TARADALE BP PUMP PRINTS RECEIPT LONGER THAN THE BLOKE'S DRIVEWAY
Forty-two bucks of 91. Three metres of paper. One tradie running late.
A self-serve pump at the Taradale BP has spat out a three-metre receipt for a single $42.18 fuel purchase, and the bloke who paid for it is filthy about it.
Greg Pawson, a sparkie heading to a job in Havelock North, said the pump started printing at 7.42am. It was still going when he'd finished his pie. "Tapped the card. Thought we were done. Thing kept feeding paper like it was trying to bury me."
Pawson measured the receipt against his ute tray. He counted twelve lines of loyalty guff, two survey QR codes, terms in two languages, and what looked like the week's specials at Wild Bean.
The morning attendant, Marlene, said the pump had been "a bit rooted since the update". She'd already binned four metres of paper before nine. "Bloke before him got two metres for a Mother and a Moro. I've stopped apologising."
A BP spokesperson said the receipt was "within operational parameters" and that customers could opt for email receipts at the pump. Pawson said that button was "greyed out and does fuck all when you press it."
Pawson has kept the receipt. He's using it to wrap a present for his apprentice.
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Reader Letters
Garry (Halswell)
Back in my day, you'd pay with cash and get a proper receipt. None of this paper wastage. Just another reason for the young ones to blame us for cutting down trees!
Sandra_McKenzie
It's actually recommended in the manual to check if the option for email receipts is enabled during updates. Probably a software thing the BP folks missed.
curveball_ken
If BP's so concerned about going green, why not fix these endless receipts? Next they'll tell us the earth's flat.
CouchExplorer
@curveball_ken Mate, relax on the conspiracy. Sometimes machines just mess up. Like my couch that's determined to eject me every night.
tired_in_riccarton
I once stood behind a guy at the self-checkout who got shocked by sticking a receipt in the wrong slot. BP should sort their gadgets out.
ropeable_dave
Mate, receipts are just trees begging for freedom. Let Girolami know. He'll chime in with an eco-plan off his yacht.
Just_A_Kid
Lol, longest toilet roll ever! Pawson should lend it to the next guy missing some bog roll.
Margaret_F
Pawson's doing a service to his apprentice. Imagine wrapping a gift in a three-metre receipt? Perfect lesson in patience!