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March 17, 2007
The Slowest Gas Pump
Not that this has anything to do with Xinjiang, but check out the following video I shot on my mobile phone yesterday:
I stopped for gas along the Garden State Parkway in Montvale, only to discover that every pump was super-slow. A friend recently told me that pumps have been slowed down so that the price goes up at approximately the same speed it did when the cost per gallon was much lower. I didn't really believe him until yesterday... when I was stuck pumping gas for 15 friggin' minutes to fill up the tank! (Look mom! I really do put gas in the car.)
For those math nuts among you, I used the video to calculate the speed of the pump. It comes in at a blazing 1.2 gallons/minute. What gives? Is there a pump slowdown nationwide?
Super annoying.
posted March 17, 2007 at 12:43 AM unofficial Xinjiang time | HaoHao This!
Comments
Long time since the last visit to your blog, sorry. But I keep loving it. One of the few blogs written from Xinjiang, isn't?
Posted by: ChinoChano at March 17, 2007 10:01 AM
That sounds like a bunch of crap to me. I worked at a gas station and the only time the pumps slowed down like that was when the filter was clogged. Nobody likes to change the filters, especially in winter, because you always get gas on your hands. And if you think having wet hands exposed to the winter weather is bad try spilling gas on them. They are so cold they feel like they're on fire.
Posted by: Shaun at March 18, 2007 04:50 AM
Dude, get out of N. Jersey and beach to W. Jiang.
Posted by: ElamBend at March 26, 2007 10:16 AM
Well, dude... you'll get your wish. I'm heading back to China on Tuesday. Xinjiang here I come!
Posted by: michael at March 26, 2007 10:23 AM
I guess that is the gas station in New Jersey. "Garden State Freeway" and "gallons" unit tells you that. "Slowness" is just a sign of stubbornness and irresposibility of American Foreign policy. You have been out of this "great democratic country" for too long, Mike!
Posted by: win094 at April 13, 2007 04:23 AM