I was doing Y2K updates for Quik Trip and these clerks had me crying over a story about a drunk guy doing this. The shit convenience store clerks see, Jesus those guys were funny.
The fact that someone that stupid is allowed to drive.
And too stupid to realise the hoses are designed to reach the other side of the car here too.
I don’t know about where you live, but very few stations where I am have hoses long enough to do this. I think costco pumps are the only ones I’ve seen that are long enough.
Here in the midlands they’re mounted up high and have decent reach. The Shell ones pull out and retract too.
Fancy! I still don’t know why every pump doesn’t do it, it would make too much sense.
Protip look at fuel gage you’ll see a symbol telling you which side ◀️⛽ Sadly modern technology can only take us so far
My wife’s hyundai has two and each has an arrow going a different direction. Gets me every time because my car has the fill hole on the passenger side and hers is on driver side so I always look down at the arrow.
One I guess has the arrow to the right to signify how much gas is left and the other has an arrow to the left to say what side the pump is on but they are both the same icon
FILL HOLE
Not in every car though. My car doesn’t have this. (Opel Meriva A)
I’ve seen it where the side of the pump that the hose is on in the symbol acts like an arrow, any possibility that’s it?
Yes, I think it’s possible.
There’s no sound but all I can hear is Yakety Sax
Benny Hill screaming loudly in my head
At one point I thought the video had looped.
I have met people who have zero ability for 3D visualisation. I’m thinking this is one of those cases, plus a small panic after the second try.
I think the clip ends with her just giving up and driving away, from memory.
Nope, once the right-hand side pump got blocked by the black car she made it
Yeah she left and went to one of those left-hand side gas stations.
The fact that they probably filled their car up with fuel before and then goes and does this is beyond my comprehension
Am I the only one who did pump fuel perfectly fine from the “wrong side”?
Usually the hose is long enough to do it safely as long as the car is not too behind the pump.
There’s a station near me with hoses that are long enough to do that with most vehicles (obviously my pickup wouldn’t fit, but every car I’ve driven is fine). But I don’t think most stations have hoses long enough to do that for anything but the smallest cars.
Just a reminder that in Europe we use normal sized cars :)
So the average car here in France can definitely fuel from the wrong side. You still need to park the car close to the pump but it works.
Now if you try to do that with a Cybertruck…
Now if you try to do that with a Cybertruck…
…Then your confusion runs considerably deeper than which side the gasoline filler door is on!
In the Miata community, it’s called “Doing The Thing.”
Meanwhile Triumph TR4 is like, “What do you mean which side?”
LOL I was ready to defend the driver, having pulled in on the wrong side of the pump once or twice. I drive different cars, and while most have it on the driver’s side, one vehicle I drive regularly has it on the opposite side, so I have occasionally made the mistake.
But then I corrected it by turning the car around and pulling into the pump on the correct side…
on the dashboard, there is an arrow next to the fuel icon. It shows which side to fill.
But every time I pull around to the other side, the arrow keeps pointing away from the pumps!
Usually the fuel cap is on the passenger side according to the country of origin, so for example European = right side, Japanese = left side. It’s not 100% bullet proof but it can eliminate a bit of the guess work if the car doesn’t have an arrow to indicate such side the cap is on.
This is such baseless bullshit
More importantly, unless you drive something the size of a bus, it doesn’t matter which side you park, it’ll still reach fine.
At Costco and other high volume stores yes because they’re designed that way. Normal gas stations not so.
In this thread, user who has never driven an American car but thinks they know things
There are cars that don’t have arrows to indicate the side of the fuel cap on the fuel meter? Well, if they exist, I have definitely never seen one.
But these are just two different standards. What if your car isn’t European or Japanese?
This person should not be allowed to operate a vehicle ever
I’ve been practicing driving with a person who shouldn’t drive. She has no feeling for the car, i. e. doesn’t understand how you would correct your position, drive in reverse etc., and it feels like she’s asleep with her eyes open. Imo driving is a constant stream of decisions and she just doesn’t make any. “Why are we driving here?” - “I’ve been looking for somewhere to turn around.” - “We’re passing suitable locations every 3 seconds and you’re going 50.” - “I can’t decide in time which to use.”
She’s afraid to go the speed limit, highways are off limits. The other day she just straight up drove out into an intersection from a yield side without breaking and stopped in the middle. I warned her it was coming, there were signs and everything. She doesn’t know the speed limit when it’s always very clearly signed. She doesn’t read directions and can’t navigate by herself; “if I say nothing, go straight, or right if straight is not an option” is forgotten after 5 minutes. She’s been driving with an instructor (which I am not) for 20 lessons and we’ve gone at least ten times, too.
I mean sometimes you just have to admit someone is dumb or has a specific deficiency and move on.
I’m pretty sure I have some deficiencies, but I’m lucky I got to learn pretty young on a farm. I’m torn between wanting to advocate kids have access to like go kart tracks at school vs funding more public transit and walkable communities, as someone else said. Both would be dope tho
Having a society that’s designed so everyone has to drive is absurd.
No spatial awareness. Absolutely none.
Do you know what the definition of insanity is?
We know fuel is stored in the balls
People like this are why I support walkable communities and convenient, free mass transit.
We should strive for the least common denominator :-/
When it comes to accessibility, yes
Sorry I also don’t want to interact with this person on foot, or in a store, or be behind her at self checkout, or watch her use a tablet to order food. I would prefer to never have to think about someone with this level of brain activity.
Welcome to life, where occasionally you deal with things you don’t want to. I do hope you never experience a similar situation, but if you do, I hope it is handled with compassion.
Oh hey a response. I don’t really get what your response has to do with anything, but you used words so good for you!
To be clear your entire point, in the context of my message, is “sometimes life isn’t perfect”?
For my part, I sincerely hope you never reach the mental state where you think you can drive a car but in fact can’t align two objects within 8 feet of each other. Because that’s sad, and deserving of compassion from people who care about you.
I will have open solidarity with that person, thank you very much. Society should accommodate everyone. If it can’t, it’s a bad society.
And if you can’t tolerate people like this existing, you’re a bad person, and I don’t want anything to do with you.
