What do you do to keep busy while the gas tank fills?
@shaggin (74531)
United States
November 18, 2025 5:07pm CST
Yesterday before I left town I stopped to fill up my tank with gas. I saw a guy whose big rig was filling with gas and he was using his spare time to lift weights next to his truck.
That was something have never seen anyone do while waiting before. I would be so embarrassed but it’s a healthy thing to do and to each their own right! Now if he has his shirt off and was standing there doing it to try to impress women it would have been very akward but that wasn’t the case he had a winter jacket on and was just doing his thing.
What do you do while you are waiting? If my husband is pumping gas I usually read a book same as I do while waiting at a pharmacy etc.
Photo is of a bouquet of flowers my husband got me for our anniversary in September.
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@RasmaSandra (90941)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Nov
The photos were supposed to load but I see no photo. I no longer drive a car, I came back to see the bouquet and the flowers are lovely, Did the lilies pop open?
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@shaggin (74531)
• United States
19 Nov
@RasmaSandra yes they did one every 3 days I’d say.,
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@GardenGerty (166515)
• United States
9h
Lovely flowers. I get what you mean about if he was doing it to impress, some would. It takes a lot of fuel to fill the big rig, and the drivers sit so much. I am glad he was making a healthy choice. My first husband drove a semi.
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@shaggin (74531)
• United States
5h
@GardenGerty I don’t think I would have ever thought to lift weights while waiting like that. It definitely can’t hurt for him to be doing that and it’s a healthy option for his body.
@wolfgirl569 (125156)
• Marion, Ohio
17h
I just wait but it doesn't take long as I usually don't let the truck get real low. If I was driving one of those big ones I would find something to do. He has a healthy routine
@MarieCoyle (50996)
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18 Nov
It only takes me a couple of minutes to fill the tank, get the receipt, etc. I never thought about having something to do while I fill up. Lifting weights, wow...he must be driving a lot, maybe for work, and feels the need to stretch.
Lovely flowers!!
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@shaggin (74531)
• United States
19 Nov
@MarieCoyle when I wrote this I was thinking it was just a tractor trailer but it was a tractor trailer that transports fuel. I can only imagine how long it takes to fill one.
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@shaggin (74531)
• United States
19 Nov
@MarieCoyle you are right I had not thought of that.
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@MarieCoyle (50996)
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19 Nov
@shaggin
Yes, that would definitely take a chunk of time—and money!!
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@snowy22315 (198900)
• United States
19 Nov
I rarely fill my tank all the way..but I may put more in than usual tomorrow. Consequently, I don't have much time to kill when getting gas normally
@marguicha (229250)
• Chile
18 Nov
I hardliy have time to stretch a bit. I have never filled the tank completly in my life. I just add around $10 each time.
@jstory07 (146592)
• Roseburg, Oregon
19 Nov
You have such a sweet husband those flowers are beautiful. I do nothing the gas is filled fast and off we go.
@DaddyEvil (161875)
• United States
18 Nov
That's a beautiful bouquet!
It doesn't take long to fill up a 12 gallon tank. I usually just watch the other people at the pumps or just watch the price wheels spin until the tank is full.
At least the guy wasn't being disgusting while lifting weights.
@sallypup (66721)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Nov
Those are lovely photos. My car is little so I have its tank filled in maybe five minutes.
@LindaOHio (206315)
• United States
19h
The flowers are lovely. I am getting rid of my last car; and I haven't pumped my own gas in decades.
