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What? Thieves from Georgia ? GA Swipes? |
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Gas, being gaseous in nature, would not foul anyone's hands. Why? |
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While I'm all for providing handiwipes in public places, I don't believe I've ever gotten my hands dirty while pumping gas. You sure you're doing it right? |
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Some of the better gas stations ( the ones with the nice lights and dunkin' donuts inside the store and pretty little dodads, oh, and nice tiles) have handy wipes you can ask for. Some even have disposable gloves. The problem of having it at the pump is a matter of keeping it filled by employees that don't care and people abusing it by taking a whole wad of the stuff. |
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Yes, what [NTSS] said, these are baked in New England, besides there have always been paper towels until the wipeys came. |
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I see these a lot actually. [DrCurry], I refuse to believe that anyone can drive a reasonable amount in America and not wind up with your hands smelling like gasoline after you've been to a self-service pump at least once in a while. Frequently, it's because some has spilled on the handle. |
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Obviously, it's a problem in general, because stations have implemented this idea as a customer service booster as opposed to a profit center. |
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I've spilled gas/petrol on the ground and on the car, but never myself. I guess I never put my hands (or other body parts) in front of the nozzle. |
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How the hell does one spill fuel on the handle. Serious Klutz! |
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Usually if I manage to get petrol on my hands it has come from spilling a little on the gas cap that is dangling from the tank when I remove my nozzle. It's not like I'm spraying the side of my car while waving my hose like a maniac around the gas station. |
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I think that women get the gas on the handle. Men have a tendancy to shake the nozzle prior to taking it out of the tank and putting it back on the pump. |
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The wipes should be stored like stamps in a postage stamp machine. the wipes are on a roll; the machine dispenses only one, and only does so after you've pumped gas. |
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I'm with [DrC] - in the argumentative rather than biblical sense - this solution addresses a problem that doesn't exist. If you don't fill to the top of the filler neck, the only way you can spill is by continuing to depress the lever as you withdraw the pump. I think some people have been trying to recreate that scene in "Zoolander" where they have the water fight with petrol... |
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Every time I pump gas, I end up smelling like gasoline. It's as if the person before me took a gas-soaked rag and smeared it all over the handpiece. How can you people say the problem doesn't exist? |
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//...trying to recreate that scene in "Zoolander" where they have the water fight with petrol...// |
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That wasn't funny. That was a freak accident that could've happened to anybody. That's a real problem happening with models today and the movie was wrong to make fun of it. |
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Keep a box of "wet wipes" in the car? |
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In the UK, gas is pumped directly to your
home, so you don't have all this bother. |
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However, petrol stations here usually have
a dispenser with paper towels and
disposable gloves. |
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I want wipes after I pump gas,on my hands I can smell the metal and gas and filth from thousands of those before me... bit OCD I'm afraid. |
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//filth from thousands of those before
me... bit OCD I'm afraid.// It is rather
(speaking as one of the thousands who
may have gone before you). |
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I'm with the people who say that gas pumps make your hands smell funny. |
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but I've also seen plenty of stations with gloves or wipes at the pumps... so baked. |
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I do like the previous idea of dispensing them at the end of the transaction - perhaps when it asks if you would like a recipt, it will also ask if you would like a wipe. |
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Oh, and i keep a bottle of wipes in the glovebox. I think the british call this a "boot". |
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//the glovebox. I think the british call this
a "boot".// The British (or at least the
English) call the "glovebox" the "glovebox". |
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What the Americans call the "trunk" is, in
reality, the "boot". What they believe is
called the "hood" is actually the "bonnet". |
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American cars also have something called
a "fender", but I have no idea what the
correct term for it is. |
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Diesel, being rather oily, has the habit of seeping out around the union (handle-hose joint) on fillers, especially slightly older ones, and gets on the handle. Being less volatile than ULP (gas), it hangs around longer, and if it gets on your hands, stays there unless you use a degreasing soap. |
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So I vote yes for industrial degreasing handy-wipes at the bowser. |
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MB: I believe the fender is what you call a scone, and the boot is the thing you put your sunglasses in. Yeah, I'm pretty sure about this. |
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