Turn off your cellphone? Is this a thing you’re supposed to do? The car, I understand. Filling a running vehicle is just plain dangerous, but what does a phone interfere with?
It doesn’t “interfere” with anything, they just want you paying attention to the torrent of highly flammable liquid and vapour in your hand.
Some people, like my partner (sorry honey but…) have very poor situational awareness in general, and it plummets to significantly less than nil when they’re on the phone.
I can absolutely imagine someone spraying fuel everywhere, or lighting a cigarette, or some other bullshit because theyre talking on the phone.
I suppose the other missing piece for me is the idea that you need your phone in your hand while pumping gas. It’s a 30 second task that should generally keep your attention anyways.
Turn off your cellphone? Is this a thing you’re supposed to do? The car, I understand. Filling a running vehicle is just plain dangerous, but what does a phone interfere with?
a phone can short, generate static or ignite from a bad battery.
In China maybe, or that whole Samsung year of exploding batteries once
Where do you think your phone was made?
It doesn’t “interfere” with anything, they just want you paying attention to the torrent of highly flammable liquid and vapour in your hand.
Some people, like my partner (sorry honey but…) have very poor situational awareness in general, and it plummets to significantly less than nil when they’re on the phone.
I can absolutely imagine someone spraying fuel everywhere, or lighting a cigarette, or some other bullshit because theyre talking on the phone.
I suppose the other missing piece for me is the idea that you need your phone in your hand while pumping gas. It’s a 30 second task that should generally keep your attention anyways.