Work question

by Panda • 18 Apr 2010, 22:44 • Journals
Having a discussion at the mo with a meight on something that totally annoyz me, let me give you a recent example:

I went to a fuel station to fill my tank up with super unleaded, the sign said nothing other than the fact I'm paying £1.25 per litre. I proceed to walk into the shop to pay for my fuel when I decided to ask the staff "What is the octane rating in your super unleaded please?" to which I get one of the most confused faces I have seen in a long time. She then repeats the question to the next member of staff operating the other till and he is also stumped by my question. They said they could find out, but they're just working 'on the tills' and gave me some sarky reply so I decided to leave it there. Was hoping to find out what additives they had in it too, hoping to use them as a regular filling up station.

Now, should a cashier/person working in this place know these things as it's in their field of work or am I just being a bit OTT and realise most of these faggots can just about operate a till, let alone remember such vital information to answer people like me :(

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non related lulz
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WoMbat 18 Apr 2010, 23:47
no, dont think its needed. I think you're one of very few who asks for that kinda stuff.
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Panda 18 Apr 2010, 23:49
Wasn't trying to blame this ill mannered mongoloid behind the till for not being able to answer me. Heck, the manager/supervisors probably never even bothered mentioning it to them when they started, but surely they would store the information ready for when someone comes to fill up? :D

It's like going to a cake shop and I asking them do they use free range eggs when making a cake, I'd expect to know the answer :(
Guess I'm just picky!
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loctarar 19 Apr 2010, 00:51
What I don't understand is how those guys can sit there everyday, do something and know nothing about it. Just a bit of curiosity about why some gas is better than other or how that stuff works and they could've answered your question.
You sell something to people but you have no clue about what it is... that's one hell of a boring job.
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JobCohen 18 Apr 2010, 23:47
I just realized my life has no point at all.
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Thomm 18 Apr 2010, 23:48
Dude, you are driving a Nissan, it doesn´t matter what you pour in it... Stop being a smart-ass :)
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RazZaH 18 Apr 2010, 23:50
well people who work at the fuelstation have never been the smartest people...so i wouldnt think about that :]


if you asked your mathteacher something and he couldnt give you the result of 81 : 9 then id worry about that :P
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STICKER 18 Apr 2010, 23:53
it's 9, right?
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RazZaH 18 Apr 2010, 23:54
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STICKER 18 Apr 2010, 23:58
it's 81, right?
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aDman 19 Apr 2010, 00:13
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and nOu?
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STICKER 19 Apr 2010, 00:17
It's 77, right?
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huumeantti 18 Apr 2010, 23:50
i suppose we should make schools for people that work in gas stations, so that they could learn all about gas
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Rayzed 18 Apr 2010, 23:52
They should know.

If I would go to our local drug dealer and ask him what he puts in his weed/speed, he can also gimme all the information.
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plekter 19 Apr 2010, 00:10
buy a sample, grab a chemistry set and find out!
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Nemesis- 19 Apr 2010, 01:36
Not needed for cashiers afaik, but those guys operating the fillup stations should know.
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Deactivated5557 19 Apr 2010, 08:45
lol smart-ass, you are one since u didnt really need the info (your car needs some kind of special rate or what?) so u just asked it to look smart
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Panda 19 Apr 2010, 09:41
Not smart-ass at all, I needed to know the information. It's not like I would go into to the store just to mock the faggots just because I know more than them, my car is 'supposed to' run on 97RON or higher as that's what the chip/ecu is set to, and standard fuel is going to make my car sluggish. Some of the fuel stations are known for bad mixes, some have better additives blah blah, just wanted to know off them :)

e.g. you go into a computer store and see this ubercool looking CPU that is in a home-branded box, you ask the store man 'what processor/speed is that running at?' you'd expect a reasonable reply, not 'I don't know, I just work on the tills sort of response' ;-)
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Deactivated5557 19 Apr 2010, 13:00
well if u needed it then u are right. they employ the most retarded ppl in gas stations anyway.
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zidane05 19 Apr 2010, 09:59
Obviously not.. it's an entry level job. It would be nice if they did, but that's not how the world works and you should know that. For a job like that, as long as you got some motivation and money handling exp you're hired!...knowing random crap like that is nice, but no business would go about wasting their time and money to teach cashiers everything there is to know about gasoline, cars, etc..
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