People Who Drive Away From The Gas Pump...

[BenNX74205]

I've done this a few times when driving across the country with my puppy in tow. One too many things on my mind when getting back in the car. But yeah, it does pop out really safely. You just feel like a schmuck when you have to stop, get out of the car, put the dispenser back in the machine, and hang your head as you get back in the car and get the hell out of there.

[Leroy]

See Ben, this is where you get out of the car, march straight to the counter attendant and yell furiously at them for telling you not to take the hose out, because it is automatic.

A man has to have his pride, even if is from belittling a teenager.

[BenNX74205]

See Ben, this is where you get out of the car, march straight to the counter attendant and yell furiously at them for telling you not to take the hose out, because it is automatic.

A man has to have his pride, even if is from belittling a teenager.

I swear, Leroy, next time I try and drive away with the pump in the car, I will do this.

You are absolutely right. If only I had known last time......

[cardinalkarp]

Its all starting to make sense why TM can't get his gas cap off.

[cardinalkarp]

Oh yeah, and I can't believe this has happened to more than a few people on the board!!!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

What in the world are you doing that you would forget this? You're at a gas station, not a carnival, what is occupying your brain?

[Popeye_Card]

What in the world are you doing that you would forget this? You're at a gas station, not a carnival, what is occupying your brain?

No doubt. How do you decide when it's time to leave? For most people, that would be when the gas pump shuts off, and you take out the nozzle, grab your receipt, get in your car and drive away. I guess for others, you just hear the gas pump shut off, then start your car and take off.

[haltz]

what is occupying your brain?

Either some girl or baseball. I was in high school and had a gas card I could use, but not for anything but gas. So I paid at the pump and went inside to get a snack or something. Then I got in my car and drove away. If it weren't for the hose coming off with the nozzle, I wouldn't have figured it out for god knows how long.

[cardinalkarp]

What in the world are you doing that you would forget this? You're at a gas station, not a carnival, what is occupying your brain?

No doubt. How do you decide when it's time to leave? For most people, that would be when the gas pump shuts off, and you take out the nozzle, grab your receipt, get in your car and drive away. I guess for others, you just hear the gas pump shut off, then start your car and take off.

I agree, no offense guys but I thought this type of action was reserved for the really stupid!!

[clevername]

I did it once at a busy gas station. It was one of those that makes you lift the handle on the pump so you can start and will finish the transaction when you lower that handle. I was trying to get out of the way for people that were waiting, lowered the handle, forgot to take the stupid thing out of the car, grabbed my receipt, and got out of the way.

I think I was 18 or so at the time. I was embarassed for about the time it took me to drive out of the station (after I stopped and replaced the nozzle), then I moved on to other 18yo mind things.