But... but I thought you were 24 hours!

[Lace Neil Singer]

Little bit of background information. The 24 hour garage down the road is closed for refurbishment. They will be closed for just over two months as they are getting a total overhaul of the petrol station; pumps, shop, tanker bay; everything. This of course means that the petrol station where I work is super busy. We are also working flat out to keep the shop stocked and perhaps persuade a few of 24 garage's customers to come to us during the day instead.

However, there's a downside. Some people, of the "brain removed and replaced with mashed potato" type, have gotten it into their heads that cuz we're open and the 24 hour garage is closed, that means that we're 24 hours. SC logic; does not compute. This means that whenever I work a late shift, I and whoever I'm working with ends up being hassled by SCs who drive in thru the back way (cuz those are not cones blocking off the entrance and showing that we're closed, they are in fact exotic mushrooms) and even come and bang on the windows if we're not outside to be yelled at.

One particular SC made me feel like the Head of the Kwik-E-Mart meeting Homer Simpson.

SC: Are you really closed?
Me: Yes.
SC: Really?
Me: Yes.
SC: Are you sure?
Me: Yes.

And I'm also quite sure that I want to go home to my supper, internet and bed rather than having to hang around talking to you.

[Crossbow]

Of course you're open 24 hours. Just not in a row.....



(Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

[Mr Hero]

One particular SC made me feel like the Head of the Kwik-E-Mart meeting Homer Simpson.

SC: Are you really closed?
Me: Yes.
SC: Really?
Me: Yes.
SC: Are you sure?
Me: Yes.

I've had this happen to me.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Lulz. XD Your title was catchier.

[vstorevigilante]

Ouch. People used reverse logic to that when I worked at a 24 hour station. We'd get calls. "When do you open?" "We're 24 hours." "Okay, so like, what time in the morning?" "We are open 24 hours. That means... we are always open." "I know, but when's the earliest I can come in?" "... pick a time. Door will be open." And repeat.

[Legal Eagle]

Just to play devils advocate.

If your competitor is shut down and there is obviously a market for the station to open 24hrs, has your manager/owner considered changing to a 24hrs license?

[Lace Neil Singer]

Seeing as right now we don't even have enough staff to fill all the current quotas (we're currently surviving on overtime, both from petrol station staff and checkouts) that's as unlikely as waking up tomorrow and finding the sky has turned technicolour. -.- In any case, this is a supermarket petrol station so there'd be trouble with the licience even if we had the staff, which we don't.