What's wrong with this picture?

DMW

Just saw this happen.

Lit

I saw that once. Scary.

ponder

Overexposed?

Eggcelsior

Ungh! I want a wagon like that so bad!

JohnInCarolina

OK, I'll bite.  Looks like they just forgot to put the pump back, and tried to drive off.  But how did the hose end up in the back?  Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on this one.

caliking

Maybe they have a pump at home that they needed the hose for??

Botch

Too lazy/rushed to turn around and put the gas cap towards the pump?  

 

(tip for those of you who get rental cars often: most (but not all) auto makes put a small arrow next to the gas pump symbol on the gas gauge in the car, so you can pull up to a pump correctly right before your flight home).  

DMW

They drove off. We were leaving the gas station and had to do a u turn to get where we were going. Saw a car driving with the hose hanging out. Saw the pump without the hose and pulled in to let them know. Gas was spraying out. I hit the emergency stop button. A few minutes later she pulls in with the hose tucked in the back.

stevethegreat

@Botch‌ I just learned about that a year ago and it blew my mind

GATABITES

I pulled a hose off when I was in college. no gas spills though, thank goodness. 

lucky you were there to hit the shut off. 

DMW

@Botch good tip, been there done that.

caliking

Those are designed to break away for incident s just like that. Covered by your auto insurance. I know because a friend did that a long time ago.

Wolfpack

What's wrong is the $4.05/gallon- don't blame her for taking the hose

JohnInCarolina

You have to be fairly self absorbed to both drive off with one of these still in your car and get far enough away to where you need to stuff it in the back of your car and turn around. I assume she was talking on her cell.  

Holepuncher

Better this than people leaving their kids in a hot car.

Jeremiah

Not to get side tracked here but how the hell do you leave your kid in the car??? I just can't imagine.

Wolfpack

Yep- special place in hell for that couple from Georgia. I'd put their ass in an oven and see how they like it. Make it a big oven and put the child molesters in there too

johnkitchens

I agree @Wolfpack‌.

NPHuskerFL

Epic fail! 8-}
Wish you had a motion video on that one. Would make for a good YouTube video. )

NPHuskerFL

@DMW‌ I'd say the shoe fits for a description of»»» here's your sign. )

Bill Engvall - Here's Your Sign (Video): http://youtu.be/p5ZkdHImCuQ

TexanOfTheNorth

Most gas stations in Ontario (not sure about the rest of Canada) do not have the little lever on the pump handle that let's you walk away from the car while fueling. It can be a pita but, it does help avoid this sort of thing from happening.

Farbuck

Don't know about driving off with a gas hose but yeas ago, I drove off with a drive-in movie speaker still attached.   I didn't get too far because it yanked out the driver's side window.    That was a tough one to explain to my father - it was his car.

Hairless_Hand

This happens too often at the gas station near my house. Lots of soccer moms living out here in the suburbs get back in their cars to stay warm during the winter time. During the winter there are always 4-5 pulled off. I literally have to look at the pumps to be sure there is a hose before I park.

Eggcelsior

Most stations around me have break-away hoses the connect at the top of the pump. If you accidentally drive away, the hose is saved along with your gas tank and no fuel is lost. Maybe it's a Maryland thing or just at newer stations. I tend to only frequent the newer places since they typically have diesel.

Fred19Flintstone

When cellphones were still known as carphones, I worked at a gas station taking care of the full-serve (remember full-serve?).  I watched a lady on her carphone so engrossed in her conversation that she took out one of my pumps.  I hit the emergency stop so fast that I'm not sure the gas on the ground ran out of the demolished pump or we had a leak.