I can’t tell you how much I hate Citgo.
Maybe it’s irrational to hate a chain of gas stations. I don’t care. I have my reasons for hating Citgo. As a matter of fact, here are several of them:
1. Often the pump handles are broken and I have to hold the thing in the freezing cold, pumping a full tank of gas.
2. I always seem to randomly get the pump with the glitchy credit card reader.
3. There never seems a station around when I need one, but there are a hundred when I don’t.
4. I’ve been in some where the cashier is locked behind the counter behind a barrier protective glass. That’s probably a good thing, safety-wise, but it doesn’t instill confidence in returning customers.
5. They’re filthy.
That’s just off the top of my head. I’d avoid them altogether, but unfortunately it’s the only gas card provided for my station’s news vehicles. Today I went to one station that was just a notch more a”interesting” than many I’ve visited over the years. You know it’s not a good omen when there’s a sign like this hanging behind the counter.
Are they afraid of getting HIV or hep from dollar bills? Or is it a metaphor about refusing taking money from terrorists? So many questions…and so many signs! There were crazy ones like this all over the store. It was as if the manager just lost his shit one day and stormed down to the Best Buy and came back with an angry inkjet printer, went apeshit, and then plastered the place with passive-aggressive (and some just plain aggressive) warning notices.
Here’s a few more shots of the signs hanging about the store.
I am totally going back there in a few weeks or next time I’m in the area to check out the latest signs (or perhaps try to unload some bloody cash).
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Ha, that’s hillarious! That guy sure does like his exclimation marks. I can’t wait to see what new signs he makes.
I certainly wouldn’t advocate making some signs yourself, sneaking around the Citgo and posting them. Really — I’d never do that if I lived anywhere near that Citgo. Seriously.
How cold does it get in North Carolina to make pumping gas difficult?
Well, it doesn’t get as cold as it does “way up North” but we’ve had some chilly days here in South Carolina.
This particular CITGO is one man’s canvas for delirious diatribe. When I come upon places plastered with crumpled opinions, I see a very peculiar form of folk art and am discomfited by the paranoia that informs it.
Citgo’s also owned by the Venezuelan government, so every time you fill up there, you’re making America cry a little bit.
Agreed on the not shopping at Citgo… especially because of the government in Venezuela taking our cash.
“angry inkjet printer” is funny. And that’s all I got to say about that.
I think that guy’s also pissed at punctuation. He has some serious issues. I mean, what did the period ever do to him?
…or maybe he’s trying to write angry gas station dude poetry. In that case, rock on, man.