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this happened to me more than once and i dont usually carry a lot of cash on me... so now i just go to self serve so i dont have to worry anymore!

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I would have paid. It is not like he is making you pay for something you did not get or a different item or a different quality.True, you got more than what you asked for, but it is gas, something you always need, not like a blue sweater. It also doesn't go bad, like milk or eggs. Also, I would feel bad for attendant because if you don't pay the full amount, I would think he would have to pay the difference and that would not be right.

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I wouldn't think twice about it. I would pay the man.

Also, i always fill up..I can't be bothered with going to the gas station more than I have to. I'm not a fan of the gas station.

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Well, I wasn't going to give him the extra money when the guy started getting pissy with me when I told him I didn't have the extra money.
Um, who's mistake was it again?

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alot of people wouldn't have given him the money.

i think its nice that you did... sometimes $hit happens... maybe it was his first day.

I always try to understand like that... I hope someone pays it forward to you one day soon

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As long as I had the money, I would've paid it too in that situation.

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Having worked at my dad's gas station for a long time... this has def happened to me on a couple of occasions. It sux too cuz most people let me eat it in the end and I was running around like a chicken w/o a head. I never understood the whole premise of getting the gas - even if you got more than you asked for - and having the money to pay for it, and then making the attendant pay for it.... U eventually need the gas anyway.

Especially if you see that the person is running like a madman/madwoman.....

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absolutely would have given him the money given the described situation..

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Ok.....It would depend. Yes he was busy and yes people make mistakes, but it is his job. I rarely have extra money on me and all of it is budgeted for exactly what I need. I would have given him the extra also if I had it, but I would not have made a special trip back if I didn't. People make mistakes, but like I said it's his job. And really how hard is it to say $40 please at a FULL service station and expect that...$40 worth of gas. Flame me if you like, but I also have a job and I can't make mistakes no matter HOW busy it gets.

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Posted by Stefanie

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Even if he pisssed me off, I would still pay for it. I received a quantity of product at a pre-determined cost per quantity. Just because I received more than I had asked for, I wouldn't expect a discount.

One a side note, if I received a discount on a product for everytime I received a bad attitude from a salesperson, would be rich.

She said $40 worth of gas. It is his JOB to give her that. It doesn't matter what the predetermined cost per quantity is. It's a FULL SERVICE gas station. $40 worth of gas is $40 worth of gas end of story.

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If he was really busy then its totally understandable. I don't know if he was chatting and ignoring his job. A couple of weeks ago, I went to full service my DS was screaming in his car seat (he was hungry) and the attendants were chatting with each other. The one guy finished the one car and continued to chat, not even approaching my car. Another car pulled up behind and he started pumping that persons car (it was right where he was chatting). I proceeded to pump my own gas and the attendant had the nerve to tell me that it was because it was cold out.
I have returned cash to the person if they have given me too much back, I knew there job may be on the line if the drawer was short.

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I had something like this happen to me, but the gas attendent yelled at me b/c i didnt tell him it was going over what i wanted... like it was my fault.. this is your job buddy.. I did pay the full amount (luckily i had it)

Plus the other thing that pizzed me off, was he was staring at my chest as he yelled at me.. what a pervert.

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I would have given the money to him, without a doubt. It's the right thing to do.

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I look at it this way, it's not like you aren't going to use the gas. So why not pay ahead of time. Was it an error, yes, does he deserve to pay, no. I think you did the right thing.

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I would have been annoyed but would have payed.

Actually, nobody mentioned it here (or I did not see it!) but most gas station "attendants" enter the amount of $ you are buying before pumping gas and going to the next car. That way, the pump stops automatically when it reaches the $

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It's happened to me. I had the extra money. I didnt give it to him. It was his fault and i needed ciggarettes and such so i dint give it.

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I would give him the money and even if I didn't have the extra on me. I would ask to come back to pay the rest. I would feel guilty if I didn't. He seem genuinely apologetic so I would if he wasn't and was nasty then thats a different story.