Do you work in a gas station?
 

I got friends that work in em, so I know the deal about closing time. I also know that you can ring anyone up (even after closing time) as long as the money in the register hasen't been counted for the day.

Well last night I was on my way home from a party, just ran out of cigs, and needed gas to make it all the way back. I decided to stop at the only place on the way home that stays open til 1am.

At 12:45pm I roll into the parking lot, people are inside paying for their gas and whatnot. I go to pump mine and the clerk cuts off my pump, I figure he wants me to pay for it before pumping so I head for the door. (guy is new and it's dark)

This guy locks the door while I am walking to it, he turns the sign to closed (even though closing is 15 minutes away). I nock on the window to tell him I need at least $1 in gas to make it home (although I was going to fill up anyway) but he just acted like he couldn't hear me.

I guess he had somewhere to go and couldn't waste a minute of his time on me right? What an +++++++!

Well I can be one to!

I almost diden't make it home last night, and almost burned out my fuel pump in the process.

This morning I counted up $40 in lincons (pennies). Now most places won't take that many at one time cause the clerk has to count them all, unless they have to. So I pumped myself $40 worth of gas this morning and hauled my big bag of lincons inside, dumped them on the table and said "Thats for pump 6!"

Then I waited by the door while the same guy spent 15 minutes of his time counting up my money. :)

oh brad ur so bad;)

Golden. I wanna buy a plasma tv like that someday. :D

LOL

Serves him right!

When I was younger I worked in one and if anyone that worked there did they would get fired. The owners would check too, if they alarm was set right at closing time then they would give a warning. The place is open till whatever time THEN you count out.

Alot of gas stations around here don't even close (most of them on are bigger highways that either go all the way south, or very far east / west.

But, good job on screwing them over, and legally they cannot turn away pennys as they are legal tender :)

You made 1 mistake Brad. It did cost him 15 minutes of his bosses time now. You should have gone again short for closing time and make sure you're the last before he wants to close and go home.

Actually they can refuse a huge bag of unrolled pennies. Go into a bank and try that. They will refuse you as well.

correct, but in this case I had already spent $40, and as far as they know thats all the money I had, so they had to take it ;)

I know the owner, he's cool with me, I'll probbly mention it to him in a few days and we will have a good laugh about it ;)

gas ? surely you mean petrol :p

I mean gas.

And btw it's color ;)

Last I checked, it was a liquid, not a gas. :)

So close, you only missed one letter, better luck next time. :p

Back to the subject - I worked in a petrol station for six months many (many) years ago - great fun. :)

We invented the language, and the correct spelling is colour ;)

Satan

Not that I actually want to get into this discussion again, but I recall reading that a lot of those differences between American/British english came to the british english language, after America was discovered/american english was spoken.

discuss... ;)

Discuss? Pffh... Thats not a discussion topic - Its obvious that the people who decided to start altering the language into American English were unable to spell correctly...

Satan

I'd just like to see someone that can count that many pennies in 15 minutes.

roflmao good job!

I love how we get so much ++++ for messing up your version of english, but the truth is it's your goverments fault. You see, if you guys diden't charge so much tax on paper back in the day we wouldn't have had to drop letters in certain words (less letters = less paper used = less money spent).

So yea, you have no one to blame but yourself ;)

Don't worry, one day we will rule over you again ;)

Well don't come asking for help next time your country gets in a war it can't handle on its own ;)

You try taking on Germany and Italy with so little troops cowboy ;)

Don't make us come over there and repeat what we did to you all before. ;)

Hmm who is asking for this right
now?

PS Let's have some fun, but don't turn this into a political debat. ;)















You would loose.

You only came and helped because the Japs dragged you into the war - Else you'd have sat there and gone "oh look, england is being attacked - Thank god i'm safe over here in my backwards spelling country:p"

Satan

Actually USA was preparing a preimtive strike on Japan, but they beat us to it. ;)

Ew t'nod lleps sdrawkcab!

love this post. :)

a bank is not taking pennies as payment, they are taking it in for deposit or exchange of other equil legal tender.

A business establishment cannot refuse pennys if they want you to pay your bill.

Good story however I probably would of lost my temper on the guy at 12:45.......


Dont most gas stations take credit card after they close?

Neither the US now or Great Britian then should have had to ask for support in WWI, WWII, and the current operations in Iraq.

The only tender shops in england are allowed to refuse are ?50 notes...

That means if you spend ?350 in a shop and want to pay in 2ps, they legally have to accept it - They'll probably give you a hard time about it and try and get you to pay another way, but if you are that determined to piss them off and make them count every single 2p coin, you are legally entitled to do so :p

Satan

Brad, you have a very interesting life...with this and the adventures of fatman or whoever his name is. You keep me entertained in the IRC chat. ;)