DIOGENES CONTINUES TO SEARCH IN VAIN…
in Wilmington, NC. It’s really depressing that not a single one of my “neighbors” was honest enough to report the mistake. Instead, it appears that the entire town is populated with thieves.
9 Responses to “DIOGENES CONTINUES TO SEARCH IN VAIN…”
![]() Comment by Kakarot April 12th, 2008 at 12:54 pm |
So you’re saying people were going into the station, buying 15 gallons of gas, paying $5.25, and NO ONE in the station thought there was anything wrong? Come on. I’m also impressed that you decided (based on nothing at all I can find) that all these customers were thieves. For all anyone knew, this was some sort of promotion. One of the stations around here used to have a similar promotion — on the anniversary of their opening day, they would sell gas for their opening day price. |
![]() Comment by Daryl Cobranchi April 12th, 2008 at 2:44 pm |
Yes, thieves. But I guess we know where you come down on the honesty scale. |
![]() Comment by Bonnie April 12th, 2008 at 6:02 pm |
Streets were jammed and the attendant didn’t think anything was odd? Surely not everyone was ‘paying at the pump’. Some of them had to come in to pay. Did the attendant think everyone was broke that day and could only afford a gallon and a half of gas??? Yep…thieves. But a thief is a thief is a thief. The station attendant is supposed to be responsible for his post. |
![]() Comment by Dawn April 12th, 2008 at 8:06 pm |
//For all anyone knew…// No one bothered to know. I’m sure a few harried people didn’t think much but I’m quite sure many choose to remain ignorant and not ask about the price. |
![]() Comment by Bonnie April 12th, 2008 at 9:01 pm |
This one linked at the bottom cracked me up… |
![]() Comment by Anne April 13th, 2008 at 2:08 am |
I always follow my gut and in this case, my gut says that this would be stealing. What I don’t get is that there are people who are saying things like “that was the advertised price.” Come on — do you really think the big sign outside the station said $0.35? Clearly this was a mistake, and everyone who “bought” gas that day knew it. If I went to a gas pump and realized that they were undercharging me, I would tell the attendant. Or, maybe in this case, I’d call the station after I left. After all, anyone who was in line to buy the ‘cheap’ gas probably wouldn’t think twice about beating the crap out of a ‘squealer’ like me! |
![]() Comment by COD April 13th, 2008 at 9:39 am |
Is the sign price electronically connected to the pump price? I could see the employee putting the wrong price on the sign, or I could see him programming the wrong price into the pump. But to do both at the same time…. |
![]() Comment by Daryl Cobranchi April 13th, 2008 at 10:03 am |
Why do you think the posted sign also said $0.35? My guess is that the posted (non electronic) price read correctly. I’ve actually seen this happen. A year ago I stopped at a gas station in VA that was “selling” regular for $0.292 with a posted price of $2.929. The cause of the error was obvious. |
![]() Comment by COD April 13th, 2008 at 2:02 pm |
Because this morning when I read Anne’s comment I thought it said that the sign price was .35 cents. |