Gas station courtesy? (Yes, this will be a rant.)

[nachogrande]

SOMETIMES I LIKE TO WATCH.

These can be a good, when life gives you lemons moment. You can spot them a mile away, sit back & watch the floor show (the next guy getting all bent out of shape). My best source of this is the gym at the YMCA, it never let's me down. Only a few of the most popular machines with people NOT MOVING & reading or talking on the phone. FREE ENTERTAINMENT while pedaling away.

 

[Ogandydancer]

We are getting a lot of Sheetz stores around here and they are almost always busy. As almost all (99%) of the gas is paid for at the pumps now; it is beyond my reasoning why if you also need something inside you don't just move to a parking place in front of the store and unblock the pumps.

To my way of looking at it that is just common rude practice and shows a persons lack of courteousness/disrespect to everyone else.

 

[wingriderz]

Being a florida boy another fun one is at public boat ramp. If you can't back your boat into water and have your truck clear and boat clear in by yourself in five minutes you should not. Have that boat.

 

[NYlakesider]

Being a florida boy another fun one is at public boat ramp. If you can't back your boat into water and have your truck clear and boat clear in by yourself in five minutes you should not. Have that boat.

There have been some rather interesting posts on here regarding boat launches/launching in the past!) Some of them have been mine! I live on a large lake and have been boating many decades!

 

[nachogrande]

BOAT RAMPS, OH BABY! NOW YOU'RE TALKING.

I grew up next door to a boat ramp. YES many rude/inconsiderates, but also many ignorant/stupid ones that don't believe that the algae on the ramp at low tide just MIGHT be slippery. Have seen plenty do a great job of backing up & launching the boat & most of the vehicle.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

My mother once referred to "People who can't spend more than 10 seconds a day thinking about anybody but themselves." The current term of criminologists-ASPD-Anti Social Personality Disorder-includes
"Lack of empathy for others".

 

[zzzippper]

My truck takes diesel and the pump which dispenses diesel also has a gas nozzle too. A bimbo fills her car with gas and gets in. I think she is going to drive away so I can use the diesel pump. Boy was I wrong. Without moving her car, she proceeds to start texting on her cell phone. I wait for a minute or two and tap my horn to try to get her to move. I get the single finger salute. There is another diesel pump on the other side of the island so I move over to the other side and fill my truck. When I drive away, she is still sitting there blocking the pumps and texting away.

What churns my butter is that people now think they can get away with flipping the bird because if you react they'll film it and you're the bad guy. Women especially have cell phone camera muscles.

 

[soFlaNative]

A friend, my brother and I would hammer Bear Cut then head for Crandon Marina, grab beer and folding chairs to watch the fun. the best was when a fella dragged his sloop up the ramp with the retractable keel still in place. It rode up then cleared the trailer and plopped over like Arte Johnson on his tricycle.
Tied up the ramp for a while...

 

[nachogrande]

SEEN THIS ONE I'M SURE

Boat falls off the trailer at the first turn. So that's what those tie downs are for.

 

[klondike]

I was 86'd from a local station after I tossed $40 at the cashier to pay for the gas I pumped outside. He was attending to two young girls who were trying to decide between menthol or regular or maybe menthol extra long or maybe .... I did not need change so I just dropped my cash. Outside I was told to never come back and I agreed.

 

[sigp220.45]

Being a florida boy another fun one is at public boat ramp. If you can't back your boat into water and have your truck clear and boat clear in by yourself in five minutes you should not. Have that boat.

Yes! This is actually on my bucket list. I plan to find a busy boat dock in beautiful Louisiana, plunk down my lawn chair and beer cooler, and enjoy the show.

 

[Rastoff]

Yes! This is actually on my bucket list. I plan to find a busy boat dock in beautiful Louisiana, plunk down my lawn chair and beer cooler, and enjoy the show.

You would have loved to watch me this one day...

Years ago, I had a bass boat. I'm a terrible fisherman and should never have bought it, but I did.

I decide to head out on the lake one day. I get to the boat ramp and back the boat into the water. Yep, forgot to take the straps off the stern. The trailer is heavy enough or the boat small enough, that it pulls the stern under the water and fills the boat. OK, rookie mistake. Pull the boat out, remove drain plug and watch all the water leave the boat.

Once empty, I start backing the boat down the ramp again. This time I made sure I removed the straps. Of course I forgot to put the plug back in. Pull it out again.

Now, I just want to get on the lake, but I'm frustrated at myself. Once empty again, straps off, plug in, I back it back into the water. Unhook bow from trailer, start motor, put in reverse to back away from trailer. Because I'm frustrated, I give it a bit of gas. Yep, the motor is strong enough that it pulls the stern under the water and I'm filled up again.

This time I put it on the trailer and just go home.

 

[nachogrande]

A BOAT RAMP FAV

The ACE that ALMOST does it perfectly. Backs up like a pro, unhooks the boat/straps, zips in fast, hits the brakes & the boat flies off the trailer into the water, & KEEPS GOING. Owner has to swim after it.