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The original was posted on /r/talesfromretail by /u/Theeldritchwriter on 2024-11-17 21:41:54+00:00.
Had a customer come in earlier, on a motorcycle, got some gas and some snacks, no issue, started off as friendly guy. As he was paying he looked back out the window at his motorcycle, still parked at the pump, and started telling me “that should be a good enough spot to leave my bike. I’ve got to grab some things from the (grocery store next door)”
Y’all know why that’s just a no-no thing. It’s common sense not to do. Kind of surprised I even had to explain to the guy that no, you can’t leave your motorcycle parked at the gas pumps while you go shopping in another store. You’d think I was trying to explain astrophysics to him for how confused he was by that. I did point out that he’s welcome to bring his bike to park at the side of the building, or in any of the parking spots in the grocery stores parking lot. It’s literally next door, we share parking spaces, it’s not gonna be any more effort for him to take his bike over there than it is walking to the store.
Then he started getting that “how dare you tell me what I can’t do” kind of aggressive as he tried to argue that he was just going to grab a few things so it’ll be quick. It’s just a motorcycle, it’s not taking up much space. Like man, that’s not the issue, you can’t park at the pumps and dip out because then customers who need it can’t use the gas pumps.
I don’t think he ever understood why he can’t just park and bail, because that requires thinking about something other than yourself, but he begrudgingly said he’d just take his bike over to the grocery store like it was the biggest inconvenience in the world.