Bob

It's the nylons

Old people too, with polyester clothing, getting back into their cars in winter.

It's the reason in Mass, that the little toggle on the pump is removed, so you can't just leave the pump unattended to keep it pumping...so people just put their fuel caps in the pump handle instead and wait till it over flows

Autonomy

It's the Gulf... do you think we pump our own gas?

Bob

lol...there is that

Norm_uk

Speaking of nylons and fire (no this isn't about what my woman wore to bed last night ) I dated a trolley dolly years ago who worked for an airline and were concerned nylons are a fire hazard as they could stick to the skin in the event of fire and melt causing nasty burns...but this was quickly dismissed by their security manager who explained the effects of the high toxic smoke typical in cabin fires from all the plastics they build the interiors from and how you'd be dead long before the fire got to you...

Back on subject I worked in a petrol station as a student and we were told mobile phones are a potential hazard more because people would be distracted by them than their actual use.

It's more a case of being over careful in an environment that has more explosive power than most world war II tank munitions. It just makes sense to keep flames and sparks away from hundreds of litres of explosive liquid.

N.

Stealth Otter

Saudi guy at the petrol pump opposite me last week had his engine running, was on the phone and had his window down smoking a fag - so not only does it look like it's practically impossible to blow up a petrol station these days, he also disproved the urban myth that men can't multi-task.
(He may well have been trying to answer his cigarette when I saw him though)

norsk

did he have a small child on his lap? if not then he wasn't a real multi-tasker..

Bob

well he could have been knocking one out...

Charismatic

al dente

OMG!

I fully anticipated nothing to happen after all our merry chat. I hope to god the complete idiot ended up OK. *shudder