Cheating @ Bangalore Petrol Pumps
Ever come across petrol pump workers who are hard of hearing or seem to be really dumb that they cant understand the amount of petrol you want? Ever been taken on a ride to cloud 9 during your short vist to the station by being asked enthusiastic questions about your bike?
Beware….in the guise of being dumb and/or friendly they might be cheating you.
If you try to fill for, say, 200 RS and the “dumb” guy fills for 30 first and then realizes his mistake, apologizes and fill the “remaining” 170 then in all probability you are getting a total of 170 Rs of petrol for the 200 Rs your paying. Depending on the type of pump being used the method varies. For example in a old no-frills pump, before starting for the first run of 30 zero reading would be shown to you specifically but once 30 is reached the next trip to 170 would as fast as the time it for a person to realize a intentional mistake and it usually starts at the 30 that was initially filled. This is something I have caught red handed. I suspect with the newer pump version there would be some option to resume from the last figure filled. I know it sounds a bit incredulous but I vouch from experience that it is very rampant especially when they see that you have an out-of-state registration number.
My way out? Since it’s hard to actually prove that they are cheating, and since I am not very good at mouthing out Kannada pejoratives, the moment they stop at 30, I close the tank pay the 30 and ride to the next station
