What Are Your Biggest Gas Station Pet Peeves?

Visiting an American gas station will make you understand Mad Max's world a little better

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Gas pumps are seen at a Chevron gas station in Orlando. Chevron Corp announced that it has agreed to buy Hess Corporation for $53 billion in stock.
Gas pumps are seen at a Chevron gas station in Orlando. Chevron Corp announced that it has agreed to buy Hess Corporation for $53 billion in stock.
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Owning and operating a car is full of little tasks that can range from mildly frustrating to completely infuriating. Gas stations are places where tempers can flare if a driver isn’t careful. So I got to know; what most pisses you off at the pump?

Is it the crazy loud and annoying gas station TV ruining your only moment of calm before you have to get back into a car full of kids? Or is it folks squatting at the pumps while perusing your local Wawa’s offerings? Maybe your car requires a weird, pain-in-the-ass fuel and regular cars taking up the one or two pumps you can use drives you bonkers?

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There’s so much to be dissatisfied with the entire process of fueling up, and we put up with it. Well no more! What gas station nonsense really grinds your gears?