Quote Originally Posted by Hermod View Post
The panhandlers, people wanting you to fill up their tank, and sob stories are pretty much universal except for really country gas stations.
Sorry Hermod, No Sale. I quit buying gasoline in Detroit a couple of years back because, well, I just wanted to get gas and go. It was a constant barage of questions, sob stories about bus money, or being asked if I was looking for a good time. All of that was fine, even entertaining, until people started becoming a bit more challenging when you said "No". I started buying gas near where I work. I've never been hassled, yet. And I don't work in a "really country area". If the current trend continues in Detroit, and the owners and employees continue to condone people hanging around the station bothering customers, they're going to continue losing sales.