Tuesday, 28 December 2010

28.12.10 Fuel Pumps

Two Things

1  Why is it that on some occasions, when filling your car, someone using the other side of the pump means that the dispensation of fuel to your own car slows significantly?  Surely technology has advanced sufficiently such that the power to a petrol pump is not watered down when someone else uses the same outlet!

2  Can someone explain why ASDA has most commonly adopted the approach of a central 'pay as you leave' kiosk?  Occasionally there are two separate kiosks, but the majority of stations provide the single approach, and the obvious problem of the left-hand side being preferable.  Unless the customer has with him/her a passenger, and that passenger is either party to the PIN of the payer or the settlement is in cash, then paying is actually impossible without the driver leaving the car and walking around to the kiosk.  The result is that cars commonly switch to the left hand side when exiting the petrol station.  The designers/architects are twats.

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