It's switched to prepay at all gas stations here in BC. You prepay in the station or use an Interac card at the gas pump.
Before the new regulation,I used to fill up and pay in the station. Now I'm using my Interac card at the pump all the time. What a pita! Who's making these crappy 'pay at the pump' controls?? No tactile feedback membrane keypads....Ughhh..
On one pump, I discovered the system couldn't keep up with my fast button pushing and I had to reenter my password...slooooowwwwwlyyyy.. 'Beep'....wait ..wait...wait..then a asterisk shows up on the screen. Arrrghh!!
And there's the annoying software... Do I want a car wash? Am I using a points card? I press no, no, no, no, no, no,,,Fk no!... and then wait a painful amount of time for the display to change. What's this thing clocking at?... 100khz? Even the receipt spits out too slowly for me.. I don't know how many times I've had to stop myself from yanking out the receipt when I see the first 1/4 inch.
Anybody think these pumps are messed up?
(Note: My fastest Interac transaction was within 5 seconds. That's the password typing time + system time to get an accepted response. Location: McDonalds )
D from BC British Columbia Canada