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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 10:58 PM Original message |
I Just Won A Mini-Battle At My Local Gas Station. It Felt Damn Good. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. That warrants a "standing O" from here |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good for you... and also |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Are you in Flagstaff, AZ? |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. There is one gas station in my neck of the woods |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Very good! Carry on. |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why is it his fault you didn't find what you wanted? Maybe the gas truck is |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. LMAO LMAO LMAO |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Unless he was purposefully withholding regular to try to profit on super |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I think you owe the owner a christmas present |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. A few have said that. I'm gonna give it some thought. |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 01:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
78. He is running a business |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I like the way you think, Oversea |
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Ouabache (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Mismanagement |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. The station owner was being nice, the OP never said the owner |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. There's someone on another board right now saying, "God DAMN, |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Ha! |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. LMAO LMAO I Love the Melodrama queens!!!! LOL |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:01 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. 'queens' ? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:02 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Never heard of a drama queen before? Here, Copied A Definition for ya. |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Overreacts- Like yelling at a guy because you didn't get what you wanted |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Not a term that is used against men that I have ever heard. |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 01:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
74. There is a Livejournal community "Customers Suck" |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 01:10 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Don't know if this is the same place but I love to go to |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
52. And, you know what, even if the manager had said that it was his |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Man, I feel bad for that guy. Independent ownership of gas stations is |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I've heard stories from my uncle about how hard it is to run a gas station |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. A pal owned a Marathon station |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Nah, Sorry If I misled |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
59. If he's the night manager, he has no control over what is ordered and... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:30 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Will You All Stop Being So Goddamn Quick To Judge? |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:34 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. You make a lot of assumptions. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:37 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Never said you couldn't |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:48 AM Response to Reply #61 |
71. if he is just the manager |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Sometimes bullshit is just bullshit! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. At that point, I'd probably "tip" him half the difference. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Not Competitive. He's Generally Higher Than Everybody Else To Begin With. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
70. No one forces you to do business there. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 01:07 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. I gotta agree with Maddy... |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. Right Fucking On! |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Use regular gas |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. This is true! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
62. Sure you have. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. LOL What Are You Talking About? |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'm responding to your need |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The Point Was I Couldn't Buy The Cheapest Stuff. They Didn't Have Any LOL |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Sorry, I read |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Pleasant Dreams Mz Pip!! |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
82. Good Choice |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. Excellent! He knows there aren't that many vehicles that |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. Hey, way to berate that guy for making a mistake! |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I didn't berate anybody, get a grip. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Oh...so HE forced YOU. I see. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. You are cracking me up tonight LOL |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:37 AM Response to Reply #34 |
64. Exactly. This story just doesn't add up. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:41 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. See? There You Go With The Assumptions Again |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:42 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. "Anger issues?" Project much? |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. I have a sneaking suspicion that it all comes from the same tank. n/t |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
32. Sitting on the other side of the coin |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Trust me, there was no break on gas prices last week. |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:02 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. He's not some oil company executive, he's just a manager of a gas |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Why Yes.... Yes He Is.... One that can't wait to jump on whatever social |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. I agree. |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. I agree. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:08 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Sure he should've. And He Did. Yay for him, Yay for me. Yay for us both |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I will take the opposite side of people |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:16 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Couldn't agree more n/t |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:18 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Wow Jim. Passionate much on this one? |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:29 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. I thought you went to bed and weren't going to reply to my posts |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:22 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Thanks. I had to put that |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:26 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Tis no better way to display ignorance than to be so quick to jump to |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:17 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Thank God You Aren't The Parent Of My Child |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 01:07 AM Response to Reply #46 |
76. Agreed. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
66. What's sad is that he did this to someone who is JUST a manager. |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
81. Managers are much more pliable to tactics like this |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
72. consumers have a tremendous "entitlement" complex |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. Dayum, you're tough |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. Good going! |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
57. Good for you! |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
69. and you're proud of this? |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
73. Sorry man, but my dad worked in a gas station the whole time I was |
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njdemocrat106 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
79. Sorry, but I'll have to side with the manager on this one |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
80. Damn. Will your wife rent you out? |
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