<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pimp: that doesn't sound too bad to me personally... not having to fill up your own car...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I like options. Were I forced to eat shit at gunpoint, I'd feel ever so slightly better about it if I were presented with at least 2 different piles to choose from. Secondly, I don't care to have some apathetic greasemonkey banging scratches into my paint while he struggles to get the nozzle in the hole (makes me pity his wife, too), or dribbling gas down the side upon withdrawal. May be a neurotic quibble, but I paid good money for the privilege. Thirdly, whatever convenience full-serve offers isn't worth the .40/gal or more premium you're charged. But in recognition of what you poor bastards have to pay per gal (liter, whatever) , I don't expect sympathy on that point in america... i bet they have those irritatingly efficient and robotic attendants... with a chirpy "have a nice day" as you hand over the dough and drive off... slightly saluting as they touch the peaks of their baseball caps... We used to have those in force up until 1965. The last one retired in '79 or so. here they're mostly self service with a non-english speaking cashier.. it's truly an ordeal to pay for petrol... Exactly the same here anymore (excluding Joisey). That's why I usually pay at the pump with a credit card swipe & bypass Suresh totally. i'm gonna get me one of those anti-carjacking cars that they've got in SA.. OMG - you've seen those bad boys, too, then - fitted out with upward-pointing blowtorch arrays mounted port and starboard that'll give some miscreant a REAL deep tan. I think one of those would be great to have even here for use in any major urban area, to discourage such stoplight annoyances as squeegee guys, panhandlers & annoying pedestrians who ignore the crosswalk light.
Oddly enough, they still let truckers fill their own tanks. Perhaps it is because they are afraid of getting all that sticky ass diesal fuel on their hands. Or maybe it's the fact that filling a 200 gallon tank takes about 20 minutes. That would suck to pump fuel for 20 mins without a break to get warm. OH WAIT! Truckers do that every couple of days without bitching....
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Emetic: I don't care to have some apathetic greasemonkey banging scratches into my paint while he struggles to get the nozzle in the hole (makes me pity his wife, too), or dribbling gas down the side upon withdrawal.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Exactly. Fuck Jersey.
lucky fuckers, i dont even own a car... hey maybe that one.. .excuse me ma'am i need your vehicle *flashes britney spears membership badge* police lady this is an emergency.. haha suckeerrrr
