I was moving a little slow this morning because hubby and I enjoyed a great bottle of wine from 4 Vines, Peasant, which alone can knock your socks off, but of course we opened another. But I had to get going as I had a 9:00 am appointment. So off I went across town, but when I got there it seems that my client got confused on which of their offices we were meeting at, so he was at another location. We decided to re-schedule which was fine with me.
On the way back to the office I saw a couple gas stations had gas for $ 2.07 vs the $ 2.11 I had been paying, so in I went. I swiped my card at the pump as usual, it did it’s thing, but then asked me a strange question, “Press Yes if you have your card in hand or No if you don’t to have the cashier key in your number.” What? Of course I have my card in hand, I just swiped it and if I didn’t, how would the cashier key it in. So I pressed Yes and this is what showed up, “Please enter your Loyalty Number Man” What? What the heck is a “Loyalty Number MAN?” so I figured I did something wrong and cancelled the transaction and tried again. Nope same thing. Then I saw a piece of paper taped way down to the right, not even near the key pad. O.K. what’s that? Oh, instructions on what to do why you get to the Yes or No screen. But it tells you not to answer the question and scan your card in a difference place. So I try again because you know that 4 cents is really going to make or break me. But guess what, it doesn’t work. I’m done and back in the car. But hey, there’s another one across the street also for $ 2.07.
So across the street I go. I press “Pay with Credit Outside”, swipe my card, enter my zip code and then get the message, “See Cashier.” O.K. now I’m getting mad. So in I go and it seems you can’t pay outside and have to give her the exact amount you want charged. Well, “H” I don’t know because I need to fill my car. See my gas gauge broke a couple years ago and I’m too cheap to have it fixed, I can just as easily look at my mileage as I can a gauge. So when I put gas in I need to fill up because I know I have to get gas when I’ve gone 200 miles, or else. So I ask her if she can leave the card open, but of course not. So off I storm and got gas at my neighborhood Shell for $ 2.11. So instead of saving, what 60 cents, I’ve now wasted almost 20 minutes and am pissed off. So back to the office I went, poured a cup of coffee and topped it off with Bailey’s.
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