I tried to get gas

[roadking2]

I went for a ride today. I needed gas and pulled into a station to fill up. The pump gave me the option of paying with a credit card or paying inside. I picked inside, lifted the handle and waited. The display said waiting for authorization. I waited and waited, then said to hell with it and hit cancel. There were several cars parked with shoppers inside. I figured the girl was busy handling them and it was taking her time to reset the pump. My next attempt was to use a credit card. Again I waited and waited. Canceled that and went inside. I said what do I need to do to get gas on that pump? The girl said "we have had bad experiences with motorcyclists, so we make them pre-pay". I told her that now a motorcyclist has had a bad experience with you. I left and rode directly across the street to another station and filled up no problem. In 50 years of riding this is only the second time I have ever had a problem getting a station to sell me gas. Has anyone else ever had a experience like this where they treated you differently from a car driver?

 

[Larry Sobczak]

Never had that experience and they would never get another dime of my money.

 

[clint44]

Around here,if you choose the "Pay Inside" option,the attendants will not turn on the pump until you pay,first.
Since the above is a pain in the butt,I always use a credit card.

 

[knob]

Heck, that's profiling.

 

[roadking2]

Heck, that's profiling.

You have a point that I never considered. At the time I was simply mad about it and never gave a thought as to why they do it. I don't know if some bikes left without paying or what, but it definitely rubbed me the wrong way. I'm pretty easy going but at the time I was pretty mad about it. When I went across the street it was business as usual with no issues just like it is at every other station I stop at. This wasn't some small out of the way off brand station. It was a BP station with about 8 or 10 pumps. On this day, Marathon got my business. All 8 dollars and change of it.

 

[stinger608]

I would get the manager and punch em right in the frigging nose!!!!!

That is total BS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Catfish]

I would go ape shit on them if it happened to me. No wait a minute, my wife would as I attempted to calm her down with no luck. I always use credit and will continue doing to avoid my wildcat from ripping them to shreds. :laugh:

 

[rhino 2]

I would get the manager and punch em right in the frigging nose!!!!!

That is total BS!!!!!!!!!!!

And if you you pulled up on a bike.. When you punch em right in the frigging nose...
You would have proven their reasons....For thinking that way...
They don't have to like you , And likewise you don't have to give them your business!

 

[roadking2]

I would get the manager and punch em right in the frigging nose!!!!!

That is total BS!!!!!!!!!!!

Really? You would punch em in the nose? What do you suppose would happen after that? Do you think for a minute the manager with the broken nose would just say to himself "well I had it coming" and do nothing? I'd imagine a call to the police would follow and then where would you be? Try a little self control before your knee jerk reactions get you locked up.

 

[knob]

You have a point that I never considered. At the time I was simply mad about it and never gave a thought as to why they do it. I don't know if some bikes left without paying or what, but it definitely rubbed me the wrong way. I'm pretty easy going but at the time I was pretty mad about it. When I went across the street it was business as usual with no issues just like it is at every other station I stop at. This wasn't some small out of the way off brand station. It was a BP station with about 8 or 10 pumps. On this day, Marathon got my business. All 8 dollars and change of it.

Kinda reminds me of some people associating every bike they saw as a Hells Angles member back in the 70's.

 

[BinIdaho]

I have always paid with a "gas" credit card since 1969. On two occasions, I have only paid cash. Just returned from a 2,195 mile trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico! Never had a problem.

 

[CrystalPistol]

Heck, that's profiling.

:laugh:

Profiling itself is not so bad. Profiling is just another way of saying discriminating. We all discriminate based on something. Back in the day if you had a daughter who had a new boy coming over to take her to the movies and he showed up in a heavily customized van ..... you would have profiled and discriminated soon enough.

 

[Bikerbozo]

Most gas stations that say "pay inside" always want money in advance. At least as far as my travels have shown me. I usually use credit card, which is taking your info ahead of time. Never had a problem of someone not wanting to give me gas then. Did have a problem with my credit card getting stuck in machine. I told them if they didn't get it out, then i would take it apart myself (i have the tools to do it, too).

 

[ol' school]

I would go ape shit on them if it happened to me. No wait a minute, my wife would as I attempted to calm her down with no luck. I always use credit and will continue doing to avoid my wildcat from ripping them to shreds. :laugh:

+1 on that! That'd be my wife, too!

 

[03VolusiaTrike]

Around here in the Chicago area it doesn't matter if you "pay at the pump" with a card or pay inside, you have to pay first. They won't turn the pump on for a car or a bike without your money first. Its not about profiling, it's about corporate making sure they get their money.

 

[bokobob]

Irritating experience for sure.

I have not seen the pump being turned on when I select "pay inside" whether in car or on trike...Reason is so many people drive off after filling up and cheating the station operator.

I generally remember this when I feel put upon for any reason: From "Alice in Wonderland." Alice says: "Oh, I shall never get over it." The good witch replies, "Oh, but you will if you don't make a memorandum of it."