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What is it with Women and pumping their own gasoline?
granted this probably isn't the best community to ask since we have like 2 whole females here but wtf, ladies?
I have seen it mentioned a multitude of times and scenarios where a wife will mention that her husband fills her car's tank for her so that she doesn't have to pump her own gas, listed as a "sweet, caring thing that their husband does for them that they appreciate" and I am completely flummoxed. Likewise you have videos like this one where the woman blames her husband because he doesn't fuel her car for her:
How is this seen as anything other than patronizing and derogatory?
Pumping your own gas is not a difficult task, it requires no special skills, no commitment of time or energy, does not soil or dirty you, and unless you live in chiraq it is not dangerous, nor does it impede your daily commute in any way. It is a completely trivial, effortless task and having someone do it for you is condescending, at best. it is treating you like a child or an invalid, why are you not upset at the very implication?
Is it that you were never taught this simple task and you are embarrassed to ask? It's simple:
line up your vehicle's gas cap with the pump
open the fuel door, remove the gas cap
remove the nozzle from the pump and insert it ALL the way in, this isn't junior high, so no playing "just the tip" (this addresses any concerns about fuel odors)
select the fuel grade desired, and wave your credit card in front of the pumps card/chip reader
squeeze the handle on the nozzle all the way down, and lock the handle in place
step back and observe the fuel dispense for 3 minutes, wait until you hear it click that it is finished.
If you have OCD, then you "top off" the gasoline so that the price reaches the next nearest whole dollar amount, otherwise, with the nozzle disengaged, return the nozzle to the pump and replace the cap on your fuel tank, close the fuel door.
select y/n on if you want a car wash or if you want a cc receipt
"Thank you, have a nice day"
That's it. it is not difficult.
Or maybe, Is it that you are afraid of people will realize that you can't drive for shit because it takes you multiple attempts to line up your car's gas cap with the pump? Perhaps you forget what side of the car the tank is on, or you get too close or are too far away from the pump and the nozzle won't reach?? Ladies, please, this is a silly concern. WE ALREADY KNOW YOU CAN'T DRIVE, you are a woman.
I have difficulty comprehending how it is somehow more appropriate for your husband to take 30 minutes out of his recreational time after work to take your car and fill up the tank, rather than you taking the 4 whole minutes out of your day during your commute/running errands to fill your tank while you are already out.
I view "filling up your car's fuel tank" for you the same way I would if your husband cut up your food for you when you sat down to eat dinner. It's an uh...sweet? gesture? I suppose, but if someone grabbed my plate and started cutting up my food for me and expected a response of anything other than bewilderment and abject horror then you are sorely mistaken.
Note: I've never had a girlfriend ask me to fill up her car's gas tank before, but you best believe the moment a woman hinted that that is something she wanted/would appreciate/is looking forward to, I would from that moment own, grab her plate and cut up her food for her as well, while saying "let daddy cut up your food for you. one day soon you will be a big girl and you can cut up your own food, right after you learn how to pump your own damn gas"
granted this probably isn't the best community to ask since we have like 2 whole females here but wtf, ladies?
I have seen it mentioned a multitude of times and scenarios where a wife will mention that her husband fills her car's tank for her so that she doesn't have to pump her own gas, listed as a "sweet, caring thing that their husband does for them that they appreciate" and I am completely flummoxed. Likewise you have videos like this one where the woman blames her husband because he doesn't fuel her car for her:
How is this seen as anything other than patronizing and derogatory?
Pumping your own gas is not a difficult task, it requires no special skills, no commitment of time or energy, does not soil or dirty you, and unless you live in chiraq it is not dangerous, nor does it impede your daily commute in any way. It is a completely trivial, effortless task and having someone do it for you is condescending, at best. it is treating you like a child or an invalid, why are you not upset at the very implication?
Is it that you were never taught this simple task and you are embarrassed to ask? It's simple:
line up your vehicle's gas cap with the pump
open the fuel door, remove the gas cap
remove the nozzle from the pump and insert it ALL the way in, this isn't junior high, so no playing "just the tip" (this addresses any concerns about fuel odors)
select the fuel grade desired, and wave your credit card in front of the pumps card/chip reader
squeeze the handle on the nozzle all the way down, and lock the handle in place
step back and observe the fuel dispense for 3 minutes, wait until you hear it click that it is finished.
If you have OCD, then you "top off" the gasoline so that the price reaches the next nearest whole dollar amount, otherwise, with the nozzle disengaged, return the nozzle to the pump and replace the cap on your fuel tank, close the fuel door.
select y/n on if you want a car wash or if you want a cc receipt
"Thank you, have a nice day"
That's it. it is not difficult.
Or maybe, Is it that you are afraid of people will realize that you can't drive for shit because it takes you multiple attempts to line up your car's gas cap with the pump? Perhaps you forget what side of the car the tank is on, or you get too close or are too far away from the pump and the nozzle won't reach?? Ladies, please, this is a silly concern. WE ALREADY KNOW YOU CAN'T DRIVE, you are a woman.
I have difficulty comprehending how it is somehow more appropriate for your husband to take 30 minutes out of his recreational time after work to take your car and fill up the tank, rather than you taking the 4 whole minutes out of your day during your commute/running errands to fill your tank while you are already out.
I view "filling up your car's fuel tank" for you the same way I would if your husband cut up your food for you when you sat down to eat dinner. It's an uh...sweet? gesture? I suppose, but if someone grabbed my plate and started cutting up my food for me and expected a response of anything other than bewilderment and abject horror then you are sorely mistaken.
Note: I've never had a girlfriend ask me to fill up her car's gas tank before, but you best believe the moment a woman hinted that that is something she wanted/would appreciate/is looking forward to, I would from that moment own, grab her plate and cut up her food for her as well, while saying "let daddy cut up your food for you. one day soon you will be a big girl and you can cut up your own food, right after you learn how to pump your own damn gas"
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I knew a girl in college who didn't know how to pump gas. Turns out her dad just always kept the tanks full for her and her mom. She was cute so she never had trouble getting people to handle it. She had money (or rather her daddy's gas card) so they didn't have to pay or anything.
Same girl didn't know how to drive an automatic either. Her car ran out of gas one day and she borrowed her roommate's car to run home between classes. About 15 minutes later she gets the roommate out of class to ask where the clutch was. "What do you mean there's no clutch? how do you shift gears?"
Same girl didn't know how to drive an automatic either. Her car ran out of gas one day and she borrowed her roommate's car to run home between classes. About 15 minutes later she gets the roommate out of class to ask where the clutch was. "What do you mean there's no clutch? how do you shift gears?"
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Hoss
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Yeah so just like any other union job. No special skills and only exists because of threat of violence. But didn't one of them change that law recently?
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I'm not sure that the average cock would penetrate that far into the intestines. I am guessing that you are going to be just fine.
Hoss
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Well then what about lawyers? Does that mean no more baby lawyers will be born?
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I've only seen them get slapped by cyclists and the mirrors probably get picked up with the rest of the motorcycle debris.
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Julian The Apostate
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We’re probably not far away from having AI raised prodigies. Just imagine the next John Danaher raising kids or training entire gyms with AI monitoring and managing every aspect of their health, nutrition, and training. Same thing could be said for any sport, interest or profession. I wouldn’t be surprised if our justice system replaces the jury with AI in our lifetimes.