Sharing this (link at bottom) here because of a fun little game I like to play. Now, most of us know that, even though many stations make a reference to their gas being "unleaded", there hasn't been lead in auto gasoline since the 1980s. Some of us are old enough to *remember* leaded gas. But there are still a few people who didn't get the memo about lead being removed.
So this is the game I play. Many local stations here in Indy, mostly the Speedways, have "Regular, Plus, & Premium". But most clerks refer to the Regular octane as "Unleaded". Now, I usually play the game if I see a trucker or professional driver of some kind there in the station at the same time. It's more fun if they can hear it.
In the most recent game, which is how they usually go, I walk in to prepay. - I tell them "I just need $20 on pump 3".
- Clerk asks "You just want unleaded?" (She means 'regular'.)
- I say to her "Well, they're *all* unleaded these days, aren't they?"
- Clerk replies "No, not all of them."
- I say "Really? So the other two kinds have lead in them?"
- Clerk replies "Yes, they each have a higher octane, you know."
- I say "Ah, so the octane is the lead? And only the 'Regular' octane has no lead in it?
- Clerk says "I believe so." (She has either been mislead, or has no clue.)
- I tell her "Well, my van does fine without the lead, so I'll just have the 'Regular*", putting a very tiny bit of emphasis on the word 'Regular'
- Clerk says "The Unleaded?"
- I answer "Right."
Any trucker in the know, or experienced chauffeur or cabby, waiting in the line is usually looking at the floor and biting their tongue. I do it for them.
http://www.cartalk.com/blogs/jamie-lincoln-kitman/tobacco-there-was-leaded-gas
So this is the game I play. Many local stations here in Indy, mostly the Speedways, have "Regular, Plus, & Premium". But most clerks refer to the Regular octane as "Unleaded". Now, I usually play the game if I see a trucker or professional driver of some kind there in the station at the same time. It's more fun if they can hear it.
In the most recent game, which is how they usually go, I walk in to prepay. - I tell them "I just need $20 on pump 3".
- Clerk asks "You just want unleaded?" (She means 'regular'.)
- I say to her "Well, they're *all* unleaded these days, aren't they?"
- Clerk replies "No, not all of them."
- I say "Really? So the other two kinds have lead in them?"
- Clerk replies "Yes, they each have a higher octane, you know."
- I say "Ah, so the octane is the lead? And only the 'Regular' octane has no lead in it?
- Clerk says "I believe so." (She has either been mislead, or has no clue.)
- I tell her "Well, my van does fine without the lead, so I'll just have the 'Regular*", putting a very tiny bit of emphasis on the word 'Regular'
- Clerk says "The Unleaded?"
- I answer "Right."
Any trucker in the know, or experienced chauffeur or cabby, waiting in the line is usually looking at the floor and biting their tongue. I do it for them.
http://www.cartalk.com/blogs/jamie-lincoln-kitman/tobacco-there-was-leaded-gas
