Petrol forecourt etiquette?

[LittleMissRayofHope]

Is there any?

This morning I dropped dd off at nursery and was in no rush to get home. Needed some fuel so into petrol station and waited for an available pump on the right side for my car.
There were pumps free but they weren't on the side I wanted.
Man drives in behind me and beeps. I didn't move. He beeped again, and I didn't pay notice to it.
He beeps a loooonnnnggg beep and when I didn't move he actually got out, came to my window, tapped and motioned me to wind down my window. I didn't.
He shouted through the window that my car is smaller then his so I should use the other pumps as it will reach round my car. I said I didn't want to risk damaging my car and I was happy to wait.
He said I was out of order as I would be making him late now and I was a 'selfish school run mum' I didn't say anything back although I did call him a wanker when he finally walked off

Now nasty comments aside, there is no forecourt etiquette is there? I was perfectly within my rights and reasonableness to refuse this?? Or should I have rocked damaging my vehicle or looking like a prat if the hose didn't reach as my car was smaller then his??

Some pumps do reach to the wrong side (generally ones where te hose is tracked quite high up), and some don't. It is quite cumbersome to pull it over without dragging it all over the car, and get the angle right to hove it in the hole, and sometimes difficult to see the gauges.

Nobody is being unreasonable for wanting to wait for a right side pump. That guy was behaving like a petulant arse. I can't get annoyed over people wanting to wait for whatever pump they like. What I do get irritated with is those who fill up the car, then leave it at the pump and go into the petrol station/supermarket to pay, and proceed to do a weekly shop, seemingly oblivious to the queue for the pumps outside.

I would have said to him, OK mate, you can manhandle the hose and fill the car for me.

Exactly, if you were a bloke he wouldn't have done that, I find the hoses really awkward to manoeuvre around my truck, also they are filthy things not great if you are all in your best ready for a night out! What a prick!

Ah yes, unreasonable anti school run mum behaviour. As a school then work run mum and sometimes school then nursery then work run mum I've experienced this attitude the other way round! I usually take a short cut down a really really wide road with occasional parked cars. Never come across a bin lorry on the school run before, but must've been running a bit late that morning (despite being up for hours getting everyone ready!!) Sat patiently behind the bin lorry as they went to a few houses, then expected it to move forward and slightly left so I could pass but three times they stopped right in the middle so I couldn't quite get past. I became the petulant one and got out of my car and got mad - and was told I should have got up earlier!!!!! I guess they have a lot of late mums to contend with on mostly narrow roads but it seemed U to me!