Leaving in a huff

[JustADude]

...or if that's too soon, a minute and a huff.

Just something I've noticed in my past couple days pulling evening shifts instead of graveyards, but the women who come in for gas right after work seem to be INCREDIBLY pissy about the fact that, due to drive-offs, we're prepay/pay-at-pump only. I say "women" because if the guys are annoyed too then they're much better at hiding it. Fortunately, they're more amusing than aggravating, as we can see in the following reenactment of a typical incident:


JAD: You know it
PEB: Pissy Entitled Bitch




PEB: *pulls up and (ignoring the sign) tries to pump without $@P or Prepay, thus setting off an alert at the counter*

JAD: *Taps appropriate button and waits to see if she's coming in or getting out a card*

PEB: *Stands there like an idiot tapping foot and huffing at pump*

JAD: *gets on intercom after 30sec or whenever he notices the idiocy* I'm sorry, ma'am, but we're prepay or pay-at-pump only.

PEB: *flounces in* I want to fill up, I don't know how much I'll need!

JAD: Then feel free to use the card-reader on the pump, ma'am.

PEB: *Ooooh, angry middle-aged white woman. Scaaaary... NOT!* I don't want to use a card!

JAD: Then you'll just have to prepay. If you don't use it all, we do give back your change.

PEB: You already made me walk in here once, and you're trying to tell me you want me do it again?!

JAD: *Laughing inside, patronizingly mock-sympathetic outside* Unfortunately that's the way it works, ma'am.

PEB: FINE! *tosses crumpled $20s on the counter and starts to huff out*

JAD: *Being a sadistic bastard, and sounding chirpy-polite doing it* Oh, which pump was it you wanted that on?

PEB: *Oh so put-upon, isn't she?* <insert some variant of bitchy answer>

JAD: Alrighty. Remember, if you don't use it all, just come on back in and we'll get your change!

PEB: *deathglare*



So far, not a one of them has given me too much for them to pump into their land-yachts or Gas-Guzzling Stationwagon Replacements... I mean SUVs... but I'm sure we can all guess how the return trip would go.

[Gravekeeper]

So far, not a one of them has given me too much for them to pump into their land-yachts or Gas-Guzzling Stationwagon Replacements... I mean SUVs... but I'm sure we can all guess how the return trip would go.

I was just thinking that too. "I bet she owns an SUV.".

I die a little inside whenever I see a Humvee at a traffic light downtown. WTF do you need a humvee for? I don't care how small your penis is. You do *not* need a humvee. Then there's the humvees in designer colours, ugh, God.

Luckily you don't see too many here. Vancouverites are very "green" so you see a LOT of those nifty little Smart Cars. Its just every now and then someone's sexual insecurities require them to purchase a land tank and use it to drive 3 blocks to 7/11.

[Dorath]

The best are the ones that tell you they want to fill up but only give you five or ten dollars. Of course, when the pump stops they get pissed off and yell more about the tank not being full yet.

[JustADude]

I die a little inside whenever I see a Humvee at a traffic light downtown.

To derail my own thread just a little, I'm pretty sure you've never seen a real Humvee, aka the M-998 or M-1114 HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), on the streets in Vancouver. What you see are Hummers, which are crap-tastic 3rd-generation knockoffs of the military model. They have about as much resemblance to a real Humvee as a Go-Kart with a fancy body has to a Formula-1 car.

[Gravekeeper]

To derail my own thread just a little, I'm pretty sure you've never seen a real Humvee, aka the M-998 or M-1114 HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), on the streets in Vancouver. What you see are Hummers, which are crap-tastic 3rd-generation knockoffs of the military model. They have about as much resemblance to a real Humvee as a Go-Kart with a fancy body has to a Formula-1 car.

Well, actually, not sure which ones they use but I always use to have to walk through the set of Stargate SG-1 every night on my way to work. They always had at least 3 or 4 of the big bastards out for filming. They filmed a *lot* of that show down town here a block down from my office. So I was forever having to skirt around the set to get to work. -.-

[Tito]

I hope she never tries filling up at the gas station that I go to. The only option there is pay at the pump. The attendant has no cash in his / her office. I'm sure that PEB would not like that.

[GolfCart34]

I don't understand why some people have such an issue with pay at the pump or pre-pay when it comes to gas stations. I love pay at the pump because if I need gas on my way to work, it allows me to stop quickly, swipe my card, put a few bucks worth of gas in, and be on my way in less than 5 minutes! I think I've only used cash pre-pay once or twice in my life since I typically don't carry cash. But even if I have to go in to pre-pay I totally understand and it's really not that much of an inconvenience. Besides, I can always grab a soda while I'm in paying for my gas!

We have an entitlement whore who comes into our bank every couple of days. She, of course, drives a Hummer H3, can barely fit it in the drive up, and is always pissy with the tellers. Even our old lady teller who loves everybody can't stand her. Speaking of the old lady teller, she's a bigger woman. One day, when entitlement whore came in, my co-teller said to me, "I don't understand how people can drive those things! I mean, the windows are so narrow! If I got into an accident I wouldn't be able to get out of the car if I had to smash the window! Not only that, but it's horrible on gas!"

I love the people I work with!

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

I love pre-pay. If we didn't have it, I'd be spit out of luck, since I work at 4 in the morning. Thank The Flying Spaghetti Monster for pre-pay, or nobody could pull into a gas station in the middle of the night for an emergency 10 bucks in the tank.

[crazylegs]

I die a little inside whenever I see a Humvee at a traffic light downtown. WTF do you need a humvee for? I don't care how small your penis is. You do *not* need a humvee. Then there's the humvees in designer colours, ugh, God.

The single worst place I have been for completely un-needed 4X4s was outside a private day school (as opposed to boarding), all for transporting their 4 year olds. I justwant to scream at these people, why do you need three tons of metal to transport a toddler, christ if you want to flash your cash buy an Merc.

Stay Safe

[cinema guy]

I justwant to scream at these people, why do you need three tons of metal to transport a toddler,

One reason I have heard was that SUVs are the safest cars to transport a toddler (or anybody) in.

[Imogene]

M-1114 HMMWV

So, then, shouldn't the name for the car be a Hum-Wavy?

[symposes]

One reason I have heard was that SUVs are the safest cars to transport a toddler (or anybody) in.

The SUVs that have more of a square footprint. ie around the outside of the vehicle, are actually more prone to flipping over when driving at higher speeds.
I think now adays though, the newer ones are not so prone to this.

The only thing safe about a vehicle like that, is you dont have big vehicles driving over you in an accident.
*stepbrothers friend was in a sedan and got hit by a big farm truck, that truck drove up onto the top of the car. thankfully the car had a safety cage reinforcing the cab, as comes standard with most saturn cars from what i understand.

[Gravekeeper]

One reason I have heard was that SUVs are the safest cars to transport a toddler (or anybody) in.

At the trade off of being able to maim or kill anyone or thing else being transported in any other smaller vehicle that you should happen to collide with. Hell I imagine you'd have a good shot at taking a few out if you t-boned a bus.

[Broomjockey]

Well, actually, not sure which ones they use but I always use to have to walk through the set of Stargate SG-1 every night on my way to work.

... I hate you. Curse you and your living in Vancouver, and Stargate filming in Vancouver, and all that other rot. Please tell me you at least managed an autograph or something like that, or my brain might explode.

On topic: I assume there are signs posted, plus pre-pay/p@p are common in your area, yes? If yes to either or both, what in blue blazes makes these people think that your place is the exception? Geez lady, I'm sorry that your car holds 87123525 gallons, but only gets you across town, but you're going to have to shelp your butt down into the station, back to the pump, and then possibly back in and out one more time. Just think of it as your excersize for the week, to justify parking in those 3 spaces right next to the door at the gym.

[Andara Bledin]

Well, actually, not sure which ones they use but I always use to have to walk through the set of Stargate SG-1 every night on my way to work. They always had at least 3 or 4 of the big bastards out for filming. They filmed a *lot* of that show down town here a block down from my office. So I was forever having to skirt around the set to get to work. -.-

I couldn't tell you what those were, but I can say for certain they were not realy Humvees. The government is pretty picky about what happens to their vehicles when they no longer use them, and so when they go to surplus auction, they are irrevocably crippled. So, it's likely that the ones you saw had genuine Humvee bodies with custom innards for the filming. (My work buys from gov't surplus auctions, and I've seen crippled Humvees up for auction... I've also seen crippled tanks... my fave listing ever, tho, was for a donkey)

One reason I have heard was that SUVs are the safest cars to transport a toddler (or anybody) in.

Not even remotely. SUVs have a high center of gravity, and the more cargo and/or passengers you load into them, the more likely you'll roll over. That whole Ford/Michelin thing a while back was because the Fords' wheelbase was way too narrow to be safe for freeway driving. They stealth-modified the next models to have a notably wider wheelbase, but they're still not incredibly safe. The only "safer" thing about SUVs is the basic idea of "more room inside means a lower likelihood of banging against the inside in an accident."

(can you tell I hate vision-obscuring, gas-guzzling, never-left-the-road, compensation, SUVs?)

... I hate you. Curse you and your living in Vancouver, and Stargate filming in Vancouver, and all that other rot. Please tell me you at least managed an autograph or something like that, or my brain might explode.

They filmed a lot of the original movie in the bubble that used to hold the Spruce Goose down here in Long Beach. It was right over by the Queen Mary. I know that's where they build the original Stargate.

^-.-^