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Old Dec 6, 2023 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
I don't know why, but I had to watch that at least 5 times . I've yet to see a fight at superchargers, but I've seen a ton of fights in LA over gas pumps (usually at Arco's) and I've seen a few fights at the San Jose Costco gas pump where someone will casually cut from the line and grab an open gas pump someone else was waiting for
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Oh it’s fun to people watch at charging stations. I can’t say I don’t understand the frustration though I’d never get into a fight. Imagine waiting an hour just to fight someone over a plug.

I got gas yesterday and was all slamming the thing because I had to use my CC a few times, something that added just a minute or two to it had me slamming the thing, byttching about it. Charging isn’t for me unless it would be 100% at home.
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Old Dec 6, 2023 | 12:20 PM
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Oh it’s fun to people watch at charging stations. I can’t say I don’t understand the frustration though I’d never get into a fight. Imagine waiting an hour just to fight someone over a plug.

I got gas yesterday and was all slamming the thing because I had to use my CC a few times, something that added just a minute or two to it had me slamming the thing, byttching about it. Charging isn’t for me unless it would be 100% at home.
I've Supercharged at least 40 times between here and SoCal over the last 3 years, and not once did I see anything like this. And I've never had to wait for a supercharger more than 10 minutes. At Tesla superchargers I've never even had to wait half a second
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Old Dec 6, 2023 | 12:36 PM
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Me neither, but is it really any different from any other "people behaving badly" situation? It just happened to be at a charging station that time. Scenes like that happen everywhere everyday, because anywhere you have people, there are inevitably going to be a fair few stupid ones...

To quote the late, great George Carlin: “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”

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Old Dec 6, 2023 | 01:11 PM
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I've Supercharged at least 40 times between here and SoCal over the last 3 years, and not once did I see anything like this. And I've never had to wait for a supercharger more than 10 minutes. At Tesla superchargers I've never even had to wait half a second
There are 8 Supercharger plugs here in this city of 800k, it's not like California here. I haven't seen any fights but lines and LOTTTSSS of impatient gestures. Mostly out of state tags. There are two more at the dealer but they're always full.

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Me neither, but is it really any different from any other "people behaving badly" situation? It just happened to be at a charging station that time. Scenes like that happen everywhere everyday, because anywhere you have people, there are inevitably going to be a fair few stupid ones...

To quote the late, great George Carlin: “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
Sure, good point, but I can imagine that happens semi-frequently in areas that don't have tonnnnns of chargers. Or when people have been waiting. I'm way too impatient, I would charge my Cyberbeast (yes, I really like it) at home.
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Old Dec 6, 2023 | 01:19 PM
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People behave badly everywhere...
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People behave badly everywhere...
Or stupidly. How hard is it to exit a car wash? Because today it was for some idiot. They held up the line and wouldn't exit, we had a line of cars with our brakes on (that's never happened in my life--ever) in the car wash.
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Or stupidly. How hard is it to exit a car wash? Because today it was for some idiot. They held up the line and wouldn't exit, we had a line of cars with our brakes on (that's never happened in my life--ever) in the car wash.
Come here to Northern Cal, and you'll see stupidity beyond belief, like people driving 60 in the left lane, stopping on the freeway, stopping to make a left turn...while not in the left turn lane, and my favorite, texting while driving
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Old Dec 6, 2023 | 01:40 PM
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That stupid fight is supposed to make us laugh not start a debate on society lol.
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Old Dec 6, 2023 | 01:41 PM
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That stupid fight is supposed to make us laugh not start a debate on society lol.
I laughed. All 5 times in a row I watched it
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Old Dec 6, 2023 | 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
That stupid fight is supposed to make us laugh not start a debate on society lol.
Fair enough lol but all of you ask yourselves how many times you've had to hold your brakes in a car wash because some fool couldn't drive out?
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Fair enough lol but all of you ask yourselves how many times you've had to hold your brakes in a car wash because some fool couldn't drive out?
I had a woman back into me in a carwash once. She put the car in reverse instead of drive.
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
we have few free chargers left and i can see this happening.
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I had a woman back into me in a carwash once. She put the car in reverse instead of drive.
Nevermind. What car? Damage?
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Nevermind. What car? Damage?
It was my GS350. Only damage was the license plate frame in the front was bent, thank god.
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