Racist SC

[Lace Neil Singer]

This happened once when I was closing up. I was outside locking up when a car drove up to the cones, turned around and drove in thru the back as is the habit of SCs who assume that the fact that the petrol station is closed doesn't apply to them.

The car stopped next to me and the SC rolled down her window. I told her that the petrol station was closed, and that she'd have to go to the Sea Creatures Home petrol station down the road. What she said in reply took my breath away.

"I'm not going down there! I don't want dirty pakis to serve me!"

I just could not think of anything to say at first, cept "Well, they probably don't want to serve a racist bitch like yourself!" which of course, I couldn't say. I just told her we were closed and she drove off.

But, seriously!

[RealUnimportant]

I was filling my car as a tanker arrived the other day. The cones went out to prevent anyone new coming in, and yet as I left after paying some arsewipe still tried to drive in through the out section... I was "unfortunately" positioned right in his path, and due to the road layout his sitting there waiting for me to shift actually made it harder for me to get out of his way. Oh I heard some choice words as he sat there trying to force his way into an unusable petrol station - unusable because all the staff were involved in the tanker delivery, so no-one would have been able to let him use the pumps anyway!

[ADeMartino]

Once at my former job we had a pump hose rupture. Unfortunate, but it happens sometimes, and the odd thing was, it had just BEEN replaced only a couple of weeks prior.

Anyway...

Once I learned of the defect, I of course coned off that area, and taped huge 'out of order' signs over the pump controls. For whatever reason, there was no way to shut down just ONE pump in this place. It was all or nothing, so I figured that the steps I'd taken should be adequate to prevent problems.

Yeah, right.

Of course, along came Mr. Oblivious, who didn't want to wait 30 seconds for a gas pump to be available, so of course he moves the cones, drives up, tears the OUT OF ORDER sign off the pump, and proceeds to fire that thing up - with predictable results. Yup, gasoline EVERWHERE. Of course, at that exact moment I was busy working the register, so I didn't see any of this immediately. When I realized that someone had lit that pump up, I immediately smacked the emergency shutoff, killing ALL the pumps. Too late, Mr. Oblivious was soaked with gasoline.

Naturally, he tried to blame ME for this. When I asked him why he ignored the cones and the sign, he tried to bluff his way through saying he DIDN'T. Until another customer spoke up and told me what Oblivious had done. Then he changed tactics, telling me I hadn't done enough to prevent his using faulty equipment. He wasn't too happy when I tendered my observation that anyone stupid enough to circumvent the steps I'd taken deserved not only to be soaked in gasoline, but lit on fire as a warning to others. He wasn't happy about my refusal to refund the $4 of gas he'd wasted with his stupidity, either.

[Pixilated]

Oh GAWD ... this reminds me of something my own dear mother said to me. Her all-time favourite gas station had closed down (no idea why, but it was not just closed but totally GONE ... nothing left but a concrete pad). She liked it because it was full serve. I said there were other gas stations in the immediate vicinity and surely some of them were full serve.

Mom: "I won't go there! I don't want [ethnic/racial/religious group] serving me!"

Me (dumbfounded): "Whaaat ... why the hell not?!"

Mom: "They'll cheat me!"

Me: "Mom, wasn't your favourite gas station owned and run by [exact same ethnic/racial/religious group that will "cheat" her]?!?"

Mom: ...

[Lace Neil Singer]

Exactly! The petrol station where I work has non English people working there, too. I fail to see what difference it makes.

[greensinestro]

Of course, along came Mr. Oblivious, who didn't want to wait 30 seconds for a gas pump to be available, so of course he moves the cones, drives up, tears the OUT OF ORDER sign off the pump, and proceeds to fire that thing up - with predictable results. Yup, gasoline EVERWHERE. Of course, at that exact moment I was busy working the register, so I didn't see any of this immediately. When I realized that someone had lit that pump up, I immediately smacked the emergency shutoff, killing ALL the pumps. Too late, Mr. Oblivious was soaked with gasoline.

Love that one. I wish that was on You Tube.

[Monterey Jack]

When I realized that someone had lit that pump up, I immediately smacked the emergency shutoff, killing ALL the pumps.

"Better turn off your pumps, Hap."

[Sapphire Silk]

How can [insert racial group here] cheat anyone when the pump settings are controlled by the state?

[cindybubbles]

How can [insert racial group here] cheat anyone when the pump settings are controlled by the state?

Well, anyone of any group can cheat us simply by swiping the card twice or using stealth card readers installed at either the pumps or at the register. My mom had this kind of problem when she was charged twice for gas. Good thing she paid with a credit card!

I'm also watchful myself at ANY gas station, no matter what the race or creed of the clerk.

[Ophbalance]

"Better turn off your pumps, Hap."

Niiiiice... I see what you did there . One of his best works, that was.

[Monterey Jack]

Niiiiice... I see what you did there . One of his best works, that was.

Just finished re-reading it for the first time in over a decade...great book.

[Geek King]

Just finished re-reading it for the first time in over a decade...great book.

I tend to re-read it once a year. In fact, I just picked up that one and It over on Audible, so I can listen to them at work.

[VenomX]

There is a local gas station, owned by a Indian, that takes "perks" cards. The grocery place will tell you that you have 30 cents off a gallon of gas. You go to this guys station and he tries to tell you its only 16 cents. How he hasn't get in trouble for it yet is beyond me.

[morgana]

"Better turn off your pumps, Hap."

One of his scariest. Not so much the good vs evil fight, although it was compelling, as the descriptions of the plague-time itself. All too plausible, which is why it was so very frightening.

[Monterey Jack]

One of his scariest. Not so much the good vs evil fight, although it was compelling, as the descriptions of the plague-time itself. All too plausible, which is why it was so very frightening.

There's been talk of a new big screen film adaptation, which inspired me to revisit the book. The 90's miniseries was good for its day, but there could definitely be a great film (or series of films) made out of it.