Monday 29 July 2013

Petrol flow theory

I was going to analyse why reducing the number of pumps from twelve to six has improved the level of service at my local filling station, but I can't be bothered.

Here are the hi-res state of the art graphics of the before and after configurations.  (Not to scale.)  Work it out for yourselves.

BEFORE:


 
 
AFTER:
 
 
 
 

5 comments:

  1. Is it the massive queue for the Wild Bean Cafe that is the problem?

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  2. Oh, Tim! Shouldn't you think of taking up a hobby? Or even cleaning the oven (I have never cleaned an oven, but I believe there are people who do).

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  3. That's a factor, Rog. But the main point is that, under the old layout, you had to wait for two cars to get out of the way, as opposed to only one now.
    Frances - I cleaned my oven once, after about five years. The food didn't taste any different, so I haven't bothered since.
    I might post about hobbies later, if I can spare the time.

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  4. I suppose I'd still wait in the wrong queue, the one where the driver took ages to go and pay.

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  5. As a postscript, I pulled in there this morning to fill up, and they'd run out of unleaded. I'll obviously have to update my graphic with some big question marks.

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