Okay, so I was perusing old blogs after I finished the previous one about 2 seconds ago and I stopped at the one about wild things that happen at work and I remembered the one for last week...
So, of course, I was the only manager on. And I get a call to the lot from a cart person...
Not a, hey can you get out here ASAP. Just, Coach Tim to the parking lot. It's usually and irate customer who doesn't like having their receipt checked on the way out, at least we don't make you walk through an impersonal scanner that 50 years from now we will find has given everyone who perused game stores too much a serious medical condition. Or someone who has done something stupid in the lot, like the woman who ran into the handicapped parking pole because she had sped up to turn in around pedestrians.
I don't make this stuff up....
Or the person who recked there jeep trying to park in the cart corral. Seriously. and then he drove off and got upset when we called the police to complain about him destroying it. He said it's our fault the corrals aren't wide enough...
I'll wait for you to stop chuckling...
Done?
So, I didn't rush to the lot but I did make my way directly there because, y'know, it could be important.
A car was leaking gas into the lot. It was a couple gallons by the time I got there and every passerby had to comment about how we now have to call the EPA and get a full Hazmat team on site.
They train us for stuff like this.
Unfortunately, that was a couple years ago and I haven't had to use the Chemical Spill Emergency guidelines since. Yes, there's a term for it but I'm not sure how sensitive it is but the cart person should have utilized it. No biggie. I got Dennis to grab some oil dry, which we sell. And I had Chris get the plate # to the service desk to page the member. And we blocked the area off with upturned carts and i went inside to call the fire dept...
Ok, it used to be that fire depts and police depts all had normal #s and I don't call them all the time. So, yes, I admit I looked 911 up in the phone book. Not that i couldn't remember it, I wasn't sure if this qualified as a 911 level emergency.
Done laughing yet?
Obviously it is because I'm pretty sure they were on site before I got back to the lot. I think someone else called them first...
So this guy runs up, like literally 10 seconds after the page, and says
"Aw man! We just drove that car off the lot!"
The fireman says, "We have to tow it out sir, after we plug the leak."
"And we just filled the tank!"
Too which Chris says, bless his heart...
"Ain't full anymore!"
I know it's not funny but it is. I have to not burst into laughter while I assure the man it's under control and it's in his best interest NOT to drive the car at this time.
The wife was furious because they had just bought $200 in groceries and didn't have a car to take them home in. It was all my fault. The fire man calmed her down.
After it was all done, I remembered to check the flipchart to see if I handled the incident properly...
Like, if the building is on fire, I'm going to run to the flipchart to see what I should do...
We got it right except the cart people decided to clean up the oil dry themselves instead of let the Fire dept do it...
HAND!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Driving Me Crazy, I Tell You!!
I've been keeping track of something when I'm filling the car with gas because it seems like it not only costs more for gas but it takes longer to fill the tank but I guess that's a product of the cost of gas because the pumps fill based on the price not on the amount you get.
Does that make sense? I mean, if your getting 8 gallons, it should dispense at the same rate irregardless of how much you're paying for it, right? Does it take McDonald's longer to make the same burger if they raise the price for it? A bottle of beer is a bottle of beer and the rate at which you can empty it isn't governed by the price of that bottle but by the activity...
And sometimes how many you have already emptied but that's not the point.
The length of time it takes to fill my tank, or your tank, isn't the point either. I know we usually fill the tank to a monetary amount but I use approximately the same amount every time.
And what is it with the pump slowing down as if gets 50 cents away from the end anyway? Is the gas pump afraid its going to dispense too much so it has to slow down?
Anyway, back to the point, so I'm spending what feel is like half an hour putting $30 in my tank, yes, I wait too long between fill ups but that's a blog for another day that will probably never get here, and since the process is almost completely automated, my mind notices things and, when given the opportunity, compares trends.
God given talent that, trend comparison and efficiency analysis. I'm no expert but I notice things..
So why is the price of the medium grade gas more cheaper, I did that on purpose, when the lowest grade is cheaper than when it's considered high. I consider it high all the time right now partially because I remember when it was less than a buck and people threw a fit then when it went up. I think I dimly remember it being 25 cents a gallon but that doesn't seem possible anymore. And I'm not complaining about the natural inflation of goods and services. I mean, have you had your shoes polished lately?
Me neither,
Back to the point...
So sometimes, the medium grade is only 10 cents higher than the lower grade and sometimes, like now, its 25 to 30 cents more. Is this to offset charging less for the lower grade than they should? So why don't they do that all the time?
Is it because the medium grade goes up proportionally to the price of gas? Doubling or tripling the gap over 50 cents is a huge ratio and, if you follow the progression down, there would come a point where the medium grade would be like a penny more.
It's not making sense. But I bet it makes cents. Actually $'s. The cost of gas is supposedly where it is by gas stations because they have to charge so much or a certain amount, right? I find it eerie when all the gas stations in town have exactly the same price for gas. So much for competition...
So why can the medium grade fluctuate so much in price comparatively?
As I said, doesn't make sense to me.
Maybe it has to do with the amount of people who buy medium grade and making extra money off them. Wouldn't that tick you off? Being extra gouged for using a better product in your car than you are already being gouged for?
I'm not a gas expert, no matter what my kids say, but there's something not right there...
I'm just saying...
HAND!
Does that make sense? I mean, if your getting 8 gallons, it should dispense at the same rate irregardless of how much you're paying for it, right? Does it take McDonald's longer to make the same burger if they raise the price for it? A bottle of beer is a bottle of beer and the rate at which you can empty it isn't governed by the price of that bottle but by the activity...
And sometimes how many you have already emptied but that's not the point.
The length of time it takes to fill my tank, or your tank, isn't the point either. I know we usually fill the tank to a monetary amount but I use approximately the same amount every time.
And what is it with the pump slowing down as if gets 50 cents away from the end anyway? Is the gas pump afraid its going to dispense too much so it has to slow down?
Anyway, back to the point, so I'm spending what feel is like half an hour putting $30 in my tank, yes, I wait too long between fill ups but that's a blog for another day that will probably never get here, and since the process is almost completely automated, my mind notices things and, when given the opportunity, compares trends.
God given talent that, trend comparison and efficiency analysis. I'm no expert but I notice things..
So why is the price of the medium grade gas more cheaper, I did that on purpose, when the lowest grade is cheaper than when it's considered high. I consider it high all the time right now partially because I remember when it was less than a buck and people threw a fit then when it went up. I think I dimly remember it being 25 cents a gallon but that doesn't seem possible anymore. And I'm not complaining about the natural inflation of goods and services. I mean, have you had your shoes polished lately?
Me neither,
Back to the point...
So sometimes, the medium grade is only 10 cents higher than the lower grade and sometimes, like now, its 25 to 30 cents more. Is this to offset charging less for the lower grade than they should? So why don't they do that all the time?
Is it because the medium grade goes up proportionally to the price of gas? Doubling or tripling the gap over 50 cents is a huge ratio and, if you follow the progression down, there would come a point where the medium grade would be like a penny more.
It's not making sense. But I bet it makes cents. Actually $'s. The cost of gas is supposedly where it is by gas stations because they have to charge so much or a certain amount, right? I find it eerie when all the gas stations in town have exactly the same price for gas. So much for competition...
So why can the medium grade fluctuate so much in price comparatively?
As I said, doesn't make sense to me.
Maybe it has to do with the amount of people who buy medium grade and making extra money off them. Wouldn't that tick you off? Being extra gouged for using a better product in your car than you are already being gouged for?
I'm not a gas expert, no matter what my kids say, but there's something not right there...
I'm just saying...
HAND!
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