We have this (though slightly less UFO-y) in parts of Japan. So far as I can tell, only where space is more limited and I’ve never seen them as self-serv. Despite what other posts I’ve seen around the web, most gas stations in Japan are just like you’d find in much of the world with pumps one pulls up to.
Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?
Yeah, but I still had to pay so I call BS on the FSM being better than any other god - it’s just another grifter cult.
/s
Something about having gasoline running through pipes overhead just doesn’t feel safe…
Take me to your liter(s of fuel).
Could that possibly be the Soviet version of “Googie”?
Fuck short people, I guess.
Generally, they have a long rope to pull down. At least here in Japan, it’s also the attendants who do it; I don’t think I’ve ever seen this style in self-serv.
Alright, where they at?
Well, since Verne Troyer (Mini-Me) is gone, I guess you’ll have to settle for Danny Devito, Rhea Perlman, Peter Dinklage, etc.
Man that’s low.
No, even lower.
IIRC this was partly to prevent driving off without paying?
…how?
The gas pump swells as it finishes. If you try to drive off before it shrinks again, they just follow the miles of hose back to your house. Occam’s Razor.
Mate, what the fuck are you on about? I have no idea what you’re trying to say.
It’s a joke, relax.
That’s fine but I don’t understand your comment. There are words there but they’re arranged in a combination I cannot comprehend.
Which comment of mine you don’t understand?
Imagine some idiot drives away with the nozzle still in and the pump turns into a litteral fire shower after an errant spark.
Even normal pumps all have a breakaway that includes a shutoff valve to block the source feed, so this probably should be considered a solved non-problem at this point.
