We went for a meal last night and I met up with Em straight from work. After the meal she needed to get some fuel, so I followed her to the Esso. A few of the pumps were closed off – I presume because they were empty. To save the embarrassment of driving up, getting out and only then spotting the “Out Of Order” signs on the pumps, the staff had put cones around each affected pump to indicate the lack of fuel.
Simle huh ? You’d think. However, as I was sat there waiting for Em to fill her car up I noticed a lady pull up to the pump, knocking over one of the cones….
I figured she was probably going to go in the shop, but no, she got out and stared at the pumps. After what seemed like a minute she stepped over the cones and grabbed the diesel pump. It didn’t move, so she switched to the Unleaded. That didn’t work either, so she stopped and looked at them again. Meanwhile, I was busy scratching my head – whilst taking photos with my Smartphone – how her car could possibly run on both Diesel and Unleaded fuel. However, just then she grabbed the third pump – the mega-expensive “it’s supposed to make your car go faster” Unleaded Premium stuff. She tugged and tugged at this one until the “OUT OF ORDER” sign, which had been placed on all three pump-handles and ignored by herself, snapped off. She then tried filling her car up…
…I was too busy snapping photos by this stage thinking, “This’ll be good for the blog”, but then, after not getting any fuel out, she put the pump back and scratched her head some more. After stepping over the cones again she walked into the shop to – I presume – complain that the one and only pump with all the cones around it and the “Out Of Order” signs wasn’t working…