That would be really awkward for me. I pay for everything with my bank debit card (not a credit card). Here that requires inputting a pin number; for that matter, most credit card machines here are chip-and-pin too. I have half a mind to go out of my way to one of the full-serve places now just to satisfy my curiosity of how it works here.
Is tipping expected? My instinct would be to tip the person doing the fill (back in the stone age when you could opt for full service at the gas station my mom always tipped) but that must add up!
Around here, with literally dozens of pizzaria’s, only about half have online ordering, or use an app. Sometimes I want rice balls from Napoli or eggplant parm from Ralph’s, I have to call.
I hate that it takes 3 hours.
Interesting--that's good money! If that's the case, it doesn't sound like such a bad deal. I wouldn't mind staying nice and comfy in my car while someone else deals with gas pump.
It’s illegal.
I‘ve never hear of tipping them, it would be like tipping the cashier at the grocery store. Most of them by me don’t have a convenience store attached, but a garage with mechanics. There is a tiny glassed in area in the middle where the cash register is, plus cigarettes.
A few times attendants have asked my zipcode when using a card. Most don't. I guess they're making sure the user knows the billing address and didn't just find the card on the ground?
That always freaks me out a little bit when I'm in the States. The machine doesn't ask for your pin and it doesn't give you an option of which account you want the money to be withdrawn from.
I worked as a gas station manager, as I could not forget to fill my car
