Petrol Station maners

[Dave Crampton]

Sorry Dominic, but tracked vehicals come under the Others catagory on the driving licence and is class H, minimum age 21. I'm assuming of course that 'standard UK driving license' means car licence? class B?

Although if you were driving a Tracked Vehical you would not have to wait at all, remember the Sherman tank sketch by Kenny Everett?

Dave C

[Mr T.]

Being a 'road warrior', I am wont to use motorway services on the whole to fill up, and they usually have signs up stating "Please leave your car where it is and then pay for your fuel before moving off." So, abiding by the rules, I have no choice in the matter. Apologies in advance to anyone waiting behind me.  

[Jay]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Dave Williamson @ Oct. 28 2003,09:32)]It drives me mad when I see people sauntering back to the car, climbing in, putting on their sunglasses, turnng to the passenger and chatting while putting on the seat belt, adjusting the mirror, opening a bag of sweets they've just bought, checking testicles,  (only applies to 50%) and then finally moving off.. so because I know it pisses 'me' off I always make sure that I get back to the car asap and move it forward asap to allow the next driver in and 'then' I put on seat belt, make adjustments etc

Bit rich coming from Dave "The 30 minute log-layer" Williamson  

[Davey Willo]

ROFL... Awww come on mate my insides were falling out

BTW... reading those other posts I wouldn't dream of moving the car before I paid for the petrol, as someone has already mentioned that could cause all sorts of excitment, no I mean after people have paid and then just act like you're not even there while they open the bar of galaxy etc.. pisses me off anyway

[Mark Davies]

<font color='#000080'>Isn't life just full of these little frustrations!

Road rage is a growing problem. Last year I arrested a guy from an incident in which he felt he had been cut-up by another motorist; a young woman. He did the usual hand gestures, slamming his brakes on in front of her and all that stuff. She didn't have a clue what his problem was, so when they eventually stopped at a set of lights she got out and aprroached his car to ask what was wrong. He grabbed her by the hair and drove off down the road for 200 yards, dragging her along with him. The poor girl was 5 months pregnant.

All in all, he was otherwise a decent bloke and just lost it. When I tracked him down a couple of days later I think he was actually relieved to have been caught and thoroughly ashamed of himself.

The problem is that through idylic TV advertising and aspirational magazines we have been lulled into the idea that we are entitled to quiet and peaceful utopian lives without any interference from outside forces. This is of course total bollocks. Shit happens and when it does we just need to get over it.

So what if the guy on the pump in front of you wastes 10 seconds of your time? Yeah, he's pig ignorant. And what were you going to do with that 10 seconds? Well, probably sitting just that little bit longer at the first red traffic light that you come to, getting frustrated with that!

Chill out. You'll be a lot happier and probably live longer.

(PS - I don't move before paying but do clear the pumps as quickly as I can because those ignorant sods bug the hell out of me aswell!!!! Now, Mark. Think calm thoughts. Hhommmm.....)

[Dominic]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]The problem is that through idylic TV advertising and aspirational magazines we have been lulled into the idea that we are entitled to quiet and peaceful utopian lives without any interference from outside forces. This is of course total bollocks. Shit happens and when it does we just need to get over it.

As opposed to the current, popular response, which is to find somebody to blame and sue them..

I blame the people who were crap at sport as children.

Really.

People who were crap at sport always lost. They don't like being loosers, so they formed the opinion &quot;competition is bad&quot;. So they set out to change the world by eliminating competition and stress from childhood. So now we have a world in which sports day is banned at school because children might be unhappy they didn't win.

That's what happens when loosers start running things.

And then all the other people who've grown up with petty resentments start in as well.. &quot;I once cut my finger as a child and it hurt so all sharp edges should be banned&quot;. And along comes a world where if anything bad happens, it was because something wasn't safe enough - ie, it was somebody's fault. Therefore along comes the view that the world is a safe, fair place and if anything unpleasant happens, it must be somebody's fault. And along come the lawyers...

So, my solution to the problems the world is suffering: Hold school sports days. Anybody who doesn't come in the top three of one event gets shot. That way, only winners make it into the next generation.

Obviously, this idea sounds much better towards the end of the evening in the pub

[JohnD]

<font color='#F52887'>I move WELL out of the way, then watch as the cashier grabs the phone to call the police because they think I have done a runner!

[Dr Stevil]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (aclivity @ Oct. 28 2003,10:05)] 

Life's too short to worry about filling your car with petrol a few seconds earlier - relax, sit a spell, listen to the radio or watch the world go by.

Ah.... wise words, but you missed the bit about &quot;turn off your mind, relax and float downstream....&quot; &nbsp;

There's far too much stress in the world and life is indeed short, and, none of us know how long our ticket for this ride is so it could be shorter than you think.

There's a neat Zen idea that whatever you might be doing, be it filling up or washing the dishes, you should focus on what you are doing rather than be busy thinking about something else, because &quot;that&quot; is life, not the dreaming about other things you've yet to do.

[Gavin Yates]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Steve W @ Oct. 29 2003,12:32)]&quot;turn off your mind, relax and float downstream....&quot;  

<font color='#000F22'>My God Stevie - are you gonna be like this all next week?

It'll be Steve's Ashram on the Red Sea.

Turn on, Tune in and Drop off &nbsp;

[Dr Stevil]

I intend to chill out big sty-lee so yes, I'll be exercising the &quot;philosophy&quot; part of the doctorate
BTW you do realise that line is from  Tomorrow Never Knows  

Boomshanka!
Mahatma Stevee

PS &quot;you know that if &nbsp; is the middle world in life...&quot;