Gas Boy Modus Operandi

[praetor91313]

When filling up, sometimes I point my cellphone to the side mirror pretending to record them and make sure I make them see that I'm doing so, just to make them feel that I'm watching them.

Good thing they allowed you to do that... one time I was jotting down my vehicle's odometer reading using my samsung omnia (so I can compute for my gas consumption) -- the gasoline boy approached me and asked me to turn off my cellphone and pointed to the sign above the machine saying to please turn off all cellphones...

[RedHotBlood]

Same practice din ako, tsek muna display bago karga, kunin nyo na lang lagi ang resibo atleast wala syang lusot dahil ang alam ko synchronize ang pumps nila sa kahera kaya automatic na me resibo yan kahit di mo hingin, nakatulong ka pa sa BIR (at baka manalo ka pa).

[woohoo]

Heh. TealAuto (Palm software for my Treo) takes care of that. When the gas boy sees me recording data while they're filling up my gas tank, they won't even think of conning me.

[pumaren]

thanks for the heads up but damn, some of you guys are way too paranoid/defensive.

pointing your cell pretending to record? computing data (which i assume is all about gassing up)?

[mazzipino]

thanks for the heads up but damn, some of you guys are way too paranoid/defensive.

pointing your cell pretending to record? computing data (which i assume is all about gassing up)?

Maybe you should re-read the first post to establish why some people take measures to counter these modus'.

Paranoid, no.

Defensive, maybe, but it's better to be defensive than to be ignorant and become prone to being the next victim.

[pumaren]

I understand that - but I think getting out of your car and just watch the gas boy would be sufficient.

but hey, to each his own right?

peace.

[mazzipino]

Peace, my bad if I came across harsh. Yup you're right.

[woohoo]

thanks for the heads up but damn, some of you guys are way too paranoid/defensive.

pointing your cell pretending to record? computing data (which i assume is all about gassing up)?

Defensive??? Nowadays, there are too many untrustworthy people!

But I do monitor my cars' FE so I record all my fill-ups.

[praetor91313]

thanks for the heads up but damn, some of you guys are way too paranoid/defensive.

pointing your cell pretending to record? computing data (which i assume is all about gassing up)?

I wanna know what my average fuel consumption is. What's paranoid about that? Now I know that my vehicle's not fuel-efficient. It consumes 5-6 liters of gasoline per kilometer. A friend computed that his Picanto consumed 21 liters per kilometer, now that's fuel-efficiency.

Please don't call people paranoid just because you don't understand the reason for their action.

[XTO]

bumababa ako noon pa.

mga rason:

baka gasolina ilagay - malaking problema at abala diba?
baka di ibalik ang cap though may wire yung sa montero, XTO wala -abala rin at gastos diba?
baka hulugan ng kung ano - abala at sakit ng ulo diba?

paranoid? oo pero dibale na..... :bwahaha:

ewan ko na lang kung umubra modus ng ilan - pero sigurado dami na nabiktima nyan - mga nagmamadali at very busy sa loob