Servo Car Wash Unspoken Rules/Etiquette

LTree Fiddy on 01/01/2023 - 14:38

Hi All,

One of my pet peeves when using automatic car washes at servos is when people park/leave their vehicle in the car wash queue before heading inside to pay. Is this a jerk move? Is it socially acceptable to reserve a spot in the queue before paying?

I'm of the opinion that there's an unspoken etiquette where you should park in the customer parking first, pay for the car wash and then proceed to the queue.

I've had several instances around Sydney where I've been stuck behind someone that's left their vehicle unattended and paid for the car wash after me.

Minor nuisance in the scheme of things but I'm curious of everyone's opinion.

Poll Options expired

  • 17
    Parking in the queue before paying is acceptable.
  • 126
    It's a jerk move.
  • 24
    It doesn't bother me / I don't care.
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Comments

  • MS Paint on 01/01/2023 - 14:51
    +15

    Just hand wash your car at home.

    • Clear on 01/01/2023 - 15:38
      +1

      I can claim car washes as an expense at work as a dirty car doesn't look good to clients. It's never as clean as a wash at home though.

      Seems servos in OP's case are odd that they don't have paying machines at the wash so there's no need to go inside.

      • MS Paint on 01/01/2023 - 16:29
        +1

        As a client of your I don't care what condition your car is in.

        I just want cheap tablets (not the medicinal kind)

        • Clear on 01/01/2023 - 16:30
          +2

          Agreed there's no company logo so does it really matter?

          I'm holding out for the next Ali sale. Some new cheap tablets coming out this month.

      • RMBC on 02/01/2023 - 15:00
        -1

        You can claim them regardless as it's considered maintenance

    • Tree Fiddy on 01/01/2023 - 15:50
      +5

      I would wash the car at home if I didn't live in an apartment with limited space or facilities to wash the car.

      • Some Human on 01/01/2023 - 20:29
        +1

        I would wash my car in a car wash if I could be bothered taking off the roof racks.

      • WT on 02/01/2023 - 11:26

        havent tried this but apart from the normal stuff maybe you can use one of those pump sprayers for water, it wont blast anything off but it should be enough to wet the car. or if there is a tap near enough a 9l watering can

        or just buy a hose and take it with you

    • Clipzero on 01/01/2023 - 16:32
      +2

      It also protect the car, just look at how many cars have those circular marks all over the body.

  • brad1-8tsi on 01/01/2023 - 15:40
    +3

    Unspoken rules aren't rules

    • timthetoolman on 01/01/2023 - 20:27
      +2

      That's coz you can't talk about them. It's like fight club

    • Tree Fiddy on 01/01/2023 - 20:54

      They are when playing Mao.

  • lachhelix on 01/01/2023 - 15:40
    +10

    I didn't know parking in the queue was even a thing - definitely a total dick move

    • nuker on 01/01/2023 - 16:31

      Even if you did not cause any delay to anyone?

      • lachhelix on 01/01/2023 - 16:51

        Now you're asking the hard questions!

        I guess if there no chance of someone who already has purchased it waiting behind you then it's okay imo

  • sharkyoz on 01/01/2023 - 16:45
    -7

    boo hoo hoo

  • herecomestheoost on 01/01/2023 - 17:24
    -3

    :D

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  • Mokr on 01/01/2023 - 17:53
    -2

    So I was waiting for the air pump. Just parked at the fuel pump. The car at the pump finishes and leaves. While another car enters.

    You need to do a eye sweep first.

    You eye sweep first.

    You don't just go in.

    It's like at the gym with equipment take a eye sweep to see if anyone else is waiting.

    Cause if I'm waiting to use a power rack for my quads. You also know someone elseles quads be waiting

    • GrueHunter on 01/01/2023 - 20:22
      +5

      Just so I'm clear here:

      You were parked at a fuel pump.

      You weren't parked at the air pump.

      Somebody else parked at the air pump.

      Is that what happened?

      • Tree Fiddy on 01/01/2023 - 20:40
        +7

        While waiting to use the power rack for their quads… 🤔

        • Gunnar on 02/01/2023 - 10:57
          +1

          No doubt the waiting was done sitting on another bench, on their phone, for 30 minutes having done only one rep with an, at best, average weight.

  • Some Human on 01/01/2023 - 20:31
    +6

    That's a nuisance, because then you have to wait for that prick to finish. It's queue jumping that is.

  • Ghost47 on 01/01/2023 - 21:56

    Just go to an auto wash.

  • SuperLate on 01/01/2023 - 23:23
    +1

    There should be a mobile car wash similar to mobile dog washing. Are you listening Jim ?

  • jacross on 02/01/2023 - 09:36

    I don't think I've ever used a car wash that wasn't pay on entry so I can't relate to the issue. I'd probably be so surprised that it's not pay on entry that I'd accidentally (profanity) it up for everyone else and end up having to go in while my car was due to be washed.

  • doctordv8 on 02/01/2023 - 14:06
    -1

    You pay for a Car Wash!! Lazy and or Wasteful or both, work expense or not.
    No hand wash at my complex, but a friend does, and the grass benefits form all the car washing.

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