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    I was once told talking on cell phones while pumping gas may cause static electricity and result in a spark.
    I've seen the warning stickers at the gas stations and that's enough for me to not do it - I figure they're not there for decoration, so I'll abide by them!

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    Good for you Mia M. That lady was out of line, I wish I had the balls to do that to some of the rude people I come across. I don't think you should feel badly at all considering she could have avoided the whole situation by not calling you stupid. I like this story.

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    Mia, I applaud you. I would have handled it just about the same. Like others in this thread said, some people just don't know when to leave well enough alone when it comes to strangers. Ugh.

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    The thing that gets me is for you to pull up on the cell means you were driving while talking on the phone! Bad!! *slaps wrist*


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    From what I've seen on Dateline and other related shows, your body has static electricity in it's body from when you may rub into the material. Then when you reach for the pump you can cause it to catch on fire.

    Yea, I freak out when I see people smoking and talking on their cell phone too.







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    Maybe I have this all wrong, but I'd think if the energy emitted by the cell ringing and lighting up was jumping about wouldn't turning on your car, with all of its seat belt light beeping, lighting up and radio starting also cause gas stations to blow up? At least, that's what I said to my alarmist email sending mom last time she tried to 'warn' me.

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    I don't think you have an anger management problem, I would've handled it exactly the same. She came at you three times in that manner, you were nice at first. Some people are just flat out irritating!

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    How much you want to bet me this gal doesn't carry any denomination of currency above $5 because she heard that the U.S. government/NATO/Trilateral Comission/or aliens have put transmitters in them to track our every move? Ehh, on second thought don't answer that.

    On a related note, has anyone here began to notice how gas pumps have turned into warning label billboards for every stupid possible (and impossible) scenario imaginable? A pump that I filled up at tonight had no fewer than SIX warning labels on it.
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    ^^ My favorite ones are the ones certified by Charles Bronson.
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    I dunno - I've actually never heard that, but if I had, and there was a warning sticker at the station saying essentially "Talking on your cell can cause this station to blow up" I might be a little pushy about it; I mean, if the fueling station is TELLING you that it will happen, I don't know that she is stupid to believe it.

    I've actually done similar things - I've told people off (nicely) for hitting golf balls in the park (hey one of those idiots once hit my dog; he wound up with a monstrously huge abcess that had to be drained - turns out there is a reason they have rules against golfing in city parks) and stuff like that.
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    The signs all just say, no talking on cell phones, thats it. In any case its probably more a question of liability, they just want to have their asses covered "just in case".

    As said before, cell phones won't start a fire at a gas pump. Now cigarettes on the other hand, considering actual embers in a cigarette its not exactly the brightest thing to be doing at a gaspump.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ Machismo View Post
    The signs all just say, no talking on cell phones, thats it. In any case its probably more a question of liability, they just want to have their asses covered "just in case".

    As said before, cell phones won't start a fire at a gas pump. Now cigarettes on the other hand, considering actual embers in a cigarette its not exactly the brightest thing to be doing at a gaspump.
    Once I saw a lady with a gas leak in her car at a petrol station, smoking, leaning over the gas with her cigarette in her mouth.. touching the leaky petrol, sniffing her fingers and then using the same fingers to grab her cigarette again... o.O;; I hightailed it.


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    fuck all that nonsense. id have done the same thing but sooner.

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    The article said the fire was immediately put out. It don't sound like the station blew up. Dumb bitch should know how to stop drop and roll. I mean that in a nice way.
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