Ughhhh Cringe

[DemureRose]

I just had a very cringeworthy experience and I thought I'd share it in the hopes that it makes whoever is reading it feel less bad about their self.

So one thing about me is I have very bad anxiety about pumping gas for my car. I don't know why, but as long as I have been driving it has been the one thing I have never been able to feel confident about. Personally I think it's because it's not something I have to do a lot, you know? Typically a person gets gas every other week or so, which means I don't have the repetition that normally gets me feeling confident about something.

And I've been very lucky in that I have great parents who are willing to get me gas whenever I need it. My dad normally gets gas for my mom, so it was no big deal for him to get gas for me. But I'm 19...and it's started to get embarrassing to ask for gas.

So, a few weeks ago I decided I would do it. I would pump my own gas. I drove to the nearby gas station and what do you know, everything went smoothly! A miracle! Fast forward two weeks, to today and I needed gas again. Last time went so well that I was feeling somewhat okay about it. I went at a time when hardly anyone was there, to the same pump I went to last time and I followed the same steps.

The pump didn't work. I did everything right. Everything was how it should be, but no gas was pumping. So, being the "genius" I am, I decided I'd put my card in again and see if maybe I had messed up. Still didn't work. So instead of going inside and informing the cashier that something was wrong and I needed that money back, I got in my car and switched pumps. That one worked perfectly fine and all seemed fine. The pump clicked, indicating it was done and I went to pull the handle out of my car and like the idiot I am I held down the lever to still pump gas. Why I didn't shut the gas off before I took it out, I have no idea. But as you can imagine, gas started spilling out. Luckily I released before we had a giant puddle but as I'm sure everyone knows, gas even in the smallest amounts is very pungent.

Most of the gas was on my car, again not a whole lot but enough to smell, so I just casually put the pump back where it belonged and drove off. The smell of gasoline lingering.

The whole way home I'm just praying that nobody saw my disaster and that the fact I have three charges from the same gas station in a ten minute time span doesn't spark anything at said gas station.

And I just try to keep telling myself comforting words like "At least you got gas! You were successful in the end!" or "Gas spills happen. It's a gas station!" or "There were so many people going through the stations that the cashier probably didn't notice anything out of the ordinary." *Also please don't tell me if any of these things are wrong. They're the only things keeping me from losing it lol.

An hour later and I am still cringing hard and just trying to keep myself from pondering it, but I thought someone out there might be having a cringe them self and maybe mine can overpower their own and make them feel better lol.

[Damian]

I've had that sort of thing happen a few times. For some reason when I'm filling the car I've got at the moment, the pump tends to cut off before it's full. To make sure it hasn't done that and I've really got a full tank, I tend to pull the lever again a couple of times. Last time I did that, though, I got a load more petrol and it spilled down the side of the car.

I doubt I'm the only one...

[DemureRose in reply to Damian]

Oh my gosh I’m so glad I’m not the only one lol.

[hypercat54]

I have never done this but have equally stupid things such as trying to put oil in my car....through the dipstick hole 😀

[DemureRose in reply to hypercat54]

Oh no 😂

[hypercat54 in reply to DemureRose]

Oh yes. Had my car for a year and got a friend to check my steering wheel as I couldn't move it! That's when I found out it had a steering lock.....😁

[Marshall64 in reply to hypercat54]

I don't think that is uncommon. My mom did that and called the dealer.

Putting oil in through the dipstick is funny though..😆

[hypercat54 in reply to Marshall64]

Yes. I'm the only person I have heard of who did that. I guess in that sense it's easier to be female. 😀

[Marshall64]

I can outdo you. I put the hose into the tank, it filled and then it clicked off. I got distracted somehow (easy for me) and got back in my car. I started driving off and people in the parking lot are yelling at me. I stopped, got out of the car and found I was dragging the hose (it has a quick disconnect). In front of everyone, I pulled the hose nozzle out of my tank and brought that and the attached hose (about four feet) into the gas station (I was kind of in shock). He just waves for me to set it down outside. I didn't go to that station for a long time.

[hypercat54 in reply to Marshall64]

Omg how embarrassing. Never done that but my big demon was forgetting to put the petrol cap back in. In the end I learnt to laugh at my mishaps and act like a dumb woman ha ha.

[DemureRose in reply to Marshall64]

My mom did that when she was pregnant with me. My whole life she’s “guilted” me by blaming me for it. Maybe I was traumatized in the womb from her experience 😂

[hurtingheart1]

Ha 🤣I feel for you !! Getting gas can be super annoying & smells!! But thank you for sharing !!

[Lilypocket]

I was in a motorway service station in France and went to pay. There was a distraught American couple who had put diesel instead of petrol in their hire car. I could see why : in France diesel is also called gazoil and petrol in the States is gas so they assumed they were the same.It messed up their car big time.

It can also be confusing for any of us with so many choices at the pumps ( for the those of us who are not " petrol heads" 😜)

[3699Gracey in reply to Lilypocket]

Same thing happen to my son and Me on a trip from Germany to Paris. Disastrous to the car. Fortunately a fellow military family was headed to Paris and saved the day. Lesson learned.....diesel is labeled gaziol....petrol is gasOline..😊

[Kewi]

Omg I can totally relate, not with gas, per se, but with things that should be simple but somehow always become an anxiety inducing cringe moment... In my case it happens when it's crowded, I get extremely anxious and that's when it hits the fan lol 🤦

God speed, my friend... Hang in there and just laugh it off when you can 🐱