both sides of any car.
Except for 4x4's, but they deserve to queue anyway...
I've also been asked to move on once I filled up, but the thought of moving away from a pump without paying is just asking for non-payment
trouble. So I don't move.
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Originally posted by balidey
I was once at a busy forecourt with a mate. He owed me a favour so he was going to pay for my fuel. I filled up, he went inside to pay but was taking ages. Person behind me got out, knocked on my window and asked why I was not moving. I explained I was waiting for my friend to pay.
The person at my window then insisted I move as the computer systems they have would allow them to fill up BEFORE my mate had paid for me.
I said it doesn't work like that but if you want I will move over.
I moved and then watched smiling as the person tried unsuccessfully to fill up. It took almost 5 minutes before my mate could pay and he got back to my car before the pump kicked in.
I see that Shell are reintroducing pump attendants (at selected forecourts).
Linky
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Originally posted by owelly
I think folks who park at a pump, then spend 20minutes shopping before they pay should be killed to death. Twice....
quote:
Originally posted by owelly
killed to death. Twice....
My mates always going on about taxi drivers at the 24 hour BP who apparantly buy their fuel and then stop for a cup of coffee and a chat with each other, but don't move their cars.
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Originally posted by RoadkillUK
I leave it while it's late and use one of those Card pumps, that way I don't have to speak to anyone