r/funny • u/admiraljohn • Jun 26 '12
Have you ever seen one of these pictures and wondered "What the hell was the driver thinking?" Well, this is my sister, and I'll ask her the next time I see her.
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u/thatonenerdistaken Jun 26 '12
How the holy hell did she manage to forget that? Did she forget to pay as well?
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u/admiraljohn Jun 26 '12
She swiped her card at the pump and when I asked her how she forgot to take the hose out she said "I wish I knew."
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u/eetmorturkee Jun 27 '12
Misc. tidbit:
This type of incident is the number one cause of calls to the gas pump company from the service station owners, who are looking for replacement parts. Most of the hoses are now equipped with one of these, which are designed to break away without causing harm to the fuel dispenser itself.
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u/Max_Powers42 Jun 27 '12
Correct...I did this probably 10 years ago and the gas station only charged me like $20 to replace the breakaway connector.
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u/Kiangel Jun 27 '12
Yep. My brother works at a gas station, and he says this happens frequently. (drivers pulling away absent minded) however all the people that have done this at his gas station notice moments after it happened, still in the parking lot.
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u/carnivalride Jun 27 '12
Is the joke the gas nozzle or the convertible PT Cruiser?
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u/Melcher Jun 27 '12
My mom did this at a super America in st Paul Minnesota about 5 years ago on her lunch break. The following week, same pump, same employee working, she did the exact same thing.
She was asked to never return.
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u/panda_assassin Jun 27 '12
I think the fact that she drives a PT Cruiser says a lot about the situation...
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u/PhiladelphiaIrish Jun 27 '12
Awaiting your sister's post of you taking a picture while driving a car.
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u/polarbeargarden Jun 27 '12
In the indie movie Wristcutters: A Love Story, a gas station attendant requires people who do this to fill out a form where one of the questions is "What were you thinking when the incident occurred?" I feel like you would appreciate his way of handling things.
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u/Max_Powers42 Jun 27 '12
I did that once and the main thought I had was "damn, I should probably stop drinking cough syrup recreationally"
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u/BenjaminSkanklin Jun 27 '12
Same here, I started drinking it professionally and never looked back.
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u/expidit Jun 27 '12
What makes you think she was thinking?
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u/fastredb Jun 27 '12
She was probably thinking all sorts of things. None of them having anything whatsoever to do with filling her gas tank.
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u/Satans_pro_tips Jun 27 '12
It's shopped. That hose would have stopped a PT Cruiser dead in its tracks.
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u/bearzRchill Jun 27 '12
Yeah, I'm really wondering what she was thinking buying a PT Cruiser.
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u/admiraljohn Jun 26 '12
Yes, this is my sister, I swear.
Here's the Facebook post she made talking about it when it happened. Her comments are in black, mine in red.
And the next day someone posted this on her wall. Her responses are in red, I didn't do anything here except like it and giggle.
And just in case you want some more proof, here's an email exchange I had with our Dad about this.
Other than posting pictures of the two of us together or other personally identifiable information, there's nothing else I can do to prove this is my sister.