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I drove from Ohio to Providence RI once, and took a "scenic" detour through New Jersey and NYC via the GW Bridge. I barely made it across the bridge on fumes, and coasted into the first gas station I could find. I pull up to the pump, and the attendant comes out to help me. As I'm getting out of my car, he sees my Boston Red Sox hat, and gives me the evil eye. My life flashed before me at that moment, as I witnessed the malice in the eyes of that small but stocky brown fellow. (I couldn't tell if he was Mexican or Indian or Pakistani or whatever, all I knew was that he saw me as his mortal enemy) I pumped my own gas, putting in just enough to get me out of sight. I paid for my $5 of gas, took off my cap, and filled my tank half a mile down the road.
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Food Netwerk was the best twitter, shame they got shut down by the real Network.
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Mar 15, 2014 03:29
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I was someplace in Ontario after having lived in the US south and never having anyone pump my gas for me, and I must have surprised the attendant who walked up because I immediately started to treat him like he was going to ask me for money or rob me. Like, I wasn't even aware that there were people who still pumped gas for you in the 21st century, and it took him a few tries to make me understand and believe that it was his job.
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Mar 15, 2014 03:45
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Krinkle posted:...I've never pumped my own gas... I have a coworker who is 54 years old and never pumped her own gas until 6 months ago. Her husband always did it for her but he had to go out of town or something. I'm not sure how they got through 34 years like that in Louisiana and Kansas where you have to pump your own gas.
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Mar 15, 2014 03:50
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My 12 year old pumps my gas for me most of the time and has since he was ten. He's never once even come close to having any sort of problem. It's not rocket surgery.
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Mar 15, 2014 03:59
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These loving gas pump stories are awesome! Gas gas gas pump gas pump gas pump pump I live in New Jersey gas pump gas gas gas gas gas
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Mar 15, 2014 04:09
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Vicas posted:I live in New Jersey and I don't think I've ever seen someone tip a gas station attendant Another New Jersey poster here. The only time I've seen someone tip an attendant was when they were working on Christmas day. Said person was already making 9.15/hr for being a gas attendant for a convenience store, and making 3x his wage for working Christmas. They tipped him another 100 for being a "poor soul working christmas". Gas attendants here make pretty decent money usually.
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Krinkle posted:I've never pumped my own gas. A friend of mine from Shanghai drove out to visit me here in Michigan last year, and had never pumped gas before. I was with him when he successfully prepaid at the pump and immediately pulled the pump handle, then turned to me to ask "what do I do now Ofaloaf" as gas just started pouring everywhere. Have a kid wearing sunglasses. e: NO WAIT I DIDN'T READ THE GRAFFITI poo poo e2: have something else 
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Maytag posted:These loving gas pump stories are awesome! Gas gas gas pump gas pump gas pump pump I live in New Jersey gas pump gas gas gas gas gas  "Hey kid, don't you believe in fairies?" 
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 edit: oops, big. timg'd Looks like a good place to get your fingers caught and ripped off. More bones for the bone playground.
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Mar 15, 2014 05:16
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You've seen Carcosa?
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Mar 15, 2014 05:18
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Post about pumping gas again. I dare you.
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Mar 15, 2014 05:34
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Met posted:
And this looks like a good way to ensure your toddler never makes it through potty training. 
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Haha guy still has an interior in his bug.
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Mar 15, 2014 05:51
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stubblyhead posted:And this looks like a good way to ensure your toddler never makes it through potty training. It's John Muir!
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Dewgy posted:It's John Muir! 
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I wouldn't really be surprised if these magazines (and their men's equivalent) all said the exact same thing every month but in a different color scheme.
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God drat! White girl has booty! - Jefferson
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Your response might be historically inaccurate, umalt.
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Mar 15, 2014 07:22
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I lived in Massachusetts where sometimes you had locking pumps, sometimes you could pump it yourself, and sometimes they pumped for you. I would regularly tip the attendant $20-$100 if it was mid blizzard and I didn't want to fill both tanks on my diesel, two tank, plow truck. I could spend that time being warm and buying smokes. Edit: I am retarded and Awful App loads slow. Dumb gas pump derail.
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This bugged me until I remembered that lives are always coming.
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Meanwhile, in the baby toys section of the supermarket...
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Frostwerks posted:This bugged me until I remembered that lives are always coming. I believe that happens before the lives.
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 There's some more. A few decent ones are mixed in. PepperSinclaire posted:Meanwhile, in the baby toys section of the supermarket... Oh, this reminds me of something I saw in a grocery store's toy section a few weeks ago.  "Cutant" just didn't look right at first glance. Zesty has a new favorite as of 16:15 on Mar 15, 2014 |
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I'm pretty sure the "men" is supposed to mean "mankind" or "humanity" (implying both men and women), but, in this overly-PC, semi-educated era, you might as well be explaining quantum physics.
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Mar 15, 2014 16:17
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My favorite: 
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Penny Paper posted:I'm pretty sure the "men" is supposed to mean "mankind" or "humanity" (implying both men and women), but, in this overly-PC, semi-educated era, you might as well be explaining quantum physics. Pretty sure nobody was reading that from it. The funny is in the sign directly underneath.
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Met posted:Oh, this reminds me of something I saw in a grocery store's toy section a few weeks ago. "Shinny styles"? This is a knockoff right? Penny Paper posted:I'm pretty sure the "men" is supposed to mean "mankind" or "humanity" (implying both men and women), but, in this overly-PC, semi-educated era, you might as well be explaining quantum physics.   This moth looks like a grilled cheese and that is hilarious to me. Suzuki Method has a new favorite as of 17:32 on Mar 15, 2014 |
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Penny Paper posted:I'm pretty sure the "men" is supposed to mean "mankind" or "humanity" (implying both men and women), but, in this overly-PC, semi-educated era, you might as well be explaining quantum physics. Go to sleep grandpa.
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ed: in an abundance of caution I guess.
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xxEightxx posted:Absolutely nothing, which is funny in its own right. All gas stations near me have signs that say if you do, its like a $900 fine. Thankfully they all have breakaway lines, so its not like you are going to destroy the entire gas station if you do. Why don't they hook up a little thing at the break away line that blares an obnoxiously loud siren when this happens so that people leaving might realise they've done something retarded?
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dpack_1 posted:Why don't they hook up a little thing at the break away line that blares an obnoxiously loud siren when this happens so that people leaving might realise they've done something retarded? They would just drive away faster. 
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Seeing a gas hose hanging out of a cop car is hilarious.
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