Hijacking, intimidation, threats - be careful here.
I pulled into this Conoco on way home from Crater Lake at 7 am on July 19, 2018. I asked if the price was same for cash and credit and was told it was cheaper cash. I instructed the attendant (According to receipt "Richard") to fill my tank for cash. When he got done I gave him a hundred dollar bill for a $27 fill, and got this: "Ok, you have a choice. I don't have the change, so you can either leave me the hundred or your drivers license and go look for change." I offered to pay for it with credit at the higher price but no, "It's already booked as a cash sale". So now I'm hunting around for change in Brookings at 7 am (not so easy). I went back half a mile to the McDonalds where I just bought my coffee and they were very nice to break it (they're getting a five star review). When I got back I was pretty pissed off at the 25 minute delay to my long driving day and I expressed such to the attendant, voicing the idea that this was (expletive deleted) hijacking, and that I was going to write the mother of all yelp reviews. He responded by saying "Well in that case I'm going to take your picture with your license plate." He got out his phone and as he took the picture I embellished it with the familiar hand gesture to express my feelings at being photographed. He said "You want that in there?" I said yes. He said "You'll have a ticket waiting for you when you get home." (Really? Did Oregon do away with the first amendment? Can't wait to fight that one!). Corporate Conoco, if you read this: Let your attendants have $ for change, at least in OR where people can't prepay and get this info ahead of time, and if I don't hear from you with an apology that's my last trip to Conoco. Oh, and the topper was the gas was cheaper across the state line in Cali at the Indian casino. read more