Comments on: When a Convenience Store is Anything But Convenient

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:58:10 +0000

i have to agree with Tom … we smart people or people with jobs that require more then a pulse understand and comprehend the things that would make since … but like he said before … they are paid 7.50hr to use a very basic set of skills to do a very basic job they are not expected to go out of there way to learn anything more then what they are told to by there bosses. .. so with that being said a lot of “its not my job” comes up … and also chances are they have that job because they dont have the ability to acquire another job. so they would like to protect what job they do have

now i am not bashing on all gas station attendants there a lot out there that either own the station they are working in or are doing it because they are independently wealthy and need something to keep themselves busy and want to get paid to do it … i am sure there are plenty of other reasons why gas station attendants are good but that all i can think of right now

By: Tom Hargrave

Tom Hargrave — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:59:50 +0000

My point earlier was that this has nothing to do with customer service. Comvenience store staff are given a list of ID’s that they can accept and that’s it.

And if a temporary ID or passport are not on the list, then sorry – it won’t work. Making exception to this rule is almost always a firing offense because the clerk could put the store in legal trouble.

By: Dave Do Not Panic

Dave Do Not Panic — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:34:20 +0000

Not sure why they couldn’t scan your temporary ID or passport! Just lousy service. Low hourly rate doesn’t have to mean bad atttude.

By: Ronald

Ronald — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:21:04 +0000

LOL. She’s a good gal looking out for her younger brother. That, and she’s been in the military too long.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:14:23 +0000

“Ouch”, your Big Sis sounds like someone I would rather not run into!

By: Big Sis

Big Sis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:11:42 +0000

GOOD! YOU need to STOP SMOKING you big fat head! That was my birthday present you turd and now you took it away…..this presented a great opportunity for you to just call it quits and stop the madness ;p

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:23:08 +0000

Normally I would agree with you but this State has been known to send in under age “test buyers” who act, dress and appear to be 30 years old!

When your state does this, what choice do you have?

By: Not A Niche

Not A Niche — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:01:03 +0000

Another fun stuff the Europeans can laugh about the Americans.

Sad, that some people are not educated enough to figure out how old a person is!

By: Ronald

Ronald — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:19:39 +0000

I got my Texas driver’s license today, so hopefully I won’t run into ID problems anymore.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:11:37 +0000

The answer to the “why no passport” comment is easy. A typical convenience store employee is a $7.00 / hour person who is trained throgh a set of printed instructions and policies. And since very few of us carry around passports, they are not trained to deal with them.