So… I work at a gas station. My computers have since changed to make this impossible now, but about a year ago, for about 8 years, store policy was that 2 of our 8 pumps were pay-at-pump only. However, we still technically had buttons to turn them on for things like transports or buses.
My best friend’s dad comes in during the winter and fills up the snowplows that he and a few of his guys use to plow the parking lots in the city, including the one my gas station is in.
Now, up until a year ago, I would have to get on the intercom and tell people this huge script;
“I’m sorry pump 6/8, that’s a pay at the pump only. If you’d like to pay at the pump, you will have to hang up the nozzle first, and wait for the screen to clear, before inserting a debit or credit card into the machine with stripe to the right.“
and then I’d hang up the com and go back to whatever I was doing; usually dealing with other customers. I got so used to saying it that I wouldn’t even look at our camera, I’d look right at the com and then hang it up.
Enter; my bestfriend’s dad and one of his buddies… I got through my speech and hung up the com before going back to what I was doing. My com gets buzzed and I kinda figure ‘okay, maybe they didn’t hear me‘, so I turn the com back on and ask if they need help. I release the com button, and suddenly I hear laughing and a ‘Hi Jess. I’m filling up the snowplows. Can ya turn the pump on for me?‘
I was mortified. My best friend’s dad, a man I’ve gone on trips with, spent Thanksgiving and Easter with, had just been on the receiving end of my ‘Dat-Bitch-Fake-As-Fuck‘ voice, as my friend likes to call it…
Needless to say, any time I see a snowplow come in, I make sure to LOOK before I open my mouth…