Boycott this station! Tonight I went to this Shell to get gas. I sat in my car waiting, while I saw the attendant carrying on a conversation with the passenger in the van behind me. They were laughing and talking, completely oblivious to the fact that several other people were waiting. After a couple minutes, the attendant shook the passenger's hand and then started to walk up to my car. He opened my fuel door, but before he unscrewed the gas cap, apparently changed his mind and went into the store. I looked, waited, and waited some more. I saw a woman who had arrived a couple minutes after me get out of her car, irritated, waiting for someone to help her. After another minute I got out of my car and did the same. She said, "so you haven't been helped either?" to which I replied, "no, I've been waiting for about five minutes." She said "I can't believe this" and got into her car and drove off.
At that point, I turned to the other attendant and said, "I've been waiting for five minutes, if someone doesn't come and pump my gas I'm going to have to do it myself." He mumbled something, walked over, and said, "ok, then what do you want?" I handed him my card and said "fill with regular." I then proceeded to complain about the fact that I had been waiting, the other attendant started to open my fuel door and then just walked inside, and the attendant said something about how something probably came up, things happen. Then he asked me again, "what do you want?" and I said, "I already told you, fill with regular" and he said, "you know what? No. Leave." "What?" I said, "you can't just tell me to leave. You need to pump my gas." "No, it's in our policy, we don't have to serve you."
At that point I said, "fine, if you won't serve me, I'll just have to pump my gas myself." He then proceeded to tell me that if I did, he would call the cops, because pumping your own gas is illegal in Oregon. I told him then he needed to pump my gas, and he refused, and again told me he would call the cops. I asked to speak with his manager, and he said she wasn't there, but would be there in the morning.
I was halfway tempted to wait for him to call the cops and sit and wait for them to arrive, but ultimately decided it is not worth it for a loser on a power trip, so got in my car and left.
I will NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER visit this gas station again. If I run out of gas, I will walk to the next gas station. Period. End of story. You should do the same. read more