From: Beaver_Fever@live.com   
      
   On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 7:45:04 PM UTC-8, Snidely wrote:   
   > Howard explained :   
   > > Unless, I guess they are trying to drive up sales of snacks and drinks   
   > > with a higher profit margin, but even then pump space is often at a   
   > > premium, and if you're driving up the transaction time for gas-only   
   > > purchases, you're driving away customers when the pumps are tied up with   
   > > gas-only purchasers. There are several stations near me, and I'll often   
   > > pass up the closest one because it looks too hard to find a pump there.   
   > Not quite a response to this, but CostCo gas pumps often have lines of   
   > 10 or so cars per lane. Price can motivate tolerance of inconvenience.   
   >   
   > Some of the regular station pumps I was using last year were more   
   > likely to lose their network connection than the cash registers inside,   
   > and new pump installations can often have teething pains.   
   >   
   > /dps   
   >   
   > --   
   > Who, me? And what lacuna?   
      
      
   You gotta have membership to get pizza there and that was like the only line   
   there I could tolerate, fuck that place   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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