Whats the most Petrol you've 'Stolen'

This never ends well :rolleyes:

The trick is to put it in a fiver at a time. That way you can hit them for the extra few cents 10 times over instead of just once with the €50 fill.

I've never stolen any. Have gone a few cent over the odd time which the attendent didn't charge me for. Only when paying cash though, always charged me the extra when using the debit card.

Carrying €50 worth of petrol? Rookie mistake. Wait untill you've stripped out the heavy carpet and excess seats, then'll you'll really see some weight-milage savings.

Its impossible on some pumps not to. If I have a £20 note and want to spend it on petrol and the pump stops on £19.98 I don't want the 2p change so I have to give it another squeeze. That squeeze is about 5p the way prices are now.

Zonda999 wrote: »

Its a fairly pointless exercise IMO. For the record, I always try to stop at the amount I'm getting. You'd find the odd stingy place that would ask for the 1 or 2 cent or so when you get it.

On another petrol related topic , I hate it when people talk about getting petrol in a particular station because its 1 cent cheaper or whatever, despite the fact it is out of their way. I used to try and explain that any potential extra fuel they are getting would probably be used getting the particular station, but now I don't bother anymore..

Just fill it up and pay by laser. Hassle free option!

irish-stew wrote: »

I've never stolen any. Have gone a few cent over the odd time which the attendent didn't charge me for. Only when paying cash though, always charged me the extra when using the debit card.

The EFT system doesn't allow you 'knock off' the extra cent or two. If it does, then you have to split the bill between cash and EFT which is a hassel.

As for the cents, depends how the till is counted at the end of the night. Most places count the 1c and 2c in the drawer as blanket €3 regardless of whether there is 50c in there or 5€. It's quicker than counting 200 odd coins.

Given an average of 100 transactions an hour, a till could be €1 down an hour. After a nine hour shift that makes for €9, that could, depending on the employees contract, come out of his petrol pump employee pocket. This is mitigated by the method of counting above.

Employees that have been there for awhile will have plenty of ways to make up the loss and will know how to split the bill.

TL,DR 1c or 3c is o.k but you're taking the piss past that.

(Source - working in a petrol station for three years of university)

They let me away with one cent, two cents and I'm being charged. I've got it down to an art form at this stage, and you can usually drain a bit out of the nozzle after the pump stops.

There is an really gullible old lady where I fill up and never checks how much I put it and always takes my word for it,usaully get two euro extra when she is working

I usually try get it spot on but it's obviously getting harder. Most garages don't charge the extra cent if I go over in my experiences.
Last time I got petrol I just left it at 19.99.
They should change the system so that we type in the amount we want and it cuts itself off really at this stage.

I work in a petrol station part time. Had a drive off of 180 euro last night according to the night shift staff.

The van pulled in, began to fill up....


Never came in!

I also feel like a total sap asking every one for petrol or diesel but the amount of people who forget is crazy.