Gass-holes

[Jester]

Amazing to me that at this point in time, in this country, there are still stations that don't require pre-pay. And they are probably shocked--SHOCKED, I tell you!--that they have drive offs.

In the last year, I have driven in various parts of Florida, Texas, and Arizona. In the last year, I have seen exactly ZERO gas stations that did not require pre-pay or pay at the pump. I love Minnesota, it's a great place, but man do they need to get with the times. (And by "they" I don't mean Minnesotans, but the corporations that run the gas stations in Minnesota.)

[Dadeo]

We drove down to Florida for March break and I noticed the further south I got, the more stations were pre-pay. In my grandparents home town (Northern Ontario) there was a station that you often had to go FIND the attendant in order to pay. He'd be out back or in the garage working on something or other.

The only thing that irritates me is that some of the stations, mostly Shell IIRC, made you put in your zip code to pay at the pump. Being from Canada, I don't have a zip code. So after going through the whole rigamarole (granted it only took a minute or so), I'd then have to go in and pre-pay.

[vikingchyk]

The only thing that irritates me is that some of the stations, mostly Shell IIRC, made you put in your zip code to pay at the pump. Being from Canada, I don't have a zip code. So after going through the whole rigamarole (granted it only took a minute or so), I'd then have to go in and pre-pay.

Yeah, when they first started doing that, I couldn't figure out why I could never get them to work. Then one day I realized auto-pilot inexplicably had me plugging in my zip from three houses (and 20 years) ago Yay, I'm an idiot!

[Direshadow]

Ah, my favorite gasshole was this guy fresh from a strip club, past our cut off time. He has two twenty something year old escort girls with him. Comes in, wants alcohol. I said no. Sorry, cut off time was two am. Then he looks at me. Asks me how much I'd be for a night. He's 80 years old, even if I wasn't married with a new kid? There isn't enough money in the world for that to happen.

[XCashier]

The only thing that irritates me is that some of the stations, mostly Shell IIRC, made you put in your zip code to pay at the pump.

I found that annoying too, when I lived in Arizona. My apartment and my PO Box were at different zip codes, so I had to remember the correct billing zip code I had on whichever card I was using. Of course, now I live in Oregon, the attendants do the pumping so you don't need to use the zip code.

[Ironclad Alibi]

When I use my credit card locally, no zip is required. But when I'm on trips, they randomly require my zip code. I was in New Jersey last week where the attendents pump gas for you. Unfortunately, he didn't fill the tank all the way and I had to get another fillup before I got home. One tank was enough for the trip up and some extra driving around town.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Ah, my favorite gasshole was this guy fresh from a strip club, past our cut off time. He has two twenty something year old escort girls with him. Comes in, wants alcohol. I said no. Sorry, cut off time was two am. Then he looks at me. Asks me how much I'd be for a night. He's 80 years old, even if I wasn't married with a new kid? There isn't enough money in the world for that to happen.

Please tell me that guy ended up with nothing from the escort girls and wound up spanking it like Fred Willard.

On second thought, please don't.