I had a wonderful weekend at the YMCA Trout Lodge. I intended to get gas at Costco on my way home to Illinois. On my way out of town, I saw the gas price here was $2.33 which definitely lured me in. I used the wallet on my phone to pay. It went through just fine. I didn't really look at the pump until after I took the nozzle out of the holder. Then I noticed the pump looked NOTHING like I'd ever seen! There were no buttons to push and no instructions. I asked the guy using the pump on the other side how to use it. He said he didn't know either & couldn't figure it out. He said, "I guess WalMart's getting my business" and left while I was walking into the store to get some help.
When I asked the woman cashier how to use the pump, apparently I gave too much information. I explained that I had used the wallet on my phone to pay & didn't know what to do from there. She immediately seized on the first part of my question & insisted I had to swipe a card. I kept trying to explain to her that it DID accept the payment from my phone. Finally, the guy who was working told her that it does take payment that way. Then, he told me that I had to "lift the red lever that's behind the black handle." Nobody offered to come out & show me how to use it. The guy just stood there. After getting nowhere with these people, I announced that I would get my gas at Costco and left. When I got back to my car, I stopped to see what red lever the employee was talking about & looked again for some kind of instructions. No red lever. No instructions. read more