What would you have done at the gas pump?

I went to a full service station this morning and told the attendant "$40, 87". Next thing I know, the pump read $44..so I thought ok maybe it'll stop at $50, luckily I have the money (I usually don't on a Friday morning). Then $50 comes and it keeps going. THe guy is running around like a chicken without a head b/c the station is packed. I hop out of the truck in the rain and get it to stop at $54.02. The attendant was SO apologetic and thanked me for not yelling at him. He also said dont worry about the $14. Of course I gave him the full amount and knew that even if I didnt have all the money, I'd return later to give him the money.
So I got to thinking, would people really not give him the $? I felt bad for him, he was alone and had no help.
What would you do?

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I would have given it to him too, although it was his fault, but he was busy and I'm sure he didn't mean it.

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I might be in the minority here but I have had it happen to me. I told them $30 & I realized it was taking longer then normal. I look at the pump & it was up to $40. First off, I didn't have the extra $$ on me & personally I feel it is his job to make sure the pump stops at what you requested. When that happened to me, I gave him the $30 & he argued with me. I explained that I don't have the extra $$ & it was his fault. He apologized & agreed it was.

Message edited 1/18/2008 9:25:24 AM.

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I probably would have given it if I had it on me but I wouldn't have made a trip back if I didn't have enough to cover it.

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i would have gave it to him if I had it on me. Esp if he was just super busy

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If he really made a mistake, and I had the money, then I would have absolutely given it to him.

This comes from my many years in retail... people make mistakes and he seemed genuinely sorry

Message edited 9/22/2009 3:44:04 PM.

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I would have definitely given it to him, people make mistakes

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I would have given it to him under those circumstances.

If I didn't have the cash on me, then I would have just charged it or thrown it on my debit card.

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I would give it to him. I always use my debit card at the pumps for reasons like this. If he forgets it comes out of my bank account. No big deal.

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It has happened to me and I just gave him the money.....It was really busy and really cold.....

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This has happened to me and I didn't have the extra money or charge card on me. He got what I had and asked for. That's it.

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under these circumstances, it seems like he was the only one working and really lost track of the pump, so i would give him the $$. i have had something else happen to me though, when i would say 87 and the guy didn't listen and gave me premium (i didn't notice till after the tank was full) and i refused to pay the extra $$ because it was his mistake.

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It happened to my husband. He didn't have the extra money so the guy said pay me another day. Yeah, he hasn't returned lol

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This is why I pump my own gas!

Seriously though- I would have been ******- but if I had the money would have paid him.

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I understand he was busy but I go to full serve all the time and they punch in the amount you want so it doesn't go over.
I think he should of done this, especially if he was really busy.

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In the case you described-where I didn't think they were trying to pull a fast one, I would certainly pay. After all, you're going to need the gas eventually.

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I would have done the samething you did!

I would have given the attendant the money.

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I don't really understand the POV of those who wouldn't pay...
you got the gas. You would eventually need that dgas, it's not going to be wasted. Do you think you should benefit from people's mistakes?
I mean, yes- I get it that if you don't have cash on you and cash is the only way you pay. But you really wouldn't return eventually?

I am not judging, I just genuinely donn't understand, bc with any other product you wouldn't be able to gain form an error. Like if you asked for 1/4 pound of baloney and they gave you half a pound- they could take 1/4 back. But he can't syphen gas out of your tank, and it's gas- it's going to be used, thusly saving you that $10 to buy it next time...
It just has never occcured to me to benefit from a genuine mistake.

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Posted by Preguntas

I don't really understand the POV of those who wouldn't pay...
you got the gas. You would eventually need that dgas, it's not going to be wasted. Do you think you should benefit from people's mistakes?
I mean, yes- I get it that if you don't have cash on you and cash is the only way you pay. But you really wouldn't return eventually?

I am not judging, I just genuinely donn't understand, bc with any other product you wouldn't be able to gain form an error. Like if you asked for 1/4 pound of baloney and they gave you half a pound- they could take 1/4 back. But he can't syphen gas out of your tank, and it's gas- it's going to be used, thusly saving you that $10 to buy it next time...
It just has never occcured to me to benefit from a genuine mistake.

Message edited 1/18/2008 10:45:53 AM.