I see a lot of douchetastic things during my day, but this one warrants it’s own award. For almost as long as I’ve been working where I do now I’ve been getting gas at the station just down the street. For ever and ever it was family-owned, along with the small casino next door.
Both have recently been sold and although the gas station maintained the same name it was quite obvious that the new owners were going to be making changes. First they changed the inside of the store, which used to bustle in the mornings with construction workers buying breakfast foods and getting sodas. That’s all gone. They also took out the little diner restaurant in the back and replaced it with a Burger King.
It’s the latest change, though, that has my shizzle in a tizzle. They took out the 87 octane pumps, replaced them with 85 octane, and kept the price the same. They didn’t tell anyone, you had to pay attention to the stickers. So unless you want to buy assgas, you have to pay the higher midgrade price. Awesome.
What used to be a great locally-owned business that had major traffic has turned into a corporate money-mongering wasteland that has nowhere near the business it used to.
Way to go Golden Gate! That’s 3 Masengill’s up for you!
I’ll be getting my gas down the street from now on.
Sounds like the problem is that they’re stupid, not that they’re money-mongering. I’m sure the former owners liked making money, too. They just knew how to do it.
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floating princess Reply:
May 31st, 2009 at 6:44 pm
@whall,
You’re right, they are stupid because the traffic that used to clog a huge truck-friendly gas station has dwindled to almost nothing. It’s sad because it was kind of an icon in town.
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May 31st, 2009 at 6:11 pm