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Listen to the fucked up thing that happened to me today. I stopped to fill my truck up with gas at 4pm. Everyone was getting off work so naturally the gas station was packed. It was hot as fuck so I get out thinking i was gonna pump, pay and haul ass.

I get ready to pump the gas and its on of these pay first places. My truck usually holds about 60 something dollars worth but I had been riding on empty for awhile plus gas has gone up so I take 80 inside. I have to wait in line for about 5-7 minutes just to give her the cash to turn the pump on.

So its my turn and i hand her 4 twenties and said "80 or as close as I can get on pump 4" I walk outside and pump in 68.50, then return to get my change and a drink. I wait in the long ass line again and say I got 68.50 plus this drink and she just looks at me. I was like "can I get my change?" and she said "you only gave me $40." At first I was thinking that I fucked up but I thought and I 100% remember spreading the 4 twenties on the counter. long story short I argued back and forth with the crack whore and finally said fuck it I'm leaving. she went outside and got my tag number and called the fucking cops on me. I just left and said fuck it. The more I think about it I don't think she was trying to steal, I could tell by how mad she was that she really thought that I was trying to steal. What should I do? I thought about calling and getting them to play the tape showing me paying the $80. I guess i could be losing my mind but I'd risk 1000 to win 100 that i gave her fat ass $80 oh!!!!! and my most important point almost left out...... how the fuck did i run it up to $68.50 if I only gave her $40????????? doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose of the pay before pump idea?
 

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how the fuck did i run it up to $68.50 if I only gave her $40????????? doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose of the pay before pump idea?

That is your proof. If you gave $40 the pump would've shut off at $40, considering this is a prepay place...
 

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Pump would have shut off at $40 if you only gave her $40. Just like Mr. HarryCaray said.
 

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Aren't all gas stations prepay? I've never seen a pump first then pay place ever in my life.

Around here, about 20% of stations are strict prepay only -- the ones that are in the hood. 4 out of 5 will let you pump first.
 

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true...why didn't you just tell her to look at the pump and see how you managed to get 67 on there while giving her 40?

most gas stations can look on their monitor and see how much you've paid for/pumped where did you go?
 
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Call the station & ask her if she's looked at the security tape yet. Are you 100% sure that you're right? She may have screwed up & just opened up the pump.

Then again, she may have screwed up by falsely accusing you & now feels like an absolute dumbass.
 

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I would say 10 years or so ago most places were pump then pay. Slowly but surely they have gone by the wayside and now I don't even bother to look if they are pay first.

This is probably more of a geography thing than anything else, as I bet you can still find a ton of places in the deep south and midwest where a respectable gentleman or madam can pump his gas and then go in to pay. This trend towards paying first is a real pain in the gas as now you have to go into the store twice if you want a full tank. Long story short, go back and see if they allow you to pump first....if so it's not out of the question that she rang you up immediately.
 

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Aren't all gas stations prepay? I've never seen a pump first then pay place ever in my life.

we just pay at the pump slide your check card or charge card into the pump and pump away.

otherwise I seen both pre pay or after you pump go inside and pay, in Minnesota you lose your drivers liscense for one year if your found guilty of pumping and not paying.
 

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its not a pain in the ass to me....i just use a debit card and pump all the way...never had a problem then again i don't know of anything else..i've never seen a pump first station. I imagine it must be pretty easy to steal gas that way with the way prices are now.
 

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Greatest invention in gas station history is the credit card/debit card device attached to every pump i go to... no more of this for me

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As A kid one of my first jobs was pumping gas on a military base.

There was 10-15 us of pumping for 8 hours being relieved for lunch we worked hard.

Now the military base gas stations don't even have one employee!

It's credit or debit card only,self serve and go.

Pretty sad to me actually that there is no more service with a smile.

FYI in Oregon your not allowed to pump your own gas.
 

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Greatest invention in gas station history is the credit card/debit card device attached to every pump i go to... no more of this for me

:money8:


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No waiting in line for 10 minutes to pay because Joe Blow wants the clerk to scan his 20 lotto tickets to see if he won.
 

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pump first exists, but is getting rarer, some are pump first in daylight, cameras should get your tag if you dash.

Depends where you are,how you look,too !
 

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As A kid one of my first jobs was pumping gas on a military base.

There was 10-15 us of pumping for 8 hours being relieved for lunch we worked hard.

Now the military base gas stations don't even have one employee!

It's credit or debit card only,self serve and go.

Pretty sad to me actually that there is no more service with a smile.

FYI in Oregon your not allowed to pump your own gas.


NJ too

I've seen adults with NJ plates ask me how a gas pump works, can you help me ? :missingte
 
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pump first exists, but is getting rarer, some are pump first in daylight, cameras should get your tag if you dash.

Depends where you are,how you look,too !

There are still quite a few out here, but they are becoming harder to find. You can't beat the convenience of the on-pump card scanners, but I'd have to think it kills the stations impulse buy items when so many fewer people come inside.
 

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You should have just had Skins serve you and you wouldnt of had this problem...
 

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No waiting in line for 10 minutes to pay because Joe Blow wants the clerk to scan his 20 lotto tickets to see if he won.

Too many retards to wait for. That's why I always pay by debit card.
 

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