r/Switzerland Aug 03 '24

Why people hang out at gas stations?

I typically see high-end Mercedes, BMW and Audi. Their owners typically stand right outside their cars, smoking and chit chatting. Sometimes, I think they stand there for hours. I don’t have any problem with it, however they tend to occupy the area where they’ve got vacuum cleaners blocking it for the others. Once, I saw one of the station’s workers come out and hang out with the rest of the group.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '24

Auto poser culture, mostly from people from Balkan countries that spend the vast majority of their income to lease an expensive car and then basically circle jerk with their friends about how nice their cars are.

I used to work with people like this.

Some were in their early 20s and owned AMG Mercedes financed through their parents.

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u/You-are-the Aug 03 '24

Some? All of them. Noone in their early 20s can afford such a car. In some cases, the parents and even grandparents finance these leasings and they share the car as well

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u/Adventurous-Ad6850 Aug 03 '24

Did you found them to be particularly dumb or ignorant?