Going to Costco waiting in line is almost as entertaining as the boat dock at the river. Some people just have such a difficult time with the card readers. I buy most of my gas at Costco.
Costco members are some if the most highly educated consumers in the USA, but why is pumping their own fuel so foreign to most of them?
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One rainy day in 1986, a Ford interior trim engineer named Jim Moylan said he was foiled by a company pool car that he needed to fill up, when he first went to the wrong side and got extra soaked. Motivated by the incident, he wrote a memo to his supervisors suggesting some sort of indicator should be added to the gauge, then forgot about it. Three years later, it turned up in the 1989 Ford Escort and Mercury Tracer, and was eventually copied by all other automakers over the years, even though no there are no regulations that require it.
Well most cars do have this feature.
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'cause these super educated fools keep blowing themselves up
I own two that don't. 1998 Nissan Frontier and 2006 Saab 93.
Apparently other states don't have elderly or disabled people. Or just don't care about them?
50 somewhat united states, 50 ways of doing things it seems...
I had a Chevy that was set up in that fashion.
My parents had a Pontiac that was set up the same way.
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We don't care about our elderly. First chance we get, we tell them to stop driving. And then, we lock them up in concentration camps. We call those concentration camps "nursing homes" because the marketing department preferred "nursing homes" over "elderly concentration camps".
Driving is a skill. If someone is so disabled, should they be driving?
Around here, we care more for our elderly and disabled by driving them around.
Driving is a skill. If someone is so disabled, should they be driving?
Around here, we care more for our elderly and disabled by driving them around.
It's a fair question. I always worried a bit when my FIL was driving, as I questioned his ability to react. He accommodated for his disabilities best he could, but dang, you could tell he was not one to admit to them.
Have to say though, piloting a handicap van can be easily done by someone who can't lift a gas pump hose. A modified vehicle can be quite accommodating to one's abilities.
Gon, if it helps relieve some of the initial criticism you received about your thread, I resemble your comments on both accounts, LOL. My wife fills our car 98% of the time. I fumble every time I do it.
My son left his high stress chef career to work at Costco (bakery). He makes a phenomenal wage, gets excellent benefits, and is relatively stress free.
Tri five Chevys had them behind a swing out left tail light.
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No. But I tend to as helpful as I can which I suppose limits any possible damage. I pop the gas cover prior to entering, I’m out of the car before the attendant shows up. Gas cap removed and payment in hand prior to his arrival. He programs the pump and I offer to “watch it” for him, meaning I’ll put things away, take my receipt and go. That way he can return to his booth, especially appreciated when it’s cold. This way we’ve both adhered to the spirit of the law but perhaps not the strict letter of it. We ultimately part as friends with a wave. Jersey style
I dunno, Sheetz is the place where someone will hold the door for you and then proceed to run over you in the parking lot...
I live in Sheetz-nation and this has held true several times...
Frankly, that is one of the best ideas they ever came up with.
And what did that cost? Absolutely nothing.
Now one of the stupidest was putting the gas fill on the passengers side, like on the Taurus I had.
However, they tried to offset that with one of the best ideas, I guess.
You must be new here.
Gas stations have half of the pumps facing one way and half the other, so it would work best if cars were also made with about half on each side.
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