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In Australia, we have this weird thing where you pump the fuel then walk into the shop to pay. It's just a ruse to get you to buy energy drinks and two chocolat

• KozmoNau7 9y ago
  It used to be like that here in Denmark, but due to a rash of fuel thefts, now it's all pre-pay at the pump. It was so odd going to Germany last month, and actually being able to pump and then pay in the shop afterwards.
• js2 9y ago
  In New Jersey (and I think Oregon), you can't pump your own gas. Full service only. Years ago (this predated energy drinks by a couple decades) I filled up at a rural station in GA that had old mechanical pumps. I went inside to pay, having not taken note of the cost. When the cashier asked me how much I'd purchased and I told him I'd have to go check, he waved me off and pulled out a pair of binoculars to read the charge off the pump. I like to think now he foresaw the coming age of skimmers and wanted his pumps to remain immune.
• legohead 9y ago
  That's how it was in the US about 15+ years ago (in Oklahoma at least). I don't think there was any kind of law about it, it's just how it was done. You pumped, then when inside to pay. Occasionally, you'd come across a gas station in a bad area, and they had a sign to pay inside before you pumped (due to people pumping and then speeding off).