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CONFESSIONS OF A GAS STATION EMPLOYEE Before I get into this topic I must declare a couple items. I am very good at what I do in this specific job and I will not say the name or location of where these items occur. These items DO NOT represent all gas stations/employee practices or experiences. These items do not represent the company you may know I work for. All of these items are indeed true and I have experienced numerous times. They are listed for fun so enjoy. Here it goes… 1) If you argue with us for a mistake you made but blame on us such as saying the wrong pump number ITS YOUR FAULT, not mine. You piss me off more than you would if someone took your gas money because you cannot remember or fail to say the right pump number for your pre-payment of gas. As soon as you leave we will talk bad and joke about you, sorry. 2) SMOKERS piss us off often on the fact that some are semi-mindless when asking for what they need and make us walk around more than we need to. Its bad enough we don’t have breaks in this job and you aren’t specific on what you need. PLEASE STOP DOING THIS: “I need a box of Newports please” -scans the cigs- “oh sorry I meant Newports 100’s” -walks back to change size-…..OMG customers will never know how aggravating that really is all day. 3) People under 30 that look young know they will get ID for beer and cigs but give us a hard time when we ask for it. Just show us the dam thing you know the laws. 50-75% of customers get angry for us asking…ITS MY DAM JOB TO DO IT and we get tested by the police almost once a week. Sometimes when you get flustered about digging in your pocket for it we just can’t wait to see an underage/fake ID so we can say GTFO. 4) We hand you change into your hands please give us the money the same way. I do not know if this occurs in other retail like places but its highly dis-respectful to toss money on the counter but expect us to put change in your hand. If I really didn’t need my job I would throw the change at you the same way you toss it on the counter as if you don’t care. I haven’t identified why people do that… But it sucks! 5) We do make an honest effort to get rid of old items in the store but take into account my store has thousands of items. About 110,000 dollars worth of merchandise to keep track of while people at home sometimes don’t even check their own food in their fridge. Effort counts right. 6) Its not that we intentionally leave old food on the roller grill/hot case there are so much things to do as a gas station employee that it slips our mind to throw away old items and put new ones. this happens RARELY but we do our best to keep track of temperatures and how long stuff has been there. Undercooked is worse then a 4 hour hot dog so people know. 7) We love to kick people off the property that are begging for money. I can justify this because its a breach of personal safety when people are approaching you in such situations as a station. If there are frequent beggars around it will scare customers away. The job as stated sucks and we have no breaks so its fun to yell at people to get off the property. 8) hmm I guess I haven’t stated it yet but somehow most busy gas stations don't have lunch breaks nor 15 rest periods like conventional jobs do. People don’t know this and think our job is a piece of cake. Well maybe if we were like Chevron or Shell station that gets to sit on a stool by a window all night but we are open 24/7 with 300-1500 per 8 hour shift. Therefore there are no breaks unless you eat something. Most likely you have to eat fast because there is much to do. 9) We may say its ok accidents happen when you spill a large drink all over but it simply just pisses us off and reminds us of how much janitorial we are. 10) We are tired of people short changing us as if its ok not to pay tax on purchases. We do not make the prices nor have control over how items are taxed at this store. Therefore if your purchase is 1.05 and you come here often BRING YOUR DAM NICKEL. Makes me sick when I witness customers with pocket full of cash but they don’t want to give 2 dollars for a 1.05 purchase. They rather say I only have a dollar. I would like to say then GTFO if you don’t have the 5 cents but the owner said don’t worry about it (the hell I don’t want my register short). If your are nice like many female customers are I let you slide on occasions (not sexist but women are more honest). 11) We are not afraid to call the police for most any reason so please don’t cause trouble. We just want to get through our shift without issues but you will be surprised how many things come up each day. 12) STOP coming into our store with no shirt on. I don’t care how in shape you are it scares away customers. Some reason we cannot post a sign that says no shirt no shoes, no service…I would like to tell these people GTFO but I can’t. 13) The only reason we watch you closely when you enter the store is to make sure you are not plotting to hurt and rob us. Well mainly hurt us we don’t care if you take the money. I have heard of other places of the clerk getting shot after the register opened. Tell you the truth I don’t give a dam if you take anything. I just want to live through my shift without being dead/hurt. The way we are behind the counter we cannot stop you if you steal and we can’t and do not want to run after people. This fact stated people are not suppose to know ha. 14) We are not in the mood for your small talk of non-sense when there is a line of customers or at night when there is stuff to do. We can care less about anything you rant to us like a situation you came from or where you are going. We do enjoy joking or talking when situations permit. Don’t hold me up with non-sense talk (I am having trouble making a direct example). 15) Understand that we are overworked so mistakes can happen when we are helping 300-1500 per shift, and clean, and cook, and stock, and deal with issues. Remember we aren’t a chevron or shell station that just sits on a stool all day. 15) Please stop comparing our prices to wal-mart we don’t care nor have control over price setting. Wal-mart has better bulk purchasing power than we do therefore can sell things cheaper. STOP complaining “oh I can get this cheaper at Wal-Mart”. I DON’T CARE THEN GO THERE PLZ K THANX. Hearing you rant about prices is too much on top of how this job sucks. 16) If you card declines its DECLINED. Don’t argue with me for what the register tells me and you. I don’t care if you show me your bank account from your phone. If it doesn’t process then we cannot do anything about it. 17) We do not know what phone cards work for what countries nor if its good or not. So stop asking we know as much as you do. Besides we hardly sell them anyways. 18) If you enter the store quietly and we are working on something say you are there. Our door bell stopped working when people enter so sometimes people slip into the store and then get pissed for waiting at the counter. WE CANNOT HEAR YOU ENTER with all them dam machines running. Stop getting flustered for this fact. We are not ignoring you, say something. There’s much work to do at night unlike other stations that sits on a stool all night. 19) We do enjoy talking to you and making you smile. 1 nice customer can make a bad day turnaround. Just as 1 nasty customer can ruin our whole day... If your having a bad day dont take it out on us its not our fault. Remember we can give as good as we get. 20) Is it so hard to say please and thank you? C-mon we deserve a little common courtesy. After all we are here to help you and kindness is something you want in return from us right? Remember treat people the way you want to be treated. We are not less of a person because we work in a gas station. We are working and paying bills the same way you are. I guess some people dont see it that way. 21) Our counter and floor is not a trash can. Im not your mother, your personal maid or a janitor. Im not paid enough for that. And please dont bring all your garbege from your car into our store and stuff our trash cans. There are bigger more suitable trash cans outside the store. 22) How you going to come in here and spend less than 5.00 dollars and want to break a 100.00 bill? Is there a sign that says Wells Fargo or Bank Of America? We are a gas station and such shouldnt be having large bills in the first place just in case of incidents. The customer we help after you may see that bill and who knows what they are thinking... I know its a leap but hey things happen... Oh and half the time the customer almost always has a smaller bill. Hey at least ask us first if we can break it instead of throwing it on the counter and not in our hands! 23) Why do customers insist on getting mad at us when we clean the bathroom? Everyone wants a clean bathroom so we clean it every so often thoroughly but when customers keep coming in and out it makes it so much harder and the more you complain the longer it will take us. Do you want there to be toilet paper or not? C-mon why complicate things. 24) We also fill propane at my employment and it amazes me how customers demand it "I need propane" or "Gimme propane" Like its a right or something. Then after we go outside and pump your tank we dont even get a thank you? Wow some people have no manners. Where were you raised? Because I was raised to treat others with respect and to say Please, Thank you and your Welcome. May seem small and petty but it makes a difference. 25) Scratchers... I cannot see when you point to the case from the customer side "I want this one" while tapping on the case. Or gimme crossword or bingo. We have 4 crossroads and 2 bingos. Hello! The scratchers are numbered 1-25. If i can see it you can see it. Very frustrating but I will give you a hard time and ask you what number is that scratcher and make you look even though I know which scratcher your asking for... 26) There are 2 registers here. Im standing at mine why must you go to the one thats empty? As I stand here and watch you then you say oh over there. I just wanna say no im standing here for my health Duh! Who knows maybe Casper will ring you up. I don't see him but maybe you do? Well that is all I could think of for now. But believe me my job is never dull and something will happen that I will have to mention. Keeps things interesting. That was Confessions Of A Gas Station Employee...