Nothing Worse Than A Rude Bliss Ninny
June 18, 2007
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Posted by Aubrey Turner
I saw a commercial on TV the other night that was advertising one or another of Toyota’s little roller skate cars. It annoyed me, so I decided to share…
The commercial opens with a woman driving and a man in the passenger seat. He mentions to the driver that the fuel gauge is nearly on ‘E’ and that maybe they should stop for gas. He says this several times as the woman driving blithely ignores both the stations and him. Finally, she turns on the radio to drown him out.
Maybe I’m just more paranoid than most, but I tend to drive on the top half of my tank. When it gets much below 1/2 I start looking to fill up.
It’s people like her that cause traffic tie ups and price spikes at gas stations whenever something happens, like we saw on 9/11. Heck, she’s probably the type that would yell to the politicians that those nasty station owners were gouging her.
The whole head-in-the-sand come-what-may bliss ninny attitude just frosts my cookies. And not only is she a silly bliss ninny, she’s a rude one. If this has been a real relationship, not just a commercial, I’d probably reserve some blame for the guy, too. If it’d been me, the first time she did that smug ignore routine and then turned on the radio I’d have told her to frak off. I have absolutely no patience for that sort of B.S.
If you’re the type that chronically drives around on ‘E,’ I’m going to drive by and smile and wave at all of your happy asses while you’re stuck in line at the gas pump the next time something bad happens.
Categories: Random Ramblings
I do not think your logic is correct. Optimally, you would run out of gas at the pump. If you fill up at half tank then you double the number of people waiting at the gas station. You use more gas filling at half tank since you waste the gas going to the gas stations as well as spillage and evaporation.
I agree about the annoyance factor. Ignoring your spouse is a sure way to trouble.
Perhaps more frequent fillups would increase congestion at the pump somewhat. But my comment wasn’t about the congestion at normal times, but instead about when people panic and all rush to get gas. If, instead, you practice keeping a reserve amount of fuel, you can then delay your fillup to a later time and avoid the crowds (granted, in an extended emergency there are going to be crowds, but perhaps you can spread them out a little more by keeping a reserve). My main concern here is to avoid a desperate panic for gas because you haven’t thought about or prepared in advance for an emergency.
And regardless of the crowd issue, it just makes sense to maintain some kind of reserve. Just the same as it makes sense to have supplies of food and water for an emergency.
As for spillage and evaporation, stations have been required to use vapor recovery nozzles and pumps for years now, and I personally don’t abide spillage (I rarely spill even a drop anymore, as I make sure to tap the nozzle on the edge of the filler as I remove it, thereby preventing any spillage before replacing the nozzle on the pump).
On the issue of wasting gas to go to the station, I have to question just where you’re filling up. If you’re frequenting local stations on your way to or from your usual destinations, I don’t see how you’re wasting any gas. Now if you’re one of those people who drives 10 miles out of their way to save $0.02/gallon, then I guess there would be some wastage.
What is the purpose of this site-it is the stupidest thing I have ever seen-Please take a cold-water enima, you will feel better-Assman
I was almost tempted to edit the comment above from Chris, but thought better of it. Instead, let’s examine his post.
First, while not displayed here, he entered “Yugoslavia” as his location. Oddly, though, his IP betrays him (note the small U.S. flag next to his comment).
But what’s most interesting is that his IP traces back to Dallas City Hall.
I would suggest that if Chris wishes to exercise his inner asshole, he should a) do it on his own site; and, b) not do it from a computer on the City of Dallas network.
Should there be further asstastic comments from Mr. Assman, I *will* report the incidents to the City of Dallas.