Gas station

Gas station

From Kompas

About two weeks ago I went to the gas station at Jl. Raya
Maruya Ilir, West Jakarta at about 8.00 p.m. for gas. Before
filling my tank, the gas attendant had filled a motorcycle's tank
with two liters. Then he directly filled my car tank without
first turning the pump's figures to zero.

Luckily I noticed it and promptly pointed out the bad
practice. But the attendant insisted he did turn the figures to
zero, to which I strongly objected. At this he gave me an extra
two liters.

I went to the same gas station on Sept. 2, 1994 at about 7.00
a.m. Then a different attendant served me. Again I experienced
the same fraudulent practice. The deceit involved five liters. As
I had to rush to the office I reluctantly accepted his argument
and paid the bill. I have learned a good lesson from these two
incidence and would like to warn other consumers to be watchful
when buying gas.

Name and address

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