However, since it is relatively dark at 10 pm, i did not get a good look at his plates as he was driving and i was running after him. Needless to say, without his plates, he gets away scot free.
Now i'm trying to devellop a plan to prevent these kinds of things happening in the future.
Current plan ideas:
1) Half brick that i will leave on the counter at work. Anyone dives off, gets a brick thrown at the car, preferably the back glass. Pro: offers instant revenge. Con: only helps mildly in apprehension by police.
2) Camera with rather large telephoto lens (800mm) and 800 iso film to take pictures of cars and plates as they speed away. Pro: can help greatly in the apprehension by police. Con: no revenge.
3) Remote controlled explosives at every exit from the lot, so i can detonate a mid-sized explosive as the subject is passing over it. Pro: Incredible revenge, incredibly helpful in apprehension by police, gives me access to remote controlled explosives for personal reasons. Con: rather illegal, somewhat costly.
4) Any other ideas?
No, Really. Bite me.
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Kegwen. spewed forth this undeniable truth:
Big boom?
big bada boom.
That way, you can leave it for the other workers to use if someone tries that on them. Who knows, they might catch the guy that did this to you the next time he tries it.
Also, are your pumps set up so that you can have them not turn on unless you hit a switch inside, and can be set to stop at a set amount? If so, suggest to your manager that you make it Pay before Pump after dark, or at least set the limit on them (unless they come in and pre-pay) to something like $10, so that you can limit your losses.
lol or maybe a shotgun... that could be fun... but it prolly wouldn't give the same feel of satisfaction... oh well...
See how fast the bitch gets away on four flats.
the interior one is decent for capturing faces and such inside, but the exterior one is only good enough to capture a general essence of a scene, it could see that the car was a toyota camry, but not the plates, it could tell that the guy pumping was a guy, but nothing much more...
as for the big boom, all our street exits are at least 30 feet from buried gas lines or tanks, and at least 4 feet from pumps, so using anything explosive under 3-4 sticks of dynomite would not do much other than hurt a car and some pavement, and i was thinking something along the lines of a single stick...
Running faster? No chance... It's 40 feet from the kiosk to where the car was parked for fuelling, so he's got a bit of a head start, but at closest approach i could get to within 20-25 feet...
a disposable camera would not have the zoom capable of getting a decent plate shot, so i would have to bring in my own baby, but i don't really mind it...
and as for pay before pump, it's sunoco policy to not do that until 11 pm, which is when we close, so we're fooked there...
No, Really. Bite me.
Tractor Beams.
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A sleep deprived Vorago stammered:
Tire spikes at the exits of the gas station that are deployed at the press of a button, and retracted just the same
while i like the spikes idea, i feel that the explosives serve a similar purpose at a much lower cost.
not to mention additional portability and fringe benefits.
After all, you all must keep in mind that i will be bringing my theft countermeasures to and from work every day.
No, Really. Bite me.
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Vorago had this to say about Pirotess:
Tire spikes at the exits of the gas station that are deployed at the press of a button, and retracted just the same
*insert well known ban-worthy phrase here*
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ACES! Another post by Suddar:
Frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams.
YES!
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Legonaire's fortune cookie read:
Lets see, far as I know all gas stations for the last 20 years were pay first, filling then paying seems like an easy way for me to get free gas.
um, come to Canada some time. See, here in Canadaland, people are mostly trustworthy, we trust one another not to steal shit, we leave our doors unlocked a lot of the time, on our cars and our houses.
We have faith that people are generally good, and it seems true here in Canada, but a couple bad apples ruin the bunch.
Oh well, enjoy your locks, and your alarms, and all your distrust, i like it here.
No, Really. Bite me.
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The Burger probably says this to all the girls:
um, come to Canada some time. See, here in Canadaland, people are mostly trustworthy, we trust one another not to steal shit, we leave our doors unlocked a lot of the time, on our cars and our houses.We have faith that people are generally good, and it seems true here in Canada, but a couple bad apples ruin the bunch.
Oh well, enjoy your locks, and your alarms, and all your distrust, i like it here.
I'd respond to this lovely little nugget of Pro-Canada/Anti-(presumably)USA sentiment, but I'm sure there are plenty of other people here who are willing to do so for me.
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Nobody really understood why The Burger wrote:
Oh well, enjoy your locks, and your alarms, and all your distrust, i like it here.
Please join us in reality where theres greed and corruption.
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The Burger had this to say about pies:
Oh well, enjoy your locks, and your alarms, and all your distrust, i like it here.
Yeah, we'll also enjoy our $6.50 because nobody stole our gas.
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Legonaire said:
Lets see, far as I know all gas stations for the last 20 years were pay first, filling then paying seems like an easy way for me to get free gas.
If a place makes me pay first then I got to another gas station. I would rather not be insulted as I pay money hand over fist.
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
Sure, I have to fill up at a specific station, and perhaps that station isn't always open, or is a few cents higher then the others..
But I never have to carry extra cash, it builds my credit in a fuckton good way (Hooray for payments) And the intrest isn't even all that bad.
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Delphi Aegis probably says this to all the girls:
This is why I love having a gas card.Sure, I have to fill up at a specific station, and perhaps that station isn't always open, or is a few cents higher then the others..
But I never have to carry extra cash, it builds my credit in a fuckton good way (Hooray for payments) And the intrest isn't even all that bad.
well, i would hope that you enjoy more benefits than that... Our gas cards give an automatic 2-3% discount on the prive of gas. So if you spend 100 on gas in a month, you'll have enough left over for a couple extra litres...
I love corp cards.
No, Really. Bite me.
Fuck, boy. Get a real measurment.
Now, if it's less then 50 cents or so (I h8 conversion math) a litre, okay.. but anything nearing a dollar (American. 
) is just price gouging.
I still remember my mom bitching about gas being 2 bucks american a litre over in italy or someshit.
No, Really. Bite me.
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Delphi Aegis spewed forth this undeniable truth:
I pay 1.34/gallon.I laugh.
1.29/gal here.
That makes me a better person than you.
*comes back and pays for the gas*
And for the record, we prefer to be called rogues not thieves.
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JooJooFlop's account was hax0red to write:
1.29/gal here.That makes me a better person than you.
To be honest, I haven't filled up in about two weeks.
And I don't really make a habit of looking at prices on my way out, so I could be way above or a few cents below that.
All I remember is that my last one was at 1.30 something.
sigpic courtesy of This Guy, original modified by me
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This one time, at Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael camp:
I thought people in Maine rode Grizzly Bears to work.
You're thinking of giant wolves.. (Ah fuck, I know they have a name. It came up in D&D today.. orcs generally ride them.. ARGH. Gonna bug me forever now.)
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JooJooFlop's fortune cookie read:
1.29/gal here.That makes me a better person than you.
$1.15 last I checked. But only at the gas station down the street from me. Most of the rest of the ones in my area go from $1.23-1.32ish.
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Nobody really understood why Don Parcelan wrote:
WARGS!
YAES!
