Comments on: You Know Gas is Expensive When…

By: mapgirl

mapgirl — Wed, 31 May 2006 19:40:33 +0000

Blaine – two words “Zoo Lander”

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Mon, 01 May 2006 12:34:30 +0000

Like mapgirl said, they are designed to seperate and close off the tank to prevent a hazard.

I have seen idiots pour gas all over the station (and themselves) but that was just because they were somewhat retarded. Clumping kitty litter does a great job of cleaning up gasoline before it can run into the ground.

By: mapgirl

mapgirl — Mon, 01 May 2006 00:28:28 +0000

No, when the hose gets ripped off, the gas does not spill out everywhere. The pump handle has to be squeezed to get fuel to flow. Handle torn off = no handle to squeeze.

I’ve never see it happen, but I think that it does happen since the hardware is designed to ‘tear away’ without too much damage to there rest of the pumping station.

However, it’s a crime in most states to pump and run, and many stations have outdoor cameras which will record your license plate, so it’s a stupid idea to do it. Especially if we see you every week buying gas. (*dumb teenagers*)

By: SavingAdvice

SavingAdvice — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 07:18:29 +0000

So when these hoses get ripped, does gas pour out all over the station?

By: Bodo

Bodo — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 03:41:25 +0000

Same thing happened to me 10 yrs ago in Greenville, SC.

Call it absent-mindedness. My friends had a big laugh over it.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:16:00 +0000

You laugh about it, but when I was a kid we had that happen on a somewhat regular basis at the gas station I worked at. Well, it happened 3 or 4 times in the two or three years I was there, anyway.

Usually it was just an idiot not paying attention or in too much of a rush. We never had a “pump and run”; at least not while I was there.