Who am i to say no to a paying customer?? Of course i changed the air for her, i loosened the valve stems on all four tires, then refilled them with "Fresh" air from our compressor that was made in the summer. I only did it to amuse my boss. It has become a legend at that station. Along with that Bonehead request, i used to get alot of "Check the oil and the Freon too!" As if i can really do that while they are parked at the pump.
Also, "Fill it up UNLEADED, make sure its unleaded" This was in the late 1990's i might add.
I worked in a texaco staion, yet we had a couple of customers, (Old ladies again) who would insist i put TEXACO gas in there car, "Fill it up with super, Texaco please" Like there is a choice?
We had a really nice asian guy who spoke very little english as a regular customer, i always asked to check his oil, he always said, "its ok, dont worry". Finally about a year later he came in one day and said "It needs oil now", i said "ok, how low is it?" he said "the gauge says it is almost empty, see" (while pointing to his oil PRESSURE gauge). I looked and the oil light was on and the gauge was barely registering anything. He thought it was an oil LEVEL gauge. Needless to say he ended up needing a new engine and they voided his waranty on that one.
Ever notice how fule hoses have those "Break away" cionnectors on them so if somebody drives away with the hose it will seperate and stop the flow of fuel?. They are designed to seperate at 200lbs of force. Well, a nice lady came in a Lexus one day and as usual, the gas door was on the wrong side. She siad she was in a rush, so i figured ill try and stretch it over the car rather then have her try and turn around. Well, i stretched the hose as far as i could over the car and just as i got it into her tank, the break away fitting seperated and and the hose flew like a whip and shattered the rear window of her car showering the 3 people in the back seat with glass. Nobody was hurt, but that was pretty embarrassing. We ended up paying for a new rear window and that lady never came back in again. Go figure?.
I had SEVERAL other disasters with break away hose couplings in the next few months too.
Of all the jobs i had, i honeslty had the most fun working in a gas station, i just did it on the side to keep myself busy, but i met alot of nice people and had alot of funny expieriences there.