Strange behaviour

annascott

[sorry, post should read 'behaviour']

Why do men feel the need to get out of their car and watch petrol attendants as they put petrol/diesel into the car?

Kells...

I put my own petrol in,this ain't the 1900's no more.

alwaysadub

Do they?

Celly Smunt

i don't think i've ever seen a petrol attendant in Ireland

do they do that? I only allowed the attendant do it once, during the cold snap last year and I forgot my gloves and the pump was hurting my hand because it was so cold!

abouttobebanned

Is this a thread from 1992?

phill106

Only reason not to fill your own petrol is if you have two broken arms.
Dont think you would be driving then!

Fbjm

What's a petrol attendant?

mackg

pmcmahon wrote: »

i don't think i've ever seen a petrol attendant in Ireland

I worked as one when I was a teenager

I think the wording on the contract was forecourt attendant, but that was a fair few years ago now.

My name is URL

Closest thing to porn you can get at a Maxol station

I'm suprised people don't see attendants around the place! At least 3 stations I go to have them

AnamGlas

They think yer man is actin' the shnake

FearDark

Seriously OP I've never seen this in my life but you started it so...why the f*ck do women take so f*ucking long at ATM's?? Looking into the screen like ye just discovered Narnia for the first time.


You started it

pebbles21

That frustrating moment when you have almost finished your bowl of cornflakes,and the last five are like..."catch me if you can bitch!!"

annascott

Can't believe that you all live without petrol attendants. Most of the garages have them...

Chuck Stone

I don't like it when some pumps juice into my tank.

Ooohhhh Matron.

starbelgrade

There's loads of petrol attendants working in garages - it's more of a county thing. They're very popular with older women... not being sexist here, but I know quite a few women who prefer to use them as they don't have to get their hands dirty.

Personally, I avoid them like the plague as I don't trust spotty teenagers to know the difference between green & black.

cocoshovel

I have never seen a petrol attendant in this country ever. Where the hell is this?

Abi

Hold on, we'll get back to the attendant watching in a minute, that could be a whole other can of worms right there..


What man allows an attendant fill their tank in the first place?

Wertz

Starla_o0 wrote: »

I'm suprised people don't see attendants around the place! At least 3 stations I go to have them

Nah they're just the local perverts.

Latchy

annascott wrote: »

Can't believe that you all live without petrol attendants. Most of the garages have them...

Yeah...every 100 miles or so on route 66 you'll see them ,with an old rusty coke sign swinging in the wind outside their pre-1940s shops that used to be a stop of for the miners in the gold rush .......( phew)

mackg

Abi wrote: »

Hold on, we'll get back to the attendant watching in a minute, that could be a whole other can of worms right there..


What man allows an attendant fill their tank in the first place?

The chronically useless, there were fellas who would get you to put in the petrol and then when you went to the window to get the money they would tell you to get them taytos and chocolate when you went to the till.

Where To

Nobody pumps my car but me

PK2008

Fbjm wrote: »

What's a petrol attendant?

Fuel injection technician

JustAThought

My local garage always had one! He would go off in a sulk if you didn't let him do it! He'd always run over and ask how much as you pulled in! I still roll down my window coming into a garage out of habit! I grew up listening to my Dad saying fill 'er up!!! Miss it :0 stupid multinational cheapskates

cosanostra

I always insist on filling my own tank that way i can put in 20.03 and pay 20

Schism

annascott wrote: »

Can't believe that you all live without petrol attendants. Most of the garages have them...

I know, how are we getting by without them I'll never know. A daily struggle!

artanevilla

They used to have them YEARS ago but haven't seen one since I started drivng. I hope they make a comeback, I hate filling up.

ITS_A_BADGER

honestly i think its because they want to make sure the correct amount goes in and also the correct type.

BUT there are people that just want to look at the young one pumping gas or get chatting to her etc etc

personally im 25 years old and i do it meself hot looking young one or not:pac:

Celly Smunt

is it part of their job to get you something inside the shop too? like a mars bar or something

The King of Moo

It's because the petrol attendants are so sexy.

starbelgrade

The King of Moo wrote: »

It's because the petrol attendants are so sexy.

Pat Short. The funniest man in Pat Short's house.

Morag

annascott wrote: »

[sorry, post should read 'behaviour']

Why do men feel the need to get out of their car and watch petrol attendants as they put petrol/diesel into the car?

Cos they don't trust the fúckers not to get petrol on the paint work which can damage it, or to close the cap properly.

Abi

mackg wrote: »

The chronically useless, there were fellas who would get you to put in the petrol and then when you went to the window to get the money they would tell you to get them taytos and chocolate when you went to the till.

While watching your arse as you go

annascott wrote: »

Can't believe that you all live without petrol attendants. Most of the garages have them...

Yeah, think it's more common in more country-ish areas. They have them at my local garage, the lead attendant looks like him.

Chuck Stone

mackg wrote: »

The chronically useless, there were fellas who would get you to put in the petrol and then when you went to the window to get the money they would tell you to get them taytos and chocolate when you went to the till.

Serious?

Lazy bastards.

mackg

pmcmahon wrote: »

is it part of their job to get you something inside the shop too? like a mars bar or something

depends on the place.

strobe

Abi wrote: »

Hold on, we'll get back to the attendant watching in a minute, that could be a whole other can of worms right there..


What man allows an attendant fill their tank in the first place?

Presumably the ones who suffer from contact dermatitis? I know a mate of mine gets serious skin inflammation on his hands if any solvent gets near them. Drives him mental.

(Also, lazy fuckers I guess.)

Wertz

There's a small station on the old road north out of Drogheda toward monasterboice where the aul fella insists on puttin' in the fuel to the point of standing in the way of the door as you go to get out....hell if he wants the work that badly who am I to do him out of a job...

annascott

Seriously, if you don't have petrol assistants/forecourt attendants, how do you get air in your tyres and water top ups?

I thought it strange the way guys get out of the car to watch.

blueser

starbelgrade wrote: »

Pat Short. The funniest man in Pat Short's house.

That's brilliant. Mind if I plagiarise that?

Abi

Wertz wrote: »

There's a small station on the old road north out of Drogheda toward monasterboice where the aul fella insists on puttin' in the fuel to the point of standing in the way of the door as you go to get out....hell if he wants the work that badly who am I to do him out of a job...

So not only do you allow a man to fill your tank, but an elderly man? :pac:

strobe

annascott wrote: »

Seriously, if you don't have petrol assistants/forecourt attendants, how do you get air in your tyres and water top ups?

I thought it strange the way guys get out of the car to watch.

If you own a car you should really learn how to inflate a tyre (and eh... pour water) yourself.

annascott

The King of Moo wrote: »

It's because the petrol attendants are so sexy.

Now that film really was weird....

alwaysadub

annascott wrote: »

Seriously, if you don't have petrol assistants/forecourt attendants, how do you get air in your tyres and water top ups?

I thought it strange the way guys get out of the car to watch.

You use the compressor yourself! Its not that hard

x in the city

annascott wrote: »

[sorry, post should read 'behaviour']

Why do men feel the need to get out of their car and watch petrol attendants as they put petrol/diesel into the car?

never done this...

im more peeved with people taking 2 hours to put in petrol and a similar amount of time to get cash from atms.

I can get petrol in about 2 mins.. how hard is it to fill up a car, pay for it and gtfo.

mackg

Abi wrote: »

While watching your arse as you go





Yeah, think it's more common in more country-ish areas. They have them at my local garage, the lead attendant looks like him.

I was a big hit at the car wash as well

Novella

My local petrol station has these. Last time one of them put petrol in my car, I asked for 15 euro and he put in 50. One of them is pretty hot though!

Have never seen a man get out of his car and stand watching though!

blueser

x in the city wrote: »

never done this...

im more peeved with people taking 2 hours to put in petrol and a similar amount of time to get cash from atms.

I can get petrol in about 2 mins.. how hard is it to fill up a car, pay for it and gtfo.

That's always been the hardest bit!

Mint Sauce

annascott wrote: »

Seriously, if you don't have petrol assistants/forecourt attendants, how do you get air in your tyres and water top ups?

I thought it strange the way guys get out of the car to watch.

Same as the petrol, do it my self. Only time I let the attendent do it is if he gets to the petrol cap side of the car before I get out, and then I pay whislt he's filling it up.

Wertz

Abi wrote: »

So not only do you allow a man to fill your tank, but an elderly man? :pac:

F*ckin' A. The man has something to do and I don't get wet, everyone's a winner.

Son Of A Vidic

annascott wrote: »

Can't believe that you all live without petrol attendants.

Do you also have a Butler and a man servant?