# Shoddy workmanship from around the world.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoddy-workmanship-from-around-the-world/671225>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 14, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoddy-workmanship-from-around-the-world/671225 "2013-10-14T16:31:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoddy-workmanship-from-around-the-world/671225/41 "2013-10-17T02:37:58Z")

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> [@TBG](#):
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> Not really. You either turn around and pull in the other way or wait.

Ha yeah right. People seem to have a problem with parking on the wrong side of the pumps. I’ve seen big queues at gas stations with a pump free to use. I just drive past everyone, pull ahead a bit and pump the gas. You don’t pull in the other way because the station, in my example, is all one way.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoddy-workmanship-from-around-the-world/671225/42 "2013-10-18T00:01:20Z")

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> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#):
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> I confess in almost 25 years of driving I’ve never seen anyone do that, The common practice is to pull slightly ahead of the hose point so that you don’t have it trail over the roof.

And in almost the same amount of time driving (and many more besides riding in the car), I’ve never seen anyone do that. 😃

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**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoddy-workmanship-from-around-the-world/671225/43 "2013-10-18T00:39:54Z")

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This count?

[http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd313/Ash51a/IMG\_0143-1.jpg](http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd313/Ash51a/IMG_0143-1.jpg)

Took that in New Dehli a few years ago, though rather than ‘shoddy’ it could probably be termed ‘normal’ 😛

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**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoddy-workmanship-from-around-the-world/671225/44 "2013-10-18T07:07:02Z")

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> [@TBG](#):
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> And in almost the same amount of time driving (and many more besides riding in the car), I’ve never seen anyone do that. 😃

Could be cultural, I’m from the UK. Perhaps we are more willing to do the extra 2 yards of walking?😃

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoddy-workmanship-from-around-the-world/671225/45 "2013-10-18T07:57:14Z")

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> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#):
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> Could be cultural, I’m from the UK. Perhaps we are more willing to do the extra 2 yards of walking?😃

Remember that there are drivers like this still out there:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CId-uAr34rg/hqdefault.jpg "Parkowanie roku - październik") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CId-uAr34rg)

Great Og, that’s infuriating to watch.

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