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.
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.
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.
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.
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mech@feddit.org · 34 pts · 272d
Fuck short people, I guess.
tpihkal@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 272d
Alright, where they at?
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 272d
Man that's low.
No, even lower.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 272d
Well, since Verne Troyer (Mini-Me) is gone, I guess you'll have to settle for Danny Devito, Rhea Perlman, Peter Dinklage, etc.
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 15 pts · 272d
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.
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 272d
Might be that the nozzles extend, once you've paid. At least, some of them seem to be far too high up...
ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com · 24 pts · 272d
Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 272d
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
TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 272d
Imagine some idiot drives away with the nozzle still in and the pump turns into a litteral fire shower after an errant spark.
843563115848@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 272d
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.
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 17 pts · 272d
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.
aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 272d
somtwo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 272d
Something about having gasoline running through pipes overhead just doesn't feel safe...
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 272d
Take me to your liter(s of fuel).
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 3 pts · 272d
Could that possibly be the Soviet version of "Googie"?
jqubed@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 272d
IIRC this was partly to prevent driving off without paying?
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 272d
...how?
jqubed@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 272d
I think they wouldn’t lower the hose until you’d paid, or put down some deposit.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 272d
There are strings dangling from the guns.
tpihkal@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 272d
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.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 272d
Until everyone's so poor that all the hoses become interwoven like some massive knitting project.
Psythik@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 272d
Mate, what the fuck are you on about? I have no idea what you're trying to say.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 272d
It's a joke, relax.
Psythik@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 272d
That's fine but I don't understand your comment. There are words there but they're arranged in a combination I cannot comprehend.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 0 pts · 272d
Which comment of mine you don't understand?