Human Malfunction

[Ironclad Alibi]

IA beat me to it...IA, do you have a camera in my brain or something? This is isn't the first time you've beat me to the punch

I've been practicing my psychic ability.

[EricKei]

I've been practicing my psychic ability.

Hrmph. I thought it was getting crowded in there. Feel free to slap the other people wandering in my head around a bit if they start getting out of line.

[b2addm]

Oh heck YES. Call them out, publicly, on their stupidity.

I used to do that for my own enjoyment. Hell, I still do. you gotta make your own fun, you know?

Also, try cones in front of the afflicted pumps as well. If it doesn't stop them, they'll have even less excuse for their behavior.

FYI, they run the fuck over the bright orange cones and then remove the bags to try to pump the gas and then come inside to ask you to turn on the pump.

[RootedPhoenix]

.........rofl That is an amazing show of...something. Caveman-ness?

Like... Og must get gas. Og see obstacle. Og clear obstacle. Why no gas for Og? OG SMASH!

[BeenThereDoneThat]

The bag over the pump handle is the universal sign that means: USE ANOTHER PUMP!
How can someone NOT know that?

I was thinking the same thing...it's something that's done at just about every gas station that I've ever been to or even passed (at least in states where you can pump your own -- growing up in New Jersey there was no self-serve).

As for the poopy bathroom...yeah, I've stopped at convenience stores to use the restroom (and always buy something on my way out), but hey, if it's out of order, it's out of order...no matter how dire the situation may be on my part I just go elsewhere. I always assume there is a very good reason that restroom is unavailable!!

[Shalom]

The older gas pumps I remember had a loop for a padlock near the bottom end of the handle, so you could lock the nozzle to the body of the pump when the station's closed. The station nearest my house still has these. Do your pumps have such a thing, and if so, maybe you could stick a cheap padlock on there instead of a bag. Make it blindingly obvious that the pump is out of commission.

They'll still come in and ask you for the key, but at least they won't stand there like an idiot for five minutes trying to pump gas out of a broken pump.

[Gaki]

The older gas pumps I remember had a loop for a padlock near the bottom end of the handle, so you could lock the nozzle to the body of the pump when the station's closed. The station nearest my house still has these. Do your pumps have such a thing, and if so, maybe you could stick a cheap padlock on there instead of a bag. Make it blindingly obvious that the pump is out of commission.

They'll still come in and ask you for the key, but at least they won't stand there like an idiot for five minutes trying to pump gas out of a broken pump.

Our store was made to be 24hours. We don't have any of that.

[Gaki]

I'm sorry,I ain't even read the thread,I just wanted to tell Gaki that I'm stealin' your title for our next song

Haha, okay. I'm flattered. Usually I'm terribly unoriginal with titles but this one was just somehow THERE in my brain when I needed it.

[mhkohne]

The older gas pumps I remember had a loop for a padlock near the bottom end of the handle, so you could lock the nozzle to the body of the pump when the station's closed. The station nearest my house still has these. Do your pumps have such a thing, and if so, maybe you could stick a cheap padlock on there instead of a bag. Make it blindingly obvious that the pump is out of commission.

They'll still come in and ask you for the key, but at least they won't stand there like an idiot for five minutes trying to pump gas out of a broken pump.

I don't think anyone makes pumps that way anymore. With today's pumps, you just cut power at the breaker inside and go home. Locking the pumps isn't necessary to prevent gas theft, and it won't prevent vandalism, so I guess it's not worth the effort.

[EricKei]

Our store was made to be 24hours. We don't have any of that.

And yet, I'm sure you have locks AND deadbolts on the external doors, and the managers have to carry keys for them...

[Gaki]

And yet, I'm sure you have locks AND deadbolts on the external doors, and the managers have to carry keys for them...

Actually we don't. Our outside doors don't have any handles at all and even if you could get your fingers in the side enough to try to open them, good luck with the latch. They're never "locked" really, they just don't have any way to open them from the outside. There are keys for the front sliding doors because those can lock but nobody really carries keys for those (they hang in the office and my manager MIGHT have a spare at his house) because we only lock doors in cases of power outages (there still have to be people in the store to record temps) and robberies.

[Kristev]

The creatures at my job . . . the toilets are always breaking down because people try to stuff paper towels, and more infrequently, evidence of theft, down them. Along with gum and pennies and . . .

So the urinals frequently get taped up, and the actual toilet stalls have to get sealed up. Well, those seals are constantly broken, and, er, member-shaped holes are torn into the urinals. Then the dumbbunnies complain that the toilet didn't work/ruined their shoes/clothes/purchases/soaked the floor.

I even had one dumbbunny once storm through my bathroom in my attempts to clean it up, forcing me to leave with the job only half-done. Then she went to the CSM's to complain that the bathroom wasn't clean.