A study in human behavior: Ambivilence at the gas pump. - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

cmbdiesel · #16 03-06-2012, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by anghrist

No coma, just people-watching. I didn't get frustrated. I just took it for what it was.

Good on ya for that.

The world would be a better place if we could all just show a little more patience...

Of course.... if that slow m@#%^#!**%er could just get a move on it would be a better place too

Fulcrum525 · #17 03-06-2012, 09:17 PM

My favorite is when you're in line for that ONE diesel pump when at least half the other gas pumps are empty but of course....the one fool who came in from the other end of the station HAS to take that one pump

Thankfully the station closest to home, and usually the cheapest in the area has a diesel only pump. I can be in and out faster then I Honda owner can fill it's tank

MBeige · #18 03-06-2012, 09:36 PM

Good thing there wasn't somebody at the other end of the car you're waiting to leave, also waiting to get the same spot

anghrist · #19 03-06-2012, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by LarryBible

I feel your pain. I have patience for those who deserve it, like someone handicapped or very elderly. For everyone else it AMAZES me how slow people can be sometimes.

Even walking. It is about a half mile from where I park to my office. About a quarter mile of that is a walk from the gate to the front of the plant. I am almost 63 years old and I have yet to find anyone on that sidewalk who walks as fast as me and there are 1400 people that work there.

I just don't understand slow. I REALLY don't understand it when someone KNOWS that there is someon waiting for them.

I feel your pain.

My hero is an 82 year old engineer and piper from Glasgow. He just got done climbing a mountain this winter. Whenever I see him, he walks like he's responding to a security threat. I rarely see anyone move that quickly, except maybe me.

Yes, many people are in no hurry to accomplish anything in their lifetime. I believe that's why the term "midlife crisis" exists.

I just pay attention and make little mental notes of those things which don't really make good sense, or are just inefficient.

I'm not talking about having a nice stroll on the beach or relaxing in a hammock. Things like hallway or sidewalk conferences, two vehicles parked at idle in the roadway while the drivers have a chat, stopping just inside a busy doorway to put on/take off jacket, adjust luggage etc.

Life is too short to get wound-up about such things, but I'm just interested in watching the silly little things that people do, because I don't think I'll get out of this world alive, nor will I enjoy it unless I can have a laugh about it.

LaRondo · #20 03-06-2012, 09:40 PM

Very nicely written. Usually I pump my diesel at night or at least aside from peak hours.

Had a similar incident recently.

Gas-pumpers were feuling and occupying curb space on any given side of the islands, no way to get in between to the 1 diesel pump.

I wait with distance, almost blocking the drive way, to catch the next possible space.

There it goes. I was ready to go in either direction, but as it happens I had to swivel around and back up into the vacating space, while artistically letting the lady drive off at the same time.

Just as she cleared out and I zeroed in on the pump, a swift little Audi comes around the corner from the other side and seriously wants to jump in.

I do no braking until about a couple of inches away from his abruptly yielding bumper, locking him in at a 45 degree angle toward the pump
I was nicely lined up, but still not close enough to get the nozzle into the filler, as he shouts out his window "can you pull forward?"
I shouted back:"No I need the Diesel pump!"

Oh! So he backs up, pulls forward, but sure enough, stopped his freckin' Audi so far away from the island that he was almost closing the passage between him and the p/u on the island next to it!

I am just so glad I'm not 25 anymore. It would have cost a whole lot of trouble in this gas station, on this particular afternoon.

anghrist · #21 03-06-2012, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cmbdiesel

He was probably on the phone explaining to his wife that, YES she should park the Porsche taking up two spots, EVEN if one of them is a handicapped space...

Ya went there. Ya just had to.

LaRondo · #22 03-06-2012, 09:56 PM

Now, it doesn't only happen at gas stations.

Today in the gym locker room, for example.

Here comes this kid, dripping wet from the shower area getting ready to dry off, right next to me in front of the lockers.

I was about >that close< to ask him, if he knows the fundamental difference between 'wet & dry' as in the syntax of:
Shower = wet, locker room = dry

.... well, I dropped the case

anghrist · #23 03-06-2012, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by LaRondo

Very nicely written. Usually I pump my diesel at night or at least aside from peak hours.

Had a similar incident recently.

Gas-pumpers were feuling and occupying curb space on any given side of the islands, no way to get in between to the 1 diesel pump.

I wait with distance, almost blocking the drive in, to catch the next possible sace.

There it goes. I was ready to go in either direction, but as it happens I had to swivel around and back up into the space becoming, while artistically letting the lady drive off at the same time.

Just as she cleared out and I was zeroing in on the pump, a swift little comes around the corner from the other side and seriously wants to jump in.
I do no braking until about a couple of inches away from his abruptly yielding bumper, locking him in at a 45 degree angle toward the pump and the p/u truck he had to circumvent as he was doing his short lived frog leap.
I was nicely lined up, but still not close enough to get the nozzle into the filler, as he shouts out his window "can you pull forward?"
I shouted back:"No I need the Diesel pump!"

Oh! So he backup, pull forward, but sure enough, stopped his freckin' Audi so far away from the island that he was almost closing the passage between him and the p/u on the island next to it!

I am just so glad I'm not 25 anymore. It would have cost a whole lot of trouble in this gas station, on this particualr afternoon.

I don't claim to be innocent of doing something silly. Case in point:

The van was at the diesel pump, I backed in to wait, the other car pulled in afterward.

The other vehicles had just pulled in at the other side and diesel pump. Patience paid off.

The Clk Man · #24 03-06-2012, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by LaRondo

Now, it doesn't only happen at gas stations.

Today in the gym locker room, for example.

Here comes this kid, dripping wet from the shower area getting ready to dry off, right next to me in front of the lockers.

I was about >that close< to ask him, if he knows the fundamental difference between 'wet & dry' as in the syntax of:
Shower = wet, locker room = dry

.... well, I dropped the case

As long as you didn't drop the soap.

anghrist · #25 03-06-2012, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim B.

Your sig line shows that it could be LOTS worse:

2001 VW GTI 1.8T 5-speed (Buster - R.I.P. 21JUL06) - MODS: 60mph + 1989 Toyota Pickup ignoring stop sign.

You ain't just whistling dixie there:

My car after and:

His truck. After he changed his tire, he was able to drive away.

But not before a police report was filed.

anghrist · #26 03-06-2012, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Fulcrum525

My favorite is when you're in line for that ONE diesel pump when at least half the other gas pumps are empty but of course....

The best is when they pull into that spot and their tank is on the wrong side. Then to cover the issue they pull/stretch the hose over their car.

That's hilarious to watch.

anghrist · #27 03-06-2012, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by MS Fowler

Twin 50 cals on the hood would be useful at times like this.

Maybe a bit too much. But a taser would really en-lighten him, especially in that environment.

Jim B. · #28 03-06-2012, 10:20 PM

first, THIS:

Supertramp:

The Logical Song Roger Hodgson songwriter and composer - YouTube

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,
oh joyfully, oh playfully watching me.
But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible,
logical, oh responsible, practical.
And then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
oh clinical, oh intellectual, cynical.

There are times when all the world's asleep,
the questions run too deep
for such a simple man.
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
but please tell me who I am
I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical,
a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!
Oh Take it take it yeah!

But at night, when all the world's asleep,
the questions run so deep
for such a simple man.
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
but please tell me who I am,
Who I am
Who I am
Who I am !!!

But I'm thinking so logical.

Did you call one two three four

It's getting ...unbelievable..

To THIS!!!!

The Topical Song (Barron Knights, 1979)

Remember it?

***********

When I was young
All the gas was so plentiful
Bountiful, oh, liberal
My tank was full

And all the pumps on the street
They would dangle so happily
Joyfully, oh, playfully filling me

And then a shortage arose
And I tried to be sensible
Logical, economical, responsible

And now they doubled the price
Filling up can be ludicrous
Ridiculous, I get furious
Impetuous

There are lines that
Stretch across the land
How much can we withstand
They're holding back the fuel

So instead, in traffic jams I fight
Crouched on my sister's bike
I really look the fool

I said watch where you park
Cause they siphon in after dark
What a lark, oh, and when you start
There's just a spark

And if you run in line
You'll be pushed out in double time
And soon you'll find, oh, you'll
Be behind the last car sign

Oh, pump it, pump it
Pump it, yeah

Don't you think
It's getting out of hand
Pumping out with a gas can
Don't tell me it's all gone

They say odds and
Evens will see a few
Please tell me what to do
The lines are far too long

They're so long
They're so long
They're so long

catmandoo62 · #29 03-06-2012, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by anghrist

I don't claim to be innocent of doing something silly. Case in point:

The van was at the diesel pump, I backed in to wait, the other car pulled in afterward.

The other vehicles had just pulled in at the other side and diesel pump. Patience paid off.

and just when was this 10 yrs ago.i ain't seen 2.50 gas since 2005

Jim B. · #30 03-06-2012, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anghrist

I don't claim to be innocent of doing something silly. Case in point:

The van was at the diesel pump, I backed in to wait, the other car pulled in afterward.

The other vehicles had just pulled in at the other side and diesel pump. Patience paid off.

Look at those gas prices.

Read 'em and weep!

Barry Manilow Read'em And Weep - YouTube

Premiu Persian errier costs $4.50 up here today.

Diesel is even MORE!!!!

Speculators, summer gas reformulating, fire at a BP refinery in Wahington state, more explanations than a caterpillar has legs, blah blah blah.