I once had the cops show up at my house asking why I drove off with a tank of gas in my truck without paying for it. I swear that I put my credit card in the card reader, but it didn’t properly read, and I filled up and left without noticing that I hadn’t officially payed. I went back and paid, and the cops were OK to let me slide, and they believed - correctly so - that this mild-mannered insurance company employee with no criminal record what-so-ever just had a mental acuity lapse at the gas station 2 blocks from his house.
Now I always ask for a receipt. Even if the pump can’t print one, I walk in and get one.
This was back years ago when you had the option of pump first and go inside to pay in cash. Now virtually everywhere, if you are paying in cash, you first go in and put the money down, and they dial in your specific pump to give you your desired amount only.
Translation. I’m so old that I remember when people paid for things with green paper money.
But do you remember paying for things with vary-colored paper where you’re expected to put the correct date and a driver’s license on it before being accepted?
Yes.
Same as it has always been.
Assuming there is someone inside, where you told the person to “put $40 on pump #3.”
That person will give you your change.
At Costco, cash is not accepted for the gas pumps.
We can still do that here, and up until covid hit that’s what I always did. Partly to say hi to the cashier, douggie’s mom. I did some reading and math tutoring with douggie when he was in kindergarten, gosh, probably 20 years ago so I’d always go in to find out how he’s doing (he’s now a large truck mechanic). She’s told me her name probably three times, but I got nothing. I just say “HI Doggie’s Mom!”.
