Re:What Working At Stripe Has Been Like
by desas on Friday October 09, 2020 @02:15AM
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That doesn't have to be how those transactions work. In the UK that goes: park, fill, go to cashier, pay. It's still a little bit more inconvenient.
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Obviously it used to be like that everywhere (except where you can't pump your own gas by law) but I'd rather pay a little bit more to not have to wait in line behind all the people buying cigarettes, chewing tobacco and lotto tickets.
You pay the same price though. Some stations will also insist on prepayment at certain times of the day.
Re:What Working At Stripe Has Been Like
by VBprogrammer on Friday October 09, 2020 @04:50AM
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> Some stations will also insist on prepayment at certain times of the day.
I'm not saying that this doesn't happen but in nearly 20 years of driving around the UK I've yet to encounter it.
Re:What Working At Stripe Has Been Like
by JacobAldridge on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:33PM
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I’ve only driven in maybe a dozen countries, but so far the US is the only one where the pre-payment thing existed. I was glad to have read about it in trip prep, or I would have stood there staring at a non-functioning gas pump for far too long!