OT: Shopping in the convenience store…while parked at the gas pumps

BobPSU92

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Philosophical question: Do you become an a$$hole because of car you bought or did you buy the car because you were already an a$$hole?

Which came first? The a$$hole or the car?

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Another one:

Schroedinger’s A$$hole

I am in my house with a Porsche in the driveway. Am I an a$$hole or you need to open the front door and encounter me to see if I am an a$$hole?

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laKavosiey-st lion

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Hmmm ... Beemer owners went through that phase of only obnoxious yuppies owning them, but they're more "mainstream" now ... certainly a healthy dose of a-hole owners and maybe a presumption of being douchey if you own one ... but I think that presumption can be overcome.

Porsches, on the other hand ... we could make the world a much better place if we just eliminated everyone who took possession of a Porsche. They're fundamentally bad people, not just insecure and overcompensating (like you'd see with many other "car guy" cars). While other car-brand owners may be described as being "d-less," Porsche owners are so self-absorbed and fundamentally evil, they decided to actually turn their whole being into being a big d, to compensate for not having (a functioning) one.

I think Teslas might be in an 80's/90's era Beemer douchey-owner situation, but it'll be quickly integrated into mainstream non-douchey society.
Never has a take ^^ been so off the mark. You’re just silly. Here’s one of my hereos enjoying the best street car ever manufactured. witness fool

 
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I once asked if I understood correctly that Yiddish is essentially the European Jewish language … the Israeli native clarified that “It’s German…with some Hebrew words thrown in.”
I can read it ok if it doesn't use the Hebrew alphabet, as I speak German fairly well. It helps to have grown up on the East Coast, where a lot of Yiddish words have found their way into local usage in English.
 

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Tesla drivers are right in the middle of the pack here in the Chicago’s North Shore. The Model 3 and Y are just the new Camry in most places.

Now the performance models of the BMW and Audi, alongside the Maseratis (lost a lot of share here in last 5 or so years) and Jags have the limpies that have to give you an audible signal that they’re on the move from stop sign to stop sign. And you’d think the $100k beemers would at least come with a turn signal …

And the bey0tches in the white Land Rovers with a SBUX in one hand and the phone in the other ain’t stopping for nobody, nowhere, no time.

I drive a Subie. We’re known for being nice and mellow. And we picked up the Model Y performance when wifey’s Hyundai burned to the ground last August. Can still hit 11’s in a quarter if you want to without drawing attention to yourself. I never had the trading card in the spokes of my bike, and I don’t need it now …
 

laKavosiey-st lion

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Tesla drivers are right in the middle of the pack here in the Chicago’s North Shore. The Model 3 and Y are just the new Camry in most places.

Now the performance models of the BMW and Audi, alongside the Maseratis (lost a lot of share here in last 5 or so years) and Jags have the limpies that have to give you an audible signal that they’re on the move from stop sign to stop sign. And you’d think the $100k beemers would at least come with a turn signal …

And the bey0tches in the white Land Rovers with a SBUX in one hand and the phone in the other ain’t stopping for nobody, nowhere, no time.

I drive a Subie. We’re known for being nice and mellow. And we picked up the Model Y performance when wifey’s Hyundai burned to the ground last August. Can still hit 11’s in a quarter if you want to without drawing attention to yourself. I never had the trading card in the spokes of my bike, and I don’t need it now …
Those are excellent a to b choices. I’ll allow it and won’t call you dead inside.
 

PSU_Lions_84

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Why I live in WV. Notice the lines at pump’s Saturday 11am ( lol) and yes it’s open

Same-same for the station in a little village near me. Regular is $3.059 there, so I topped off the pick-up's tank. Went inside because I was paying cash. In and out in literally a minute. (TWSS)
 
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Is flamer moogy gunsie?
Ponder Inspector Gadget GIF
 
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When we drove out West last summer, we stopped at the new Buc-ee's in Sevierville, TN. It was PACKED! Dropped off the fam and proceeded to the pumps. Ran into exactly what you described. Literally sat behind a vehicle for 20 minutes, only to see the driver come back to his vehicle carrying several bags of stuff.

Am sure convenience stores don't want to police their pumps, but obviously Joe and Jane Sixpack don't give a crap about others. And am also sure if you confronted the a-hole, YOU would be the bad guy.

Maybe this is a job for environmentalists: Monitor gas pumps to keep traffic flowing at them. I can't imagine most of us shut off our cars while waiting for a pump to open - more bad emissions being pumped into the environment by something that is totally preventable.
I stopped at that Buc-ee’s last weekend on my way to visit my daughter in SC. Insanity.
 
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PSU_Lions_84

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I stopped at that Buc-ee’s last weekend on my way to visit my daughter in SC. Insanity.

I think most of them are. They're such an experience compared to "traditional" convenience stores. Might make another pilgrimage to the Sevierville location in a few weeks, on our way back from out West.
 

BW Lion

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Hmmm ... Beemer owners went through that phase of only obnoxious yuppies owning them, but they're more "mainstream" now ... certainly a healthy dose of a-hole owners and maybe a presumption of being douchey if you own one ... but I think that presumption can be overcome.

Porsches, on the other hand ... we could make the world a much better place if we just eliminated everyone who took possession of a Porsche. They're fundamentally bad people, not just insecure and overcompensating (like you'd see with many other "car guy" cars). While other car-brand owners may be described as being "d-less," Porsche owners are so self-absorbed and fundamentally evil, they decided to actually turn their whole being into being a big d, to compensate for not having (a functioning) one.

I think Teslas might be in an 80's/90's era Beemer douchey-owner situation, but it'll be quickly integrated into mainstream non-douchey society.
I can tell by the tenor of your tome post that you drive a BMW.
 

Moogy

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I can tell by the tenor of your tome post that you drive a BMW.

Awesome. You're always wrong.

Tell us more about how you're so well-adjusted and likeable that you're ramming shopping carts and getting groceries thrown at you.
 

MtNittany

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Awesome. You're always wrong.

Tell us more about how you're so well-adjusted and likeable that you're ramming shopping carts and getting groceries thrown at you.
My guess is that you don't own a car or have a drivers license for one reason or another. Just a guess.
 
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Moogy

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My guess is that you don't own a car or have a drivers license for one reason or another. Just a guess.

Well, I can tell you that I don't own a broken down jalopie, and I'm not an old, poor drunk bragging about how I know, and live next to, people who aren't poor.
 

Achowalogan

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Stopped in Maine today. Male gets out of car and pumps gas. When he is finished, female gets out of the car and they head for convenience store together….
Creative guesses on why they need to go into the store together?
 

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It is very common, when pulling into our local Sheetz, to have trouble finding an available pump… I am fine with waiting my turn while others are actually pumping gas…or cleaning their windshield… but it infuriates me that so many people inconsiderately leave their car at the pump while they are inside for several minutes, finally emerging with a bag full of sandwiches, snack foods, or whatever… I will, and believe everyone should, always move the car to a parking space to enter the store….

…recently, to add insult to injury, the screen on the pump says “Lock your car when unattended.”… seemingly condoning this practice!

I am interested to see the thoughts of others.
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