Ok, I never come here. I happened to stop here on my way home from work on a weekday night around 8pm. For some reason, my card was declined at the pump. As I found out later after calling the customer service number on the card, it was a fluke accident. So, without knowing this at the time, I went inside to complete the transaction as the pump said "see cashier."
Now, it's been literally many years since I actually went inside to see the cashier to pump gas. Have things changed? Well, I gave my card to the cashier and told him what happened. He said, "I need an amount." I paused. "What do you mean?" I said. "I need an amount," was all he replied. So I'm standing there trying to figure out what is going on here. "How am I supposed to know exactly how much filling up my tank is going to cost?" which is exactly what I asked. Again, he said, "I don't know. But I can't do this without an amount," and he handed me my card back without another word. Back in the day, you would give your card to the cashier, they would "authorize" a standard amount for the transaction, and you would come back after pumping and the transaction was finalized with a signature based on how much gas you actually pumped. Is that not how it works anymore? Is that not how it works at THIS station? Did the machines get dumber? I have no idea because this 20 year old cashier is insisting on an unreasonsble request. He is rude, not helpful and he seems to have an attitude with me for an unknown reason. With that, I took my card back and left without another word. Apparently there's no need to communicate like normal people at this station. I will never return. read more