Oh, bitch bitch bitch aka the Monday of Suck

[Lace Neil Singer]

Thank cheese! The final day for petrol vouchers is today, and tomorrow, they will all be run out!

Tho that will not stop the usual SCs from whining and crying about not being allowed to use out of date vouchers, at least I won't have to look at the dates any more. Here's one SC I had who bitched at me:

SC: *hands over voucher*
Me: I'm sorry but this is out of date.
SC: What?
Me: The last day you could use this voucher was the 20th, and it's the 28th today.
SC: I don't believe this; the only reason I bothered to come here today was so I could fill my tank and use my voucher. Can't you just let it go anyway?
Me: I can't. If I let an out of date voucher thru, I'd get told off.
SC: *yelling* I don't care, I want to use my voucher!

Yeah, and shouting at me is really going to make me change my mind. I didn't let him use the out of date voucher and like every other SC, he walked out after paying swearing never to return. He'll be back, of course.

The other SC was this irritating woman who spoke with a posh accent. She asked me for some cigarettes; I asked her in return if she had any fuel. She didn't bother to answer my question, instead repeated her request in a tone that suggested I was five years old and mentally subnormal. I know that violence against customers is not encouraged here, but that is just one of the things that really presses my buttons and I wanted to slap her.

Look, you stupid cow, you're in a petrol station, not a cigarette shop. It's not an unreasonable question for me to ask, so just get over yourself and stop treating cashiers who ask the question like idiots. I asked her again, instead saying, "I have to ask you this question cuz the manager has told everyone to ask every customer this question" and at last, Lady Muck deigned to answer with a no. Was that too bloody hard to do the first time?

[Rapscallion]

Look, you stupid cow, you're in a petrol station, not a cigarette shop. It's not an unreasonable question for me to ask, so just get over yourself and stop treating cashiers who ask the question like idiots. I asked her again, instead saying, "I have to ask you this question cuz the manager has told everyone to ask every customer this question" and at last, Lady Muck deigned to answer with a no. Was that too bloody hard to do the first time?

Back when I was chums with a certain ex-chum, he worked for a filling station on a motorway. He explained that if someone was asked if they had fuel and answered, "No," and drove off with fuel, that was theft. If they answered, "Yes," and drove off without paying, that was theft. If they didn't actually answer, or just weren't asked, then they got away with it.

Not sure how the law stands now.

Rapscallion

[OfficeSlug]

I don't care, I want to use my voucher!

LOL

Want and Can are two very different words, sir!!

[crazylegs]

He explained that if someone was asked if they had fuel and answered, "No," and drove off with fuel, that was theft. If they answered, "Yes," and drove off without paying, that was theft. If they didn't actually answer, or just weren't asked, then they got away with it.

Not sure how the law stands now.

Rapscallion

Doesn't matter if the cashier has asked, or not, or what the answer is. The person has permenantly deprived the other of their goods, so it's theft.

[Lace Neil Singer]

We have to ask people mainly to stop in their tracks those SCs who come into the station to pay after being visited by the police whining, "But I wasn't assskeeeeddd!!!" -.-

[crazylegs]

Your local constabulary is far kinder than ours, normally (9 times out of 10) they're nicked!

[Lace Neil Singer]

I believe if it's a first offence, they're given one more chance to come and pay. Any times after that, they're just arrested for theft, same as if they deny it. One woman swore blind she wasn't there, even tho there were several camera shots of her stealing the petrol. She was arrested and charged with theft and still continued to deny it. -.-

[Samaliel]

SC: *yelling* I don't care, I want to use my voucher!

And I want a pony. Think you can help? No? Well, neither can I help you with your predicament.

One of my friends often replies to ridiculous and petty demands with the statement that he wants some fries (note: he doesn't work in an environment where fries are readily available). It usually works far better than the "I want a pony" line, because it seems even more unrelated, enough to completely obfuscate the sarcasm. As an added bonus, it highlights how petty the demand is, and how unlikely their demand is to be fulfilled.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I'll have to remember that one.

My threads always seem to attract legality discussions; it's nice to see replies relating to the SCs at hand, like Voucher Man and Snotty Lady.

[fireheart]

Same with the "I want never gets" line. Hopefully my manager won't fire me for using it...

Seriously, petrol voucher SCs I HATE, HATE, HATE! Especially the snotty lady who comes through every week without fail and says that she's buying 4 loads-one for each member of her family. Her mother and herself are easy to backup because they're actually physically there, but she insists on getting a petrol voucher for her son which makes me wonder sometimes if she's buying them for herself or for her son...(if he can drive that is...)
We passed a new law that says we can no longer split purchases at a certain mark unless there's a legitimate reason (this lady does have a legit reason, but my gut keeps screaming that it's questionable) i.e. for another family member, school, business etc.

[Andara Bledin]

We passed a new law that says we can no longer split purchases at a certain mark unless there's a legitimate reason (this lady does have a legit reason, but my gut keeps screaming that it's questionable) i.e. for another family member, school, business etc.

I'm thinking the "family member" part of that rule should only apply if they are there, in person.

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