There's this one Shell station that is on the edge of town and their prices are lower than every other name brand station, so I usually fill up there since I can also redeem Winn-Dixie fuelperks! rewards for discounted fuel.
I always run into some issue here but tonight might be the last straw… First, the fuelperks! card wouldn't scan (magstripe), then somehow it got stuck on asking for an alternate ID, but nothing worked and then the entire pump locked up
! About halfway to the C-store I hear it beep and turn around and it's reset, so I have to hoof it back over and try again. This time it worked, but then after pumping diesel they were out of receipt paper. Naturally. Might be my #1 pet peeve at a gas station, right up there with noisy stereos and dirty pumps. Which this one was, covered in greasy diesel. And no paper towels to wipe my hands off, either.
On the positive side, with the fuelperks! discount diesel was $2.109. And the place was thankfully deserted. Normally the single diesel/gas combo pump is three cars deep and everyone's buying unleaded
because reasons. Nevermind there are like 20 pumps at this place in total and all the others are gas only. They LOVE that long diesel/gas combo. I'll never understand that about gassers.
Last time I filled here I had to use the other side of the pump and it was a truck sized nozzle, which even though my opening is large it's still a hassle. And on that trip I had to go in to get the pump going because the card reader on that side was just totally broken.
I guess this is a case of "it's cheap but not worth the hassle" because I'm ready to start going back to the Tom Thumb CITGO up the highway which is always clean, but diesel is $2.329/gallon right now. There's only one other Shell in town that takes the fuelperks! and their diesel is $2.459/gallon credit. So either way I guess I gotta pay more to keep my sanity.
Thanks for letting me vent.