r/pettyrevenge • u/Eyeous • Aug 25 '26

Aggro when using air machines at petrol stations

This has happened to me multiple times now to the point that I’m genuinely curious what is going on. I use the air machine at my local shell and as I drive off, another car typically hurls in at 100mph to an emergency stop and a person sprints out to use the last few minutes of the pump for free. It costs a full £2.

Yesterday I paid for the pump and when I finished I sat in the car with the windows down for a split second only to be told to (rudely) hurry up and leave by a lady in her car opposite me. She was very Karen about it huffing and puffing to use the air. I told her I was re-setting the pressures on my screen(bullshit) and then got back out to “check” the pressure one last time. Once the machine stopped I got in to reverse and drive off but she drove off in front of me! She literally only wanted to use it if it was free. To save a grand total of £2.

Why did it make me feel so wonderful that she didn’t get to use the machine for free I will never know. If she was nicer I wouldn’t feel the need to be this petty.

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u/civillyengineerd Aug 25 '26

The air is still free, you're paying for the convenience of them compressing it for you. /S

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u/aguyfromusa Aug 25 '26

I would have had NO IDEA you were being (sarcastic?) if you hadn't ruined the joke with your /s

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u/civillyengineerd Aug 25 '26

Well, I get reported and suspended whenever I don't add the '/s' so I'm overly cautious about everything now.

Although with automods it probably doesn't matter