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Presumably they find out within a week when they reorder gas and the filling truck has to fill substantially more than expected. They probably start investigat
by londons_explore 3y ago
Presumably they find out within a week when they reorder gas and the filling truck has to fill substantially more than expected.
They probably start investigating for a fuel leak, pull the data from all the pumps, and then realise the number of gallons pumped and the number of gallons paid for don't match up, and then check the CCTV.
- djtango 3y agoDepends really. Most businesses will assume some amount of shrinkage. If you fly beneath the radar eg only hit the station once a month or every other month. You might get away with it.
- zmgsabst 3y agoCompletely agree. Also, volume is huge. If a gas station averages 1 car at all times across a month, you’re talking 400,000+ gal. Even just 1 hour of pumping each day is 18,000 gal. Are they really going to bother if one person swipes 20 gal a month?
- brookst 3y agoNot to mention the margin of error. Do fuel delivery quantities really exactly align with sold gas, to within a gallon or so? Or is there natural variation from each transaction being +/- $0.01, plus evaporation, plus any other rounding/physics considerations?
- jareklupinski 3y ago> Most businesses will assume some amount of shrinkage in the gas trade, they use the term "evaporation" ;P