re: Smoking while pumping gas

Same here. It's too hot to not let the AC run.

You know what else I do? I park at the pump when I stop to get a red bull and take a piss. Anyone else do this?

See it from time to time, but I think I mentioned it here before. My uncle use to own a gas station and when I was in college, depending on my schedule I would go there on a regular basis, sometimes between classes, or other things I had going on.

His sons, who are the same age as me, would run it when they were finished with classes so I would go to hang out with them as well.. The number of people who would smoke while pumping gas was unbelievable... There was a sign at each pump "No smoking while pumping gas or near near gas tanks".. People didn't care..

If they would see someone smoking, they would tell them smoking wasn't allowed near the pumps.. And more times than not, they either didn't listen or have an attitude about it. "I always smoke when I pump gas, aint nothing happened yet".. Some form of that statement was a pretty common response.

And I would imagine that if something did happen and they got injured (burns, etc) they would probably be wanting to sue.

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Can't wait to see gas stations go the way of casinos and bars. I don't want to get cancer while pumping my gas.

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Then move to Oregon or New Jersey.

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You know what else I do? I park at the pump when I stop to get a red bull and take a piss. Anyone else do this?

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If I'm not getting gas and there's a parking spot I won't do this.

If there's no parking spot, I'll put the pump in my tank to pretend like I'm getting gas

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but I would say "I don't like smoking as it is let alone at a gas pump".

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If you're going that far, why not just get actual gas?

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Because if I've got 4/5ths a tank, its not worth getting my card out and pressing the buttons

If I see someone smoking at the pump, I'll move to another pump.

Hopefully the blast won't be as bad.

And people that leave their kids strapped into their seats while fueling. That's a bad idea.

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Cigarettes don't burn hot enough.

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A lit cigarette is likely not hot enough to light gasoline, but it does get hotter when you take a drag. If someone accidentally spills out some gas as they are taking out the pump and they recently just took a drag and it fell out of their mouth, if the lit part fell in the right position and it is hot enough outside, it can light the gasoline.

It's unlikely it will happen, but there is a chance. If people would simply not smoke while pumping gas, there is no chance of it happening. As a general rule, it's never a good idea to have a fire around gasoline, unless you want to set it on fire.