Just when you think you have seen it all and been asked every motoring question imaginable along comes one out of the blue. Filling up at the end of the day a young man asks “how do I fill up my car”. I then have to show him how to select the fuel; unhook the nozzle; insert the said nozzle into the car; pull the trigger; and what to say to the cashier. Oh! And “Don’t forget to lock your doors if you want to come back to your vehicle”.
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Did you also have to show him how to tie his shoelaces. How has he survived driving around, prior to bumping into you?
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I think he must have been a tourist who had hired the vehicle.
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Ok, but surely they have petrol caps in cars wherever he lives?
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He could at first have tried to get the diesel nozzle into a petrol car!
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Ha ha, you should have let him do it. Or is that a little mean spirited.
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You know what obliging chaps we cabbies are!
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Let’s not forget that kids today are poorly educated especially when it comes to spelling, writing & reading. Additionally they spend most of their life stuck in their cellphones in the land of ‘quick text’ which further impairs spelling. My guess is the young man just couldn’t read if he was a Brit. If he was a tourist he would probably read English better than a local.
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Maybe the garage should have diagrammatic instructions, instead of 20 ‘do not…’
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My Australian daughter-in-law once asked young guys at garage who were servicing her car to put it through their car wash once they had finished. She arrived to collect – still dirty car. What happened? None of them knew how to drive a manual!
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I think manual cars could be a relic of yesterday’s motoring. No black cab in London has a manuel gearbox.
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He might be smarter than we think, perfect way to get someone to do the dirty job while standing back looking on
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That’s true, I’ve lost count the number of times that my hands smell of diesel after filling up.
Thanks for the comment
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