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Bugg · #11 Post by **Bugg** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:38 am

Funny enough, as I was pulling into the station a woman was trying to cross the street with a stroller, so I blocked the lane for her to go..you'd think that would count for something!!!!

earwig · #12 Post by **earwig** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:45 am

Glen Danzig would have knocked all of them out!

black mariah · #13 Post by **black mariah** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:50 am

As soon as the guy touched me I'd have K'd him TFO.

CNF2002 · #14 Post by **CNF2002** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:01 am

Amazing. The only thing worse than an idiot is 3 violent idiots.

Bugg · #15 Post by **Bugg** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:11 am

a few years ago, I would have, as soon as he grabbed my bars. At my job I used to be the guy with the permanently bloody knuckles, they're still scarred up, and to be honest I only hit first once, preemtively as I saw a situation going badly quickly. However, the way we were standing, if I hit him I could have hurt him way worse than I meant to, as I was lined up with his temple, and having taken some martial arts training, a punch like that could be really bad. A lot of things were running through my head at that point, 2 of them being my wife and daughter. So I did the right thing, still would have been nice to put that guy on his "O Ring" tho.

Someone once told me to 'not fight angry', guess they were right.

Andrew · #16 Post by **Andrew** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:32 am

I guess the lesson is not to go to full service pumps. It's amazing how something as simple as pumping gas can turn into such a complicated situation. Good story to share though...

dieziege · #17 Post by **dieziege** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:46 am

I'm not sure he has a choice. People in some areas are incompetent to handle gasoline and local governments in those areas have had to enact special laws.

Personally, I'd view it as evidence I didn't want to live in such a reason... like if you can't trust your neighbor to pump gas can you trust him not to blow his house up? I don't think so.

Bugg · #18 Post by **Bugg** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:17 am

Yeah, in the township I live in it's full serve only, but for bikes its usually optional, gas cans too. I guess most station attendants figure correctly, if they have a bike or a can, they know what they're doing, they'll offer to help, but don't give you a problem if you decline..this guy, I don't know, but I've been there many times before

CNF2002 · #19 Post by **CNF2002** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:20 am

How is it possible to own a car and not know how to fill it with gas?

No one can be that stupid.

Andrew · #20 Post by **Andrew** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:27 am

It's just an attempt to give people jobs. By making it mandatory, they create thousands of new jobs. One more example of how the government needs to get out of the way, but that's a hwole different topic.

Check this thread. One of the pictures has a woman who obviously should not have been allowed to pump her own gas.

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