I bet they thought you planned on doing a 'runner'
Could be that I suppose; although realistically I don't think in would make any difference. Other than the location of the entrance and exit there's nothing that would stop me escaping (either the wrong way out of the entrance or round the other vehicles / pumps and out of the exit).
I did wonder if it's a security thing; both plates are attached, legible and presumably visible to the same cameras that can see the plates on the opposite ends of other vehicles..
I do not even know why you would question it. It's their house, their rules. But I would guess that in the past the have had pumps and hoses damaged in some way and are trying to prevent it. Why did you not go in and ask when they first announced it? Put the gun back in the holster and walk over.
I question it because it requires me to expend more time and effort to comply with a demand that seems both pointless and absurd.
Why would I waste even more of time and energy in walking inside the building and queueing for the privilege of inviting confrontation with someone who's already busy serving others?
What would be the likely outcome of that scenario and would that be a positive, productive use of time and energy for myself, the staff and those waiting to be served?
You seemingly approach my position as if I'm the one somehow being unreasonable and reacting disproportionately, yet go on to apparently castagate me for not escalating the situation by engaging with the staff..
Never heard of that happening. I would also have left if there was another convenient one close by
Thanks - glad to find someone who shares my perspective
I've sometimes refuelled the other way, but I'm just a bit more patient these days and wait for an available pump to the side which suits the car
Yeah, under other circumstances I might have done the same, but have often turned the car around in the past to get better access without a second thought.
Seems totally intuitive - a pump's free; use it in the most whatever way is convenient as long as it's not problematic to others. It's not like I was trying to get one over on anyone else or game the system..
What kind of car do you drive? Unless it is a van like a VW, Transit, or Merc (where the filler is behind the passenger door) then why not just stretch the filler hose round the back of the car to the filler?
I'm always amazed at the amount of times I see drivers sit waiting for a pump to become available on the same side as their filler when there is one available on the non-filler side. Do they not realise the hoses can stretch quite easily to the far side of the car? Or is that just too much effort for them?
Because when parking in a similar position to where I would were the pump on the other side (i.e. car about level with the pump) stretching the hose over the car invariable ends up with it dragging over the roof / boot - something presumably as someone who likes their vehicles you can understand is far from desirable..?
The alternative is either to use my spare arm to pull the hose away from the vehicle (which is clumsy, uncomfortable and tiring by the time the tank's full) or shunt the car much further forward, resulting in the nose hanging out beyond the end of the pump.
Hardly ideal outcomes, no...?
Had the OP driven in the wrong way rather than running the hose over the car ?
The convention is that the cars enter on the first entrance left side of the road. Then it’s like a one way street
People driving the wrong way through petrol stations do cause a bit of chaos.
Nope, I'm yet to become that vacuous.
In through the entrance, round the pumps to face the desired direction then when I left reversed out and left through the exit.
As with everything in life I'm very happy to comply with rules that are clearly for the greater good; however have issues with "because I told you so". A drop in the ocean but that's about a grand annually in lost revenue for BP.
