We had about eight CLOSED signs; two in front of the register, three on the ice-cream display, three more in front of the espresso machine. People still came and asked us if we were closed.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

When I worked at a bar our urinal stopped flushing, so I put the laminated "Out of Order" sign over the bowl. We had a lot of customers walk out of the bathroom with a line of piss on their pants from the splash back from pissing on the sign.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 days ago

Simply amazing. Fascinating. It sometimes astounds me how we've survived this long as a somewhat cohesive civilization.

[–] bownage 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

??????

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

People would walk up and pee directly on the sign and because it was laminated the pee would blast back onto their pants and the floor

[–] bownage 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ya I'm just baffled at the stupidity lol

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

Once you work with the public long enough you're no longer surprised by such things.

The saying "There's substantial overlap between the dumbest tourists and the smartest bears" is very true even though it was never said by someone in the National Parks Service.

I've met plenty of people who I believe would be outsmarted by the average bear let alone the smartest bears.

[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 days ago

I work in retail and can tell people would still ask if they can pay cash

[–] Toes@ani.social 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Oh there's a fun legal problem at play here.

Depending on the region its likely fine to only accept card for goods being offered.

However it's not fine to only accept cards in a scenario of debt. (The idea you've consumed or changed something before paying)

So even with all this signage if the pump allows you to pump before payment. You'll need to accept cash as the business or be willing to provide them an invoice to be paid out later through the banks.

You might argue that the fuel is in the tank just take it back. However, this will not be the same fuel that is being sold. As it's now had an opportunity to be contaminated by whatever was in the vehicles tank. Taking that contaminated fuel and putting it back in the main holding tank would potentially be considered as fraud.

Edit: so many labels I thought I was looking at a gas station self serve haha not a grocery store.