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.

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