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I think I briefly touched on this in the "We're Closed - Get The Hell Out!" topic; anyway, what happened was that the other two petrol stations in the area were closed on the same day and billions of customers immediately homed in on the one I work at. While I do not grudge the fact that the time zoomed by, it was extremely difficult for the two of us (my collegue Valerie being a relative newbie didn't help much) to deal with such an influx of customers.
While most people were fine with waiting and understood that if the petrol station is crammed full of customers they are going to have to queue for a while, or wait a little while for their pump to be authorised, there were a few SCs who for some reason thought that the world revolved around them and that they should be served instantly. One such SC whined about the queues; firstly, having to wait in the vehicle queue which was so long, it stretched round the corner; second to having to wait in line for ten minutes before being served.
Playing a tune on the world's smallest violin here.
Another SC asked me what time we were closing that night. He seemed rather put out when I said that we'd be closing at ten as usual, and replied, "But the other petrol stations are closed! What if I need petrol later on?"
I replied, "Halfway between this town and the next is a We Killed Spongebob petrol station that stays open til eleven. There's also a twenty four hour one just outside The Village Of The Damned."
"Why can't you stay open longer?"
Well, firstly cuz by ten pm tonight, Valerie and I would have worked an eight hour shift and we do not want to hang around any longer cuz we're both tired and hungry. Secondly, it may come as a surprise to you and your ilk, but WE DO NOT WORK FOR FREE. I don't give two shits if we're the only petrol station open, but there's no way on earth that I'm going to work unpaid overtime just cuz you can't be bothered to drive to We Killed Spongebob despite the fact it would take you just ten minutes. Hell, I managed to get to that petrol station once after work on a tank that was nearing empty so I'm sure you could manage it if you tried.
Of course, I didn't say this to the SC. I merely told him that none of the managers were here and I couldn't make a judgement call like that. In reality, even if both were here, they still wouldn't keep the place open due to little legalities like liciencing laws that state that we can't trade after ten pm.
Anyway, he left grumbling about the injustice... probably like the people who arrived at the petrol station after we closed and banged on the door trying to persuade us to let them in. Yeah right, as if.
While most people were fine with waiting and understood that if the petrol station is crammed full of customers they are going to have to queue for a while, or wait a little while for their pump to be authorised, there were a few SCs who for some reason thought that the world revolved around them and that they should be served instantly. One such SC whined about the queues; firstly, having to wait in the vehicle queue which was so long, it stretched round the corner; second to having to wait in line for ten minutes before being served.
Playing a tune on the world's smallest violin here.Another SC asked me what time we were closing that night. He seemed rather put out when I said that we'd be closing at ten as usual, and replied, "But the other petrol stations are closed! What if I need petrol later on?"
I replied, "Halfway between this town and the next is a We Killed Spongebob petrol station that stays open til eleven. There's also a twenty four hour one just outside The Village Of The Damned."
"Why can't you stay open longer?"
Well, firstly cuz by ten pm tonight, Valerie and I would have worked an eight hour shift and we do not want to hang around any longer cuz we're both tired and hungry. Secondly, it may come as a surprise to you and your ilk, but WE DO NOT WORK FOR FREE. I don't give two shits if we're the only petrol station open, but there's no way on earth that I'm going to work unpaid overtime just cuz you can't be bothered to drive to We Killed Spongebob despite the fact it would take you just ten minutes. Hell, I managed to get to that petrol station once after work on a tank that was nearing empty so I'm sure you could manage it if you tried.
Of course, I didn't say this to the SC. I merely told him that none of the managers were here and I couldn't make a judgement call like that. In reality, even if both were here, they still wouldn't keep the place open due to little legalities like liciencing laws that state that we can't trade after ten pm.
Anyway, he left grumbling about the injustice... probably like the people who arrived at the petrol station after we closed and banged on the door trying to persuade us to let them in.
Yeah right, as if.
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