Post by brassmonkey on May 28, 2010 20:42:51 GMT -5
Started cooking dinner on the grill tonight... Food got hot, propane ran out...
Took the empty tank to Mr. Mike's Mobil, where I've taken it 4 times before, been handed the key to the propane cage and exchanged the tank with no problem... Well, the young lady at the counter tells me that I must wait until there is no one pumping gas so that she can shut the pumps off because, evidently, according to the retarded individuals in charge of either OSHA or this gas station, proper, it's a fire hazard to unlock a lock, remove a full propane tank and replace that full tank with an empty tank, lock that cage up and then carry that full, sealed propane tank to my waiting mini-van cargo area... Keep in mind that all the while we're 20'+ from the gas pumps and nothing about the transaction suggests sparks, and the propane tanks are sealed... I waited for 20 minutes, but as the customers kept filing in and the clerk seemed to think that my propane situation was at the bottom of the importance list, I left in a huff, bitching that the propane ran out while the food was half-cooked on the grill, and I went to Brian's Place, where they don't have such a retarded rule... Man, do I hate stupid rules.....
Took the empty tank to Mr. Mike's Mobil, where I've taken it 4 times before, been handed the key to the propane cage and exchanged the tank with no problem... Well, the young lady at the counter tells me that I must wait until there is no one pumping gas so that she can shut the pumps off because, evidently, according to the retarded individuals in charge of either OSHA or this gas station, proper, it's a fire hazard to unlock a lock, remove a full propane tank and replace that full tank with an empty tank, lock that cage up and then carry that full, sealed propane tank to my waiting mini-van cargo area... Keep in mind that all the while we're 20'+ from the gas pumps and nothing about the transaction suggests sparks, and the propane tanks are sealed... I waited for 20 minutes, but as the customers kept filing in and the clerk seemed to think that my propane situation was at the bottom of the importance list, I left in a huff, bitching that the propane ran out while the food was half-cooked on the grill, and I went to Brian's Place, where they don't have such a retarded rule... Man, do I hate stupid rules.....
