From: notsaying@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:45:38 GMT, Beaver Fever    
   wrote:   
      
   > On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 12:49:50 PM UTC-8, Howard wrote:   
   >> Snidely  wrote   
   >> > Not quite a response to this, but CostCo gas pumps often have lines   
   >> > of 10 or so cars per lane. Price can motivate tolerance of   
   >> > inconvenience.   
   >> For my close ones it's not just the wait but the scrimmage for the   
   >> pumps that can happen when people are approaching them from different   
   >> sides, the dance where you have to pull around cars to get to a pump   
   >> and you're not sure if someone else is going to pull out, the jams   
   >> where people try to pull out of the part of the driveway where cars   
   >> want to enter and nobody will yield....   
   >>   
   >> I will happily risk paying an extra buck and drive a few minutes   
   >> farther to get to the station with better design if the closer   
   >> stations get crowded.   
   >   
   > Thanks for reminding me why I don't drive even tho it means I will die   
   > poor and alone   
   >   
   And worse, without a stock of coffee!   
      
      
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