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| Got Gas? (Updated 3/29/08) | 5/15/07 |
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I remember the days when gas stations refused to take 50 and 100 dollar bills, Now it costs that much to fill your fuckin tank anyway! Ever notice that gas is the only thing priced in 10ths a cent? What is that shit? Here's a fun idea. Go pump exactly 1 gallon of gas, and then ask for your 1/10th of a cent change. The gas prices are bad enough without the gas stations themselves giving everyone a hard time. Prepay is bullshit. It never used to be that way. I go out of my way to find a Sheetz now when I need gas, because they're the only ones I know of that don't require prepay. I don't care if prepay keeps people from running off without paying. If the gas station is too cheap to install enough security cameras to catch the plates of everyone going in and out, that's their problem. Most of us don't know how much gas we'll need to fill our tanks, since they change the goddamn prices every day! Another inconvenient part of prepay is that the computer shuts off the pump about 30 cents short, so that last 30 cents takes like 5 minutes to pump out. I could piss faster than that! If the computer can't stop the pump at the exact amount desired, they need new software. Yet another shitty part of the gas station experience is going inside to pay. I'm a cash-only shopper, so that's how I do it. I'll never understand these idiots that whip out the plastic for 10 dollars worth of gas and a pack of cigarettes. Carry some fuckin cash! Besides holding up the line while you sign for such an important purchase, you're also depriving the nice people who would like to mug your techno ass. Frankly, it pisses me off that these places deal in so much shit besides gas. It's a GAS station. It's not a fucking coffee shop. It's not Subway. It's not a tobacco outlet. Go to a real store/restaurant and quit holding up the fuckin lines! I don't know who pisses me off more: the people that leave their cars parked in front of the pumps while they shop around inside like they're at the fucking mall, or the assholes there that didn't even come for gas. | |
