Very Accomplished Cheats
This is about a very well run con-job at a 'company owned company
operated' IBP petrol pump at CP, Delhi. Its a very small pump with
only two pumping stations side by side. The guys there have perfected
a routine so that its very diificult to check the 'zero' before they
start filling up. As soon as you turn into the Petrol Pump, one of
the guys would urge you to stop much further down than you normally
would. Once you stop and open the tank door (thats the key- most of
the cars now a days have remote tank opening levers so its very
fast.) The other guy would be ready to start filling as soon as you
open the tank door. It happens so fast, you can just shake your head
and pay the 300-400 extra with impotent anger boiling inside you. It
happened with me once.
Next time, I wanted to make sure I wasn't mistaken the first time,
and the guys were actually cheating. So I stopped the car where I
could see the meter clearly. But the guy who was pointing me to go
further, asked me to move so as to make it easier for the dispenser
to reach the tank opening. I moved a little down and watched as the
other guy was ready to start filling up as soon as I pulled the tank
door lever. To his dismay, I got down, asked him to reset the meter
to zero (which was at about Rs 350) , and then only opened the tank
door. I could clearly see the disappointment of loosing some easy
bucks on his face.
posted by rajeev @ 1:08 PM
4 Comments:
First visit to your blog Rajeev. Interesting! I like the photos of Bharatpur. I was curious to read what your experience of Mysore was(my town:)) and if you had visited the bird sanctuary there, if you had posted photos.... But obviously it is a very short post.Hopefully you will write sometime about it? Will surely visit again.
Its really sad that the petrol pump guys adopt such cheap tricks.
Anu: Thx for visit. I enjoy your postings immensely.
About Mysore, it was a lovely one day trip for us - too short but very enchanting. We couldn't goto Ranganathittu, but we spent very enjoyable 4-5 hours at the zoo. I need to scan the photos to post for that trip - maybe i will do it one of these days.
Pridera: another sad part is that the owners would know nothing about it. I was really amazed at their dexterity - You gotta watch them to know how good they are.
I found no forum where I could share my experience with other 'targets' :(
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