ooooppppsssss Gone over 1p on me petrol!!

sinw

vikingaero wrote: »

I have something called "Dignity" that prevents me from doing something like this over such a small amount. :D

oooh so righteous --- get u - elevate your sence of self................

nullogik

Happens to me now. I used to be able to get exactly £15 in every time. But now that the price per litre has shot up, no matter how lightly or briefly I squeeze the lever I can't get exactly £15 worth.

I prefer the system where you pay first, say £15, then the machine automatically stops once it reaches that amount. I last saw these in the States.

Sooler

Why not stop at some random amount? You don't have to buy petrol to the an exact pound

xx.93p will do, why try to edge it up xx.00p ?

Sooler

sinw wrote: »

she couldn't be bothered giving me 99p change

she may not have for 98p either, you might have missed out

nullogik

Sooler wrote: »

Why not stop at some random amount? You don't have to buy petrol to the an exact pound

xx.93p will do, why try to edge it up xx.00p ?

I hate having loads of coins rattling around in my pockets. So if I have a twenty in my pocket that'll mean I'll get a fiver note in change.

Keith

I pay by card so it doesn't matter where it stops

mz_grim

Hey guys i will let u in on a secret here in Aus we have mixed lollies, you normally buy a small bag (with about 30-40 pieces) for 50c or you can get 3 lollies for 5c. We have not had one or two cent coins since 1994.

screamer

Searcher wrote: »

I saw an interesting idea a while ago in a petrol staion.
There was a dish of pennies on the counter and the idea was that if you go over by a penny then you just take one from the dish and give it the assistant.
If someone gets a penny change then they throw it in the dish so it all balances out.

There was a name for it but can't remember what is was.

I used to work in a petrol station and we had one of these. More often than not, quite a few people used to put their change in it and only the odd person took money out. My boss was a lovely, charitable man so when the little basket had a pound in, he used to put it in the till, take a pound out and put it in a bag stuck to the underside of the counter. When he had £10, he'd give it to whatever charity he saw fit. In the 2 years I worked there, he, and the general public donated over £100 to charity.

I miss that job :-(

jackieb

Darksun wrote: »

Take a penny, Leave a Penny. They're quite common in America but I've never seen them over here

There's at least one in Aberdeen.

Zooxanthelle

ellay864 wrote: »

Interesting seeing those last few posts...I saw the penny pot thing in a petrol station near Warwick earlier this year, first time I'd ever come across one

I saw one in my local and I just assumed it was a tip dish... I did think people were being a bit stingy with their tips!

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