@sestrahelena wrote:
In my book, they lose grade points if they don't honor the posted price. Extra points off if they're ugly about it. I'm unaffraid to give a zero.
@ServiceAward wrote:
..........................I think most people working in gas station, unless they are the owner, aren't going to care too much either way. They are trying to earn a paycheck and trying to get home to hit the crack pipe again.
@French Farmer wrote:
@ServiceAward wrote:
..........................I think most people working in gas station, unless they are the owner, aren't going to care too much either way. They are trying to earn a paycheck and trying to get home to hit the crack pipe again.
Perhaps you were being facetious or endeavoring to seem "clever".
Nonetheless, your opinion of a gas station employee's life and "raison de travailler", is both demeaning of another and is so ignorant.
@mystery2me wrote:
It's too easy sometimes to blame people in worse circumstances than ourselves for having made some sort of poor choice that put them there. It helps us cope with the disparities we see around us as we struggle to maintain our own circumstances. Sure, there are some are addicts or recovering addicts, but the vast majority I see are young people in their first job, divorced women having to start over, single moms struggling to make ends meet, older people whose old jobs disappeared, women whose kids have grown up and they are just entering the workforce, some stoners, and, in larger chains, just regular people making a career of it until something better comes along. I do a lot or rural shops and big chains. Maybe it is different in other areas.
@ServiceAward wrote:
@French Farmer wrote:
@ServiceAward wrote:
..........................I think most people working in gas station, unless they are the owner, aren't going to care too much either way. They are trying to earn a paycheck and trying to get home to hit the crack pipe again.
Perhaps you were being facetious or endeavoring to seem "clever".
Nonetheless, your opinion of a gas station employee's life and "raison de travailler", is both demeaning of another and is so ignorant.
My experience is many of the people working in those jobs are on the pipe. I did not say all. THAT would be ignorant. Based on my experience the vast majority are. Your experience may be different. I have worked with drug addicts to help them forge a better path away from drugs (and alcohol, too). I know the look, the sunken eyes, and overly aged appearance, the jittery hands, and so on.
Truth is never demeaning. People don't like it, and that's fine, but I will always speak the truth and not apologize for it. The problem in our country today is people are afraid to speak the truth for fear of hurting feelings. I would rather hurt someone's feelings, then to engage in their delusion.
@bradkcrew wrote:
Lord, where do you live???!! I have never encountered a convenience store worker that gave me any such impression.
@mystery2me wrote:
I thought meth was the new drug of choice. Not that it is any better. But kudos for your work with addicts. I'm sure you have made a difference in what is often a thankless job.
@ServiceAward wrote:
My experience is many of the people working in those jobs are on the pipe. I did not say all. THAT would be ignorant. Based on my experience the vast majority are.
@CoolMusic wrote:
@ServiceAward wrote:
My experience is many of the people working in those jobs are on the pipe. I did not say all. THAT would be ignorant. Based on my experience the vast majority are.
You said "most" in your original post, implying, at the very least, that more than half the clerks you encounter are meth addicts.
Then you said "many" when confronted, only to follow that up with "a vast majority". Can't have it both ways.
Please clarify: what percentage constitutes a "vast majority"?
Regardless of the number, I refuse to accept your premise as truth.
You expect us to believe that for the last 50 gas stations you've shopped that a minimum of 26 clerks, and possibly many more, were meth addicts?
Where do you live???
Pretty sure the only truthful way to present the point would be to use the word "some".
@ServiceAward wrote:
If I had to put a percentage to it, I would put it between 40%-70%, depending on which town and/or rural area I'm in.
Here, Sunocos and Citgo are just as bad. I hate when I check Gasbuddy and the cheapest is one of those locations.@sestrahelena wrote:
Oh, the Valeros I've shopped have been some of the sleeziest brand- name stations I've seen. I usually get the impression that gas and snacks are NOT what they're selling the most of.