Time to Update the Pumps?

There is no point in "updating the pumps" as gas prices are going to keep rising quickly for a long time. Unless you want to go ahead and change the buttons to $50, $100, $500, $1000 and maybe a $10000 to be safe.

These pump can accept combinations too, all you have to do is hit $20 twice to get it to stop at $40.

If you want $37 then $20 + $10 + $5 + $1 + $1.

I don't see the need to update them. Maybe add a sticker for the idiots who can't figure out the simple things.

"Maybe add a sticker for the idiots who can't figure out the simple things."

Stickers are quite literally band-aid solutions to bad design. And sorry, idiots? Is it that obvious how to use these things? As long as we're going to pass judgment on people (and having never used a gas pump like this before), I want to call out some critical usability flaws of these controls:

- There's no way of knowing how much money you've selected (unless there's a display somewhere out-of-frame)

- The Fill/Clear button's purpose is nebulous at best. How does it accomplish both functions? I'd be worried about gas coming out of the pump if I pressed it after making a mistake

- Do I push the buttons before I pick up the pump, or after? Does it matter?

Granted, you might be able to figure these out after using it, but to claim that these instructions are user-friendly (or idiot-proof, if you will) is absurd.

Um, who cares?

Also from a usability perspective, I'm amused that the most useful thing to include a diagram for is the most obvious: how to operate a button (push it)!

Sorry Adam but if you can't figure this pump out you really should not be operating a motorized vehicle.

"Sorry Adam but if you can't figure this pump out you really should not be operating a motorized vehicle."

Hahaha

hahaha. gas prices make me laugh. until i have to pay more for my produce + meat.

ride your bike adam you monster. dont tell me you need a car cause i dont believe you.

Monster! I love what this has turned into :)

Gas Prices what the??, people are still paying more for a litre of bottled water or even a half litre of bottled water yet they get all mad about $1-$2 for a litre of gas?

$40 to fill half a Gulf? I don't drive, but my mother was complaining about it costing $40 to totally fill her Saturn last week.

Nothing like building cars out of plastic to lighten the load.

Yeah - I have a new CSX that holds 55 litres. To fill it up recently it cost me about $52 (still some gas in there). Thankfully, I'm not driving to work - but I figured that it would be best to fill up the car before prices get too high.

Check the cost again, your car for sure doesn't hold more than 60 litres in gas - and make sure they aren't ripping you off at the pump!

Where in the yellow fuck is this gas station? Do they also have hay to feed the horses & carriage?

Also, scooters can be filled for under $10.

What happened to the Fucked Up DVD story?

Who uses the buttons anyway? I always gun for a whole number, but it's not a true wager, i always pay with CC.

Can you actually get $40 by pushing the $20 button twice? I think that's far from clear from the design... there certainly doesn't seem to be any way to indicate a total or how many times a button has been pressed. Would explain the people ending up with $20 on the $5 button though.

What part of "in any combination" makes it hard to understand that you can COMBINE buttons to make up the total that you want? Geez, it's not rocket science. It's reading comprehension.

"Geez, it's not rocket science. It's reading comprehension."

Yeah, that's the problem. Most people are actually functionally illiterate.