Oh sure, it's news when a Man does it.

Here in the US, those hoses are made to tear away if you drive off.

Wow, not what I expected to happen.

I was thinking either the nozzle fell out and spilled several gallons across the cement, or someone pulled up on the other side, used his nozzle to fill there tank, then replaced it before driving off.

RatMaster999: someone pulled up on the other side, used his nozzle to fill there tank, then replaced it before driving off.

That was my first thought...

"What the hell? The pump says I dispensed 28 gallons of gas, but I only have a 14 gallon tank..."

Vodak may have factored a been?

NobleHam: Here in the US, those hoses are made to tear away if you drive off.

Yep. My stepdad did that once. Didn't realize it until he got home and found the nozzle still on his precious goddamn F150.

Dumb-Ass-hole!

Candygram4Mongo: NobleHam: Here in the US, those hoses are made to tear away if you drive off.

Really? Hey, I've gotta give that a try...

it's true. i know from experience.

I'm thinking alcohol might have helped him avoid this situation.

probably a fighter pilot

I'm gonna call fake on this one.

When he arrives he doesn't touch anything on the fuel console. He just grabs the pump and puts it in his vehicle. I've never seen a fuel pump where you can just grab the nozzle and start fueling like that. Then, he spends about 5 seconds inside. What can he possibly be doing that takes that short of an amount of time? He wouldn't be paying for the gas, as he wasn't done fueling yet. Wouldn't be pre-pay because he had already started.

It just don't add up!

Twigz221: I'm gonna call fake on this one.

When he arrives he doesn't touch anything on the fuel console. He just grabs the pump and puts it in his vehicle. I've never seen a fuel pump where you can just grab the nozzle and start fueling like that. Then, he spends about 5 seconds inside. What can he possibly be doing that takes that short of an amount of time? He wouldn't be paying for the gas, as he wasn't done fueling yet. Wouldn't be pre-pay because he had already started.

It just don't add up!

You sound like you're a kid.

You see up until maybe 10-15 years ago gas pumps didn't take credit cards at the pump. You literally just started fueling and paid the guy (either before or after). As it turns out there are probably many places in other parts of the world (where this may have been filmed) that may not have pay-at-the-pump style pumps. Additionally the fact that the hose didn't have a breakaway seal implies that is, in fact, an older style pump since they didn't have those back then either.

In the future, maybe learning about things a bit and assuming maybe you don't completely understand everything would be the prudent thing to do?

Slam Dunkz: Twigz221: I'm gonna call fake on this one.

When he arrives he doesn't touch anything on the fuel console. He just grabs the pump and puts it in his vehicle. I've never seen a fuel pump where you can just grab the nozzle and start fueling like that. Then, he spends about 5 seconds inside. What can he possibly be doing that takes that short of an amount of time? He wouldn't be paying for the gas, as he wasn't done fueling yet. Wouldn't be pre-pay because he had already started.

It just don't add up!

You sound like you're a kid.

You see up until maybe 10-15 years ago gas pumps didn't take credit cards at the pump. You literally just started fueling and paid the guy (either before or after). As it turns out there are probably many places in other parts of the world (where this may have been filmed) that may not have pay-at-the-pump style pumps. Additionally the fact that the hose didn't have a breakaway seal implies that is, in fact, an older style pump since they didn't have those back then either.

In the future, maybe learning about things a bit and assuming maybe you don't completely understand everything would be the prudent thing to do?

Yeah, and it used to be the norm that there would be a guy who would actually pump the gas for you and gas stations without them are still usually called "self-serve" because of it even though it's now just normal.

NobleHam: Here in the US, those hoses are made to tear away if you drive off.

They weren't always like that, though.

When I was a teenager (sometime in '86 or '87), I was driving down the street when I just happened to look over at a gas station I was passing by. There was an old lady in a big Cadillac that just started pulling away from the pump; she still had the gas handle in her tank.

She pulled the pump off of the pedestal, and flames shot out of it - at least 30 feet high.

It was scary and impressive at the same time.

Slam Dunkz: Twigz221: I'm gonna call fake on this one.

When he arrives he doesn't touch anything on the fuel console. He just grabs the pump and puts it in his vehicle. I've never seen a fuel pump where you can just grab the nozzle and start fueling like that. Then, he spends about 5 seconds inside. What can he possibly be doing that takes that short of an amount of time? He wouldn't be paying for the gas, as he wasn't done fueling yet. Wouldn't be pre-pay because he had already started.

It just don't add up!

You sound like you're a kid.

You see up until maybe 10-15 years ago gas pumps didn't take credit cards at the pump. You literally just started fueling and paid the guy (either before or after). As it turns out there are probably many places in other parts of the world (where this may have been filmed) that may not have pay-at-the-pump style pumps. Additionally the fact that the hose didn't have a breakaway seal implies that is, in fact, an older style pump since they didn't have those back then either.

In the future, maybe learning about things a bit and assuming maybe you don't completely understand everything would be the prudent thing to do?

So then how do you explain his 5 second trip into the store? Like I said, if he was paying before fueling, he would have gone in before he started fueling, and if he was paying after he filled up, he wouldn't go in while still fueling. Also the fact that he was in there for almost no time at all. Unless he just ran in, slapped money down on the counter and walked out. But why would he do that?

Twigz221: Slam Dunkz: Twigz221: I'm gonna call fake on this one.

When he arrives he doesn't touch anything on the fuel console. He just grabs the pump and puts it in his vehicle. I've never seen a fuel pump where you can just grab the nozzle and start fueling like that. Then, he spends about 5 seconds inside. What can he possibly be doing that takes that short of an amount of time? He wouldn't be paying for the gas, as he wasn't done fueling yet. Wouldn't be pre-pay because he had already started.

It just don't add up!

You sound like you're a kid.

You see up until maybe 10-15 years ago gas pumps didn't take credit cards at the pump. You literally just started fueling and paid the guy (either before or after). As it turns out there are probably many places in other parts of the world (where this may have been filmed) that may not have pay-at-the-pump style pumps. Additionally the fact that the hose didn't have a breakaway seal implies that is, in fact, an older style pump since they didn't have those back then either.

In the future, maybe learning about things a bit and assuming maybe you don't completely understand everything would be the prudent thing to do?

So then how do you explain his 5 second trip into the store? Like I said, if he was paying before fueling, he would have gone in before he started fueling, and if he was paying after he filled up, he wouldn't go in while still fueling. Also the fact that he was in there for almost no time at all. Unless he just ran in, slapped money down on the counter and walked out. But why would he do that?

It was way longer than 5 seconds and I think some of the delay was editted out.

The pump shuts off on it's own. The clerk looks at the meter inside to tell him how much he owed. He pays and leaves.

He doesn't have to stay at the pump until his tank is full in order to pay.

That makes sense. I didn't notice the jump in time. With that little detail discovered I retract my fake statement.

This is not just a fail on the drivers part, there was obviously a passenger and that passenger did not speak up when the driver started to drive off.

Double fail

Twigz221: So then how do you explain his 5 second trip into the store? Like I said, if he was paying before fueling, he would have gone in before he started fueling, and if he was paying after he filled up, he wouldn't go in while still fueling. Also the fact that he was in there for almost no time at all. Unless he just ran in, slapped money down on the counter and walked out. But why would he do that?

Check the timestamp in the bottom left, it's been edited.

He enters the store at 20:26:07 and leaves at 20:29:33.

3 1/2 minutes is plenty of time for it to finish fueling and auto-cut off.

Slam Dunkz: As it turns out there are probably many places in other parts of the world (where this may have been filmed) that may not have pay-at-the-pump style pumps.

I learned during my trip to Germany that they're almost unheard of there. No one uses plastic so there's no reason to install them.

Even if it had been five seconds I have seen people go in, put money on the counter and walk away. The cashier had to look to see which pump to apply payment to all the while making sure customer didn't go over and steal a bunch of gas and making sure a million other people got served at the same time.

//ex-cashier, worked in worst store possible in college town

Why did it not tear-away?

FYI -- I grew up in an all-woman household. I've returned hoses to gas stations at least a few times.

i live on the road, i stop constantly for gas and coffee in the AM. when i had my old truck the tank was on the passenger side. stick the thing in, wander into the store for some coffee, come back to the truck............ ive gotten a mile down the road more than once and thought to myself.... damn if i can remember pulling the gas hose out and putting in back. upon inspection the gas cap is in the bed of the truck and the filler door is wide open. never was sure what kind of damage i did to the pump.or hose, but i never felt anything or heard anything.

gas tank is on drivers side of new truck ,,,which helps.

feelslikerain: i live on the road, i stop constantly for gas and coffee in the AM. when i had my old truck the tank was on the passenger side. stick the thing in, wander into the store for some coffee, come back to the truck............ ive gotten a mile down the road more than once and thought to myself.... damn if i can remember pulling the gas hose out and putting in back. upon inspection the gas cap is in the bed of the truck and the filler door is wide open. never was sure what kind of damage i did to the pump.or hose, but i never felt anything or heard anything.

gas tank is on drivers side of new truck ,,,which helps.

For some reason I read that whole thing in his voice:

Twigz221: I'm gonna call fake on this one.

When he arrives he doesn't touch anything on the fuel console. He just grabs the pump and puts it in his vehicle. I've never seen a fuel pump where you can just grab the nozzle and start fueling like that. Then, he spends about 5 seconds inside. What can he possibly be doing that takes that short of an amount of time? He wouldn't be paying for the gas, as he wasn't done fueling yet. Wouldn't be pre-pay because he had already started.

It just don't add up!




Time stamp go in 20:26:08,

Time stamp come out 20:29:35.

You can't explain POTATO!

now hear this CSB:

In the early mid 90's I worked changing oil and tires at an Amoco station in Bowie, MD. There was guy who would show up regularly for gas in a '86(?) Escort that he raced at the Capitol Raceway dragstrip. This guy would always spin wheels out of the lot to try and impress the mechanics, right up until he took a pump handle with him. So funny- mechanics and I running across the lot after this Escort as the hose bounced around... then watching him "light 'em up" and pulling into traffic, hose a-flyin'. He came back about ten minutes later, handle and hose in hand, chin on chest. I don't recall if we ever saw him again.

Oh yeah- his Escort had a custom air scoop made from a cut down antifreeze jug.

that is all CSB

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body:
Time stamp go in 20:26:08,

Time stamp come out 20:29:35.

You can't explain POTATO!

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Post about thinking it's fake 2011-10-19 11:17:07 AM

Post saying I didn't notice the time-stamp and taking it back 2011-10-19 11:31:57 AM

Your post where you clearly didn't read the thread 2011-10-19 05:20:46 PM

I can count to fark off asshole.

KidneyStone: api.ning.com

That's about 10x sadder than Steve Jobs' death.

/No wait, I take that back.
//Jobs' death wasn't sad.

Is it ethical to alter someone's DNA?

Twigz221: I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body:

Time stamp go in 20:26:08,

Time stamp come out 20:29:35.

You can't explain POTATO!



Post about thinking it's fake 2011-10-19 11:17:07 AM

Post saying I didn't notice the time-stamp and taking it back 2011-10-19 11:31:57 AM

Your post where you clearly didn't read the thread 2011-10-19 05:20:46 PM

I can count to fark off asshole.

I thought the punchline was going to be someone stealing the car because he forgot to lock the door.

Twigz221: I'm gonna call fake on this one.

When he arrives he doesn't touch anything on the fuel console. He just grabs the pump and puts it in his vehicle. I've never seen a fuel pump where you can just grab the nozzle and start fueling like that.

You've never traveled more than 50 miles from where you live, have you?

Twigz221: When he arrives he doesn't touch anything on the fuel console. He just grabs the pump and puts it in his vehicle. I've never seen a fuel pump where you can just grab the nozzle and start fueling like that.

Not sure if serious.....

Why the hell can you just put the nozzle in your car and leave it there to fill up?! Has it not occurred to anyone over there that there are quite massive safety issues in doing that?

Over here in the UK, you need to be stood by your car, actively holding the grip on the nozzle for your car to get filled up. That way, you can't do anything stupid like this dumbass.

ultrachronic: Why the hell can you just put the nozzle in your car and leave it there to fill up?! Has it not occurred to anyone over there that there are quite massive safety issues in doing that?

Over here in the UK, you need to be stood by your car, actively holding the grip on the nozzle for your car to get filled up. That way, you can't do anything stupid like this dumbass.

good for the UK nanny state! ( :P being sarcastic, but I get ya ;) )
pumps here in the colonies either go like you describe, OR the handle has a catch with three notches that hold the handle in a fill position. the fill valve has a vapor lock shut off that will release the latch from the notch once the a certain pressure level inside the fuel tank is achieved, shutting off the flow. works pretty well actually. this frees you up to rummage around the vehicle to say... wash and wipe the windows. All pump lines are required to have break off points in case of dumbassery. those break off points are also tied to the pumps E-stop circuit, so the pump is killed in case of a break away. the next time you are filling your tank with what you might call "petrol" look at the hose. where it terminates at the pump, there should be a big rubber cylinder of a lump? that's the breakaway joint.

of course... with all that said... this video was from an eastern block region so lord knows what goes on there.

it must also be mentioned, that the fuel valves for different types of fuel are all of different sizes so you cant shove a Diesel nozzle into a tank that is meant to hold unleaded, and a leaded fuel valve is also too large to fit into a leaded tank, I think a kerosene nozzle can fit into all of the above, so that is why the kerosene pump is usually separate and away from the general pumps.so you gotta go out of your way to screw that up. in theory at least.

but you can pull the trigger on the nozzle, and set the latch to keep it going hands off, but the pumps are designed to prevent tank over flow directly.

but once again, the video takes place neither in the US, or the UK

Coincidentally, I was filling up on my way home from work today and saw someone do this. Luckily the nozzle just yanked out of her SUV without harming the pump or vehicle. I think she realized what had occurred since she stopped for a moment then took off.

I've pulled off with a gas hose before. the hose has a snap away section. gas didn't even spill out of either part of the hose. and I just snapped it back together and went home.

Drubell Quote 2011-10-20 08:23:28 AM
I thought the punchline was going to be someone stealing the car because he forgot to lock the door.

this is exactly what I was thinking as well.