Going to fill up with gas, some people give way to others and wait their turn, others rush in and cut in line.

Gas stations are not only places to fill up with gas, but also places where people see good and bad actions.

Many beautiful stories are shown at the gas station - Photo: AN VI

During rush hour, not only are the roads jammed, but there are also long lines of cars waiting at gas stations. Many people consciously wait their turn in line, but there are also people who force their way into the pump to fill up first.

Good sense at the gas station

At 4:30 p.m., a line of cars lined up on Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street (Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City) during rush hour. Inside gas station No. 30, people waiting to fill up with gas also formed a long line.

There are three employees working at this gas station. They use ropes to form a line at the first pump. Customers who come to fill up are guided to bring their vehicles in and out, and they fill up one by one.

With this method, all customers are aware of lining up in turn. Even those who are not yet in turn still proactively open the gas tank cap before entering the pump to avoid making the next person wait too long.

Customers line up to fill up at the gas station on Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street (Binh Thanh District) - Photo: AN VI

Many people have their money ready and pour in the exact amount to save time for the staff to give them change. Once done, the customer moves their vehicle up a few meters so that the vehicle behind them can continue to the gas station, then they close the gas tank cap and do the rest of the necessary work before leaving.

The good deed was also shown in the fact that when the gas station opened the second station inside, customers did not crowd each other but instead gave way to the less crowded station. The cars behind also followed to avoid congestion.

At a gas station in Go Vap district, there is no queue line, but when customers enter, the staff will guide them to the left side of the pump station to wait their turn.

A customer was waiting to get gas but got a phone call so he backed up and signaled for the person behind him to go ahead and get gas first. He then ran to the far side to take the phone call before returning to get gas.

One time at another gas station, I was waiting in line, suddenly someone cut in front of me, I felt uncomfortable but I tried to suppress it.

When the polite gas station attendant looked at me and the customer who cut in front and asked "who should I fill up for first?", unexpectedly the customer who cut in front pointed at me and smiled. I smiled back.

Waiting for the lady to follow the "process" is too time consuming.

Waiting to exchange money also affects the customers behind - Photo: AN VI

Also at another gas station in Go Vap district, some customers reacted to the staff because they did not fill up in the right order.

Because the gas station does not have a line for customers to line up, everyone pushes their way in. The staff cannot remember who came first and who came last, so they sometimes fill up the tank for the wrong person, making the person who came first frustrated.

Or at a gas station in Phu Nhuan district, during rush hour many people do not wait in line but are willing to cut in line.

The same is true at a gas station in Tan Binh district. The gas station is big, crowded, divided into 4-5 lanes for customers to queue. Mornings and afternoons are usually crowded, everyone tries to line up first to fill up and go.

The principle is that whoever comes first gets gas first. However, because the queue is quite wide, two cars can line up side by side at the same time, so one car will pass the one in front to get gas first.

The staff was so busy pouring continuously that they didn't even ask who came first or who came last, causing many people who came first to have to wait, sometimes 2-3 times they had to wait in line before getting to me, which made me frustrated.

There are “ladies” covered from head to toe, standing in line doing nothing, only when they get to the pump do they start taking off their coats, gloves, glasses and then rummaging through their wallets in the trunk of their cars.

After pouring the drink, many people behind still had to wait for the "lady" to put the change back, put her wallet in the trunk, pack her belongings, and then put on her glasses and drive away.

Many people have the habit of going to the gas station if they want to change money. For example, a man at a gas station in Phu Nhuan district came in, filled up a few tens of thousands of dong, then gave the employee a 500,000 dong bill, and asked for 100,000 dong in change.

To avoid fighting, a gas station in District 3 has ropes dividing the space into many small alleys, just enough for one car, so that other cars cannot squeeze in. After one customer finishes filling up, they can exit before it is the next customer’s turn.

I think this is a good way that other gas stations should refer to.

I once queued up to buy sticky rice at a roadside stall. The stall was quite crowded and customers often queued up to wait their turn.

The last batch had four people left, me, two women and another young man. Even though he arrived last, this young man was always impatient, wanting to buy first. When he was not allowed, he looked angry and turned around and left.

One woman said, "Sell to the people first so they can go to work." Hearing that, the young man turned around. But another woman disagreed, saying she came earlier than the young man.

Finally the young man had to wait his turn.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/di-do-xang-noi-nhuong-nhau-cho-toi-luot-cho-ao-len-chen-ngang-20241214225644265.htm