Gas Station Anxiety in Great Britain

That's the dumbest thing that I heard in a long while. Regardless of the price of gas, I never worry about it. You want to go to work? To get groceries? You need to get gas. If getting gas is nerve wracking to them, imagine what they go through when it's time to renew their car insurance policy.
 

...not only is this whole article nonsense.. who the heck is Cazoo ?.. but they say there are much less young drivers on the road sice the 80's.. well thank God for it tbh.. however being afraid of the petrol pump is not the reason..

the actual reason is Numero Uno.. the price of driving lessons is HUGE now per hour.. and then number 2.. the price of Insurance is through the roof for young drivers now !.. Absolute mahoosive.. , then number 3 is that the price of Vehicles including used cars are at an all time high...and the minimum wage for a 17 year old is a Paltry £7.55 per hour...

Nothing whatsoever to do with anxiety at the petrol pump....
 
I was called to a gas station while on patrol because of an irate customer. The gas nozzle from the pump slipped out of the fuel tube on his vehicle and ran the price up to about $8 over what it should have been. The driver refused to pay. I asked the driver was he standing at the pump when it happened. He told me he walked away for a bout a minute because he had to take a cellphone call.

I told him he had to pay the money because the law is when pumping gas into your vehicle, the person must stay at the pump while the fuel is being pumped. In fact, it was also disclosed on a sign at the ump, as well. He thought it was the nozzle's fault because he wasn't able to stick the nozzle down the full length of the nozzle. I told him that in most cases he probably wouldn't be able to do that.

He didn't like it or agree with it, but he paid.
 
I can’t help thinking that if this is true, then the 39% of ‘young’ people supposedly suffering from ‘refuel anxiety’ might also be suffering from ‘getting out of bed in the morning anxiety’. They might even blame their anxieties on others. It's all someone elses fault!

But anyway, on a more mature analytical approach, I can’t find any direct press release or official statement from Cazoo themselves (unless someone else can?). I’ve never even heard of them before; they arn't exactly a household name. Without that direct statement from Cazoo, the company 'allegedly' behind this survey, what are we actually looking at?

So far, it seems like a British newspaper reporting on what another British newspaper reported, all tied to a Cazoo survey that Cazoo themselves may not have actually spoken about publicly. Is it a classic case of “he says that she says that they say.” And now Germany “says.” it too. It doesn’t quite sit right with me -- at least not yet. And now Senior Forums is repeating it too!

Anyone else feel a bit duped? I’d honestly love to be proved wrong if someone can dig up the original Cazoo release.

To me, this has all the hallmarks of classic Press Release ‘fluff’ dressed up as news. A manufactured headline designed to spark chatter, generate clicks, and push traffic to online outlets for ad revenue?

I’ve now seen Indy100 push the same story, but again with no actual new or fresh research or verification of thire own -- just quoting the same original piece. This kind of lazy, piggy-back reporting seems to be happening far too often.

Is it a slow news week this week?
 
I can’t help thinking that if this is true, then the 39% of ‘young’ people supposedly suffering from ‘refuel anxiety’ might also be suffering from ‘getting out of bed in the morning anxiety’. They might even blame their anxieties on others. It's all someone elses fault!

But anyway, on a more mature analytical approach, I can’t find any direct press release or official statement from Cazoo themselves (unless someone else can?). I’ve never even heard of them before; they arn't exactly a household name. Without that direct statement from Cazoo, the company 'allegedly' behind this survey, what are we actually looking at?

So far, it seems like a British newspaper reporting on what another British newspaper reported, all tied to a Cazoo survey that Cazoo themselves may not have actually spoken about publicly. Is it a classic case of “he says that she says that they say.” And now Germany “says.” it too. It doesn’t quite sit right with me -- at least not yet. And now Senior Forums is repeating it too!

Anyone else feel a bit duped? I’d honestly love to be proved wrong if someone can dig up the original Cazoo release.

To me, this has all the hallmarks of classic Press Release ‘fluff’ dressed up as news. A manufactured headline designed to spark chatter, generate clicks, and push traffic to online outlets for ad revenue?

I’ve now seen Indy100 push the same story, but again with no actual new or fresh research or verification of thire own -- just quoting the same original piece. This kind of lazy, piggy-back reporting seems to be happening far too often.

Is it a slow news week this week?
No, I have actually seen people freakout about gasing up a few times.
 
They can move to New Jersey. It's illegal to pump your own gas there.
 


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