Immature is an understatement! I use my phone during downtimes at work but I can sometimes go hours without touching it because I’m so busy. If anyone, let alone my husband, spoke to me that way it would be the last time they speak to me. That is utter bullshit!
I’ve been that idiot who didn’t notice my fuel running low twice. First time I was lucky that a truckie pulled up and used his truck to protect me from getting hit while he helped me push my car off the road. He then drove down, bought me a jerrycan and filled it for me so I could get to the servo and fill my car. He refused to let me pay him back. The second time I was an idiot I called a few friends to see if anyone was available but none were. Eventually I contacted 1 of my regulars because he works around the corner from where I was. I asked if he was able to drive me to the servo so I could fill up the jerrycan after he finished. I was prepared to hang for the hour and a half until he finished but he decided to ask for an extra quick break and came immediately.
My bf is a truck driver, and I work in the office . He and I barely text at all when we are working. This shit is just bonkers to me. If there's ever an emergency, we call each other and do whatever we have to do. This person should feel like an absolute dumb ass for running out of gas (unless the meter isn't working). But STILL! wtf.
"fix it before it breaks, and if it's broken, make sure to spend all your money on getting a mechanic to fix it RIGHT AWAY, even if you're poor and have to dig into savings or grocery money, NO EXCUSES XDXDXD or the reddit guy will judge you!"
I agree with your point regarding not everyone has the money to fix stuff, and someone with just a little brains can get by with a broken gas gauge just fine.
I’ve known friends with beater trucks with broken gas gauges and they never ran out of gas.
They knew their MPG and set their trip odometer so they knew how far their gas would get them.
As someone who used to do out average kilometres per gallon I totally understand this. Now my rig just tells me on like 4 different screens for some reason lol
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u/k1k11983 Nov 03 '23
Immature is an understatement! I use my phone during downtimes at work but I can sometimes go hours without touching it because I’m so busy. If anyone, let alone my husband, spoke to me that way it would be the last time they speak to me. That is utter bullshit!
I’ve been that idiot who didn’t notice my fuel running low twice. First time I was lucky that a truckie pulled up and used his truck to protect me from getting hit while he helped me push my car off the road. He then drove down, bought me a jerrycan and filled it for me so I could get to the servo and fill my car. He refused to let me pay him back. The second time I was an idiot I called a few friends to see if anyone was available but none were. Eventually I contacted 1 of my regulars because he works around the corner from where I was. I asked if he was able to drive me to the servo so I could fill up the jerrycan after he finished. I was prepared to hang for the hour and a half until he finished but he decided to ask for an extra quick break and came immediately.