I am a prankster.

[edible_hat]

This exact same conversation happened twice today!

(SC tries to pay with Shell card)
Me: I can't accept that, do you have another form of payment?
SC: Why not?
Me: Because that's a Shell card and this is [brand].
SC: You're kidding!

Yes, we really are a Shell station. I changed uniforms, took down all the Shell signs, painted the building, and put up signs for a competing chain just to trick you!

and an extra bonus laugh: one guy couldn't figure out why he couldn't pay with his library card.

[smileyeagle1021]

and an extra bonus laugh: one guy couldn't figure out why he couldn't pay with his library card.

augh, brain can't handle it

[powerboy]

one guy couldn't figure out why he couldn't pay with his library card.

You know that he got lost going to the library, when he was younger

[bigjimaz]

one guy couldn't figure out why he couldn't pay with his library card.

Oddly enough I may be able to shed some light on this one. At a library I used to belong to before I moved, you used your library card like a credit card, sort of. You paid cash to the counter person and they added that amount to the value of the cards. This was only for the video rental and late payment fees. (it was a college library) It could be that your SC thought that because the card has a monetary value he could use it to pay. Of course he was terribly wrong, but it is an explanation.

[edible_hat]

Oddly enough I may be able to shed some light on this one. At a library I used to belong to before I moved, you used your library card like a credit card, sort of. You paid cash to the counter person and they added that amount to the value of the cards. This was only for the video rental and late payment fees. (it was a college library) It could be that your SC thought that because the card has a monetary value he could use it to pay. Of course he was terribly wrong, but it is an explanation.

Possibly. This was from the local public library, it had a photo, name, card number and magnetic stripe.

[Damien]

You know that he got lost going to the library, when he was younger

and 42 years later, he is still lost

[Jester]

I actually had a lady present a Chevron gas station credit card to me once, and our card reader wouldn't take it.

Because, you know, we were a restaurant and all.

So I returned to the table, showed her the card, and asked, "Are you trying to say something about the food here?"

Everyone had a good laugh about it. It was just an honest mistake on her part, grabbing the wrong card from her wallet.

[matty]

Ok, I'd better get ready to duck here!

As I think I've pointed out once or twice before, I don't drive, so rarely visit petrol stations. I thought that those *big oil company* credit cards were co-branded Visa or Mastercards, the idea being that you earn points or get discounts if you use the card to shop at *big oil company A*, but that the card is still valid at *big oil company B and C* and your local bookshop and your record store and everywhere else Visa or Mastercard is accepted. Have I got it all wrong?

[Ackee]

Yes, we really are a Shell station. I changed uniforms, took down all the Shell signs, painted the building, and put up signs for a competing chain just to trick you!

If only!!

[Jester]

They may well have gas station credit cards that are also Visa/MC or whatever, but in the cases we are talking about (at least mine), they were gas station-only credit cards. Just like a store credit card....you can only use it at that store.

I myself have only bothered with a gas station credit card once, when I was young and stupid. I don't bother with one now that I am older and (slightly less) stupid.

[smileyeagle1021]

Yes, we really are a Shell station. I changed uniforms, took down all the Shell signs, painted the building, and put up signs for a competing chain just to trick you!

I actually had that happen at carl's jr once.

Is this a KFC

yes, it is, but before you came I replaced all the doors so they would have the Carls Jr. logo (which was etched in the glass), replaced the menu, redid the vinyl on the booths, and changed uniforms for no reason other than to confuse you... oh yeah, and we changed the stock in the kitchen to have burgers instead of chicken... we wouldn't want to leave the prank incomplete.

[Aggravated Associate]

Somewhat OT, but I desperately want to whenever someone comes in, checks out, and as they're writing a check or whatever, ask (amid millions of signs, the text on their newly-acquired shopping bag, and the text on the card reader right in front of them) "Where am I?"



You're at The Eager Beaver, ma'am. Don't piss off the bouncer and you can cash in for ones at the bar.

[BookstoreEscapee]

and an extra bonus laugh: one guy couldn't figure out why he couldn't pay with his library card.

My county's library cards are almost the exact same shade of green as B&N's Member discount card. I've had many customers try get their discount with their library card.

[edible_hat]

I didn't say what happened to the guys with Shell cards, here's the update:

The first one had enough cash to cover it. The second one left his drivers license as security for an IOU, and yesterday (being the day after) his boss came in and paid, and also called his employee "that dickhead labourer". It turns out he'd said "Here's the Shell card, go to the Shell up the road and fill the truck". There is a Shell further up the road, but this guy just stopped at the first servo he saw.

[Freemage]

Ok, I'd better get ready to duck here!

As I think I've pointed out once or twice before, I don't drive, so rarely visit petrol stations. I thought that those *big oil company* credit cards were co-branded Visa or Mastercards, the idea being that you earn points or get discounts if you use the card to shop at *big oil company A*, but that the card is still valid at *big oil company B and C* and your local bookshop and your record store and everywhere else Visa or Mastercard is accepted. Have I got it all wrong?

Cards like that do exist, but there's also company-specific cards (just like there are clothing-store specific cards; Lane Bryant, JC Penny's and a few others offer them). Usually, the interest rates on these cards are higher than on a regular credit card, too, which is odd, but there ya go.

On the other hand, there's also usually some sort of discount/rebate feature for being a cardholder, and so on.

I used to carry around an Amoco card, before they got swallowed up by BP--not so much for buying gas, but because it was a handy emergency reserve when the car broke down.