Fill her up
I was using the truck the other day on my own, and realised the petrol was very low, below the red. I started to worry that it would not last the journey, and also I had not filled her up so far, so was not sure what to do in this country. I luckily found a petrol station, and pulled up at a pump. I knew only that I should use the cheapest version of unleaded.
However there were 3 different fuels at each pump, and it wasn’t obvious which one I should use, so I asked the man at the next pump who was filling up his truck. He seemed to think the green one was right, and said I should put my credit card in the pump before doing anything. This is new to me, as in the UK you always fill up and then go inside to pay. So I put the card in and after 3 times of it being rejected the man suggested I go inside to ask for help. But I don’t speak Spanish, so had some trouble with that.
The guy inside had already seen me struggling, and confirmed with me that I was driving the red truck, then swiped my card and told me to fill up and go back to him afterwards. I tried to double-check with him that it was the green nozzle that I needed, but he just panicked because he thought I was driving a red truck but now I was talking about something green. So I reassured him that red was OK, and went back out to fend for myself. The other very helpful man was still there which was handy as I needed him to show me how to lock the nozzle into the truck. I can only imagine what he must have been thinking. Finally the whole ordeal was over and I was able to continue on my merry way.
Needless to say I was cursing Gordon the whole time for leaving me with no petrol!
However there were 3 different fuels at each pump, and it wasn’t obvious which one I should use, so I asked the man at the next pump who was filling up his truck. He seemed to think the green one was right, and said I should put my credit card in the pump before doing anything. This is new to me, as in the UK you always fill up and then go inside to pay. So I put the card in and after 3 times of it being rejected the man suggested I go inside to ask for help. But I don’t speak Spanish, so had some trouble with that.
The guy inside had already seen me struggling, and confirmed with me that I was driving the red truck, then swiped my card and told me to fill up and go back to him afterwards. I tried to double-check with him that it was the green nozzle that I needed, but he just panicked because he thought I was driving a red truck but now I was talking about something green. So I reassured him that red was OK, and went back out to fend for myself. The other very helpful man was still there which was handy as I needed him to show me how to lock the nozzle into the truck. I can only imagine what he must have been thinking. Finally the whole ordeal was over and I was able to continue on my merry way.
Needless to say I was cursing Gordon the whole time for leaving me with no petrol!
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