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Cleita

(75,480 posts)
44. I think it's illegal in a lot of places to make workers pay for theft by
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 03:44 PM
Feb 2013

customers. They should check it out.

Where I live, that can't happen. MADem Feb 2013 #1
Where I live, there's no pre-pay... Violet_Crumble Feb 2013 #26
Is he whipping the robber with his own belt? Recursion Feb 2013 #36
It was a dog leash... Violet_Crumble Feb 2013 #43
what state? i haven't been to a gas station where you can pump before paying for years. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #2
Wisconsin. Archae Feb 2013 #4
are there still lots of stations where you don't have to pre-pay there? HiPointDem Feb 2013 #5
Oregon: You can't pump your own gas... KansDem Feb 2013 #9
but you still have to pay before they'll pump it. (i live on the wa/ore border). HiPointDem Feb 2013 #10
Don't remember when I paid... KansDem Feb 2013 #13
That also seems reasonable with the increased usage of cell phones and other electrical equipment. TexasTowelie Feb 2013 #12
Actually the cell phone one is a myth. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #24
Still true in N J,. hollysmom Feb 2013 #14
That's the way it should be everywhere. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #17
I Live in OR and find this law really stupid and annoying. dballance Feb 2013 #18
I lived in Oregon the majority of my life davidpdx Feb 2013 #20
Why would a 12-year-old pump gas? WinkyDink Feb 2013 #22
Because my mom told me to. dballance Feb 2013 #29
They are so smart in Oregon...and NJ Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #27
You could really cut unemployment by requiring one attendant to pump and another to open the gascap Recursion Feb 2013 #37
"-Exposure to toxic fumes is a health hazard" RC Feb 2013 #38
Crazy logic, there... MADem Feb 2013 #41
I love having gas pumped when I travel through NJ--and I always tip. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #42
There are better jobs than that. defacto7 Feb 2013 #3
That can't possibly be legal Matariki Feb 2013 #6
that employer needs to be reported Skittles Feb 2013 #7
Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #8
Retail gas companies in the mid-west safeinOhio Feb 2013 #11
Couldn't afford it = didn't want to spend the money to do it AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #19
Back in the early 1990s.... zabet Feb 2013 #15
What's he expect them to do. Notafraidtoo Feb 2013 #16
I think it would have been better if the owner had fired the person davidpdx Feb 2013 #21
Uh....no. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #23
No, on which one davidpdx Feb 2013 #30
Depending on the state, you can receive U/C if you quit for cause Mopar151 Feb 2013 #33
As long as it doesn't put the employee below minimum wage, Morning Dew Feb 2013 #25
Sounds like a con game Shankapotomus Feb 2013 #28
I tend to agree davidpdx Feb 2013 #31
A long time ago, here in Florida, before pre-pay gas, djean111 Feb 2013 #32
Tell her to contact local TV stations. Sometimes they'll investigate things like that and expose raccoon Feb 2013 #34
I worked at a gas station/convenience store OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #35
Tell the assclown owner to staff the store properly. Of course not having enough people there is Safetykitten Feb 2013 #39
how could the clerk possibly stop someone from stealing ThomThom Feb 2013 #40
I think it's illegal in a lot of places to make workers pay for theft by Cleita Feb 2013 #44
Hey I would have done the same thing. Initech Feb 2013 #45
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