From: notsaying@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 05:44:46 GMT, Tim Wright    
   wrote:   
      
   > On 01/30/2021 16:33, Boron Elgar wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:49:47 +0000 (UTC), 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.   
   >>   
   >> Once again, variability.   
   >>   
   >> My Costco has one-way lines for the pumps and two pumps per lane with   
   >> lots of attendants..   
   >>   
   > One of the Buc-ee's near me has 122 gas pumps.   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buc-ee%27s   
   >   
      
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