However, one of the strips that I distinctly remember reading was one where Archie was broke, and had to fill gas into his jalopy, and went to a station and asked for 50 cents worth of gas. The attendant laughed at him and said, “wait! Let me fetch my eye-dropper!”.
Last night, at 11-20 PM, I faced a similar situation. Some people who know me decently know of my inherent laziness to visit an ATM to withdraw money. In fact, whenever I can, I weasel out of situations where I have to pay by using my debit card / meal card or worst case credit card, especially if the end of the month is at hand.
On some other occasions, I transfer funds online immediately to other friends after asking them to pay, and people such as Monkee and SKimpy have been at the receiving end of online transfers, for it is convenient, atleast for me.
Last night, having left the office late, I suddenly realized that I had almost run out of petrol. I somehow managed to get the bike towards an Indian Oil station that was open late on Mysore Road, and on instinct, asked if I could pay by card. Much to my dismay, they didn’t accept plastic money, and I was then forced to pay cash. To compound my misery, I discovered that I had only INR 12.50 in my wallet.
It was in these dire straits that I had to politely ask the attendant at the station to fill petrol for 12.50 into the bike, for I knew that the quantity was enough for me to make it home comfortably, and then some.
However, the look he gave me when I told him about exactly how much petrol I wanted filled in was priceless.
In the interest of playing pranks, I would suggest that you all take your cars / bikes and ask for small amounts of petrol to be filled into your vehicle, and observe the reactions that are presented to you. What would be funnier was if you offered to pay for that money using a card.
here in thane, we have some petrol pumps where you can refuel your bike for any amount above Rs.10…seeing that petrol robbery is quite rampant here..most people fill up their bikes with only as much petrol as a particular round trip requires..or as per the requirements of the days travel.
@Devrat,
Oh fundaes, wasn’t aware of that. Quite interesting that is. Btw, once Iron Maiden is confirmed, do let me know of your plans. If it clashes with your exams / other important academic stuff, you’re not staying here.
@Hari,
My exams get over on the 9th of Jan. I am heading North with my gang for 10 days immediately after. I’ll tell you my plans before the end of this year.
“I would suggest that you all take your cars / bikes and ask for small amounts of petrol to be filled into your vehicle, and observe the reactions that are presented to you.”
Or all in huge denominations of 25 paise! Better mix the 25p with 50p to increase the mathematical complexity of the problem
@thequark,
stud fundas, should be implemented. I guess beggars who own vehicles might do that, I’ve heard some of them are richer than entry level techies.