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.
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.