Bri Gaal's Blog: I hate pumping gas

Thursday, January 24, 2013

I hate pumping gas

I don't like pumping gas, and lucky for me, Marty is easily influenced by my pouty face so he usually does it. But on occasion, I do have to pump my own gas. Here is why I hate pumping gas:

The nozzles are gross and dirty
It smells
I never know if I'm being paranoid about holding my credit card out while standing there, because I'm sure this is an easy place to rob a girl
I get shocked a lot, and this is one place that I'm always getting shocked and then afraid I'm going to start a fire
Because of this:

Credit/or Debit? (credit)
One moment please
Please swipe card (swipe)
One moment please
Enter zip code (I enter my zip code)
One moment please
Would you like a car wash? (NO)
One moment please
Would you like a receipt? (NO)
One moment please
Select fuel grade
One moment please
Begin fueling (It's about effing time!)

However, all of these reasons still don't make me want to move to New Jersey.

(Okay, for those of you who don't know, you aren't allowed to pump your own gas in New Jersey. They have attendants for that)

4 comments:

Steve said...: Car wash questions, and zip code thingy are annoying. I hate that.

All the "smart" people always just make things harder, and more time consuming.

I get by with my pouty face too. I make Lisa pump the gas. ;); January 25, 2013 at 2:43 AM
Heather said...: I pump my own gas every time and never had a fear before - thanks! :); January 25, 2013 at 4:18 PM
Anonymous said...: wow. you hate more things than i do.; January 25, 2013 at 8:14 PM
m said...: I hate pumping my own gas to. I guess living in NJ for 6+ years and Oregon for 4 years will do that to you. Adam usually takes my car out and gets gas for me, thank goodness :); January 26, 2013 at 9:24 AM