True. Also, even if they could have, once those hoses are pressured up, they straighten out anyway, so the best path would still be the most direct one.
I just like to imagine the guy coming back to his car and thinking "Ah, so this is why you don't park next to a fire hydrant. Got it." Or more likely "What the fuck?!" and then when he whines to his friends about it, they laugh at him and tell him that that's why you don't park next to a fire hydrant.