Bringing back a memory............

Hey Brian, probably a sadder day for those who may be seen to be pinching his pens. LOL

My mate in a story below related this tale to me.

It was at that time when Bankcard was introduced to us. My mate was quick to get one to help with easy access to money.

One day he finds himself at the Innamincka Store. So he refuels, buys some beers has a tyre repaired and buys some extra tucker etc and the bill comes to around the $300 mark. He sees on a window of the store " Bankcard. Use it here for easier convenience" or something to that effect. It is quite a large sign too!

He hands his Bankcard over the bloke behind the counter to pay and the conversation goes as follows;

"What's this?"

"Its a Bankcard"

"Whats a Banckcard?"

"Its a Credit Card!"

"A Credit Card?"

"Yup"

"Dunno mate, better get the Boss"

Store owner comes out and the story is repeated.

"No mate, dunno what a Bankcard is".

"But you have a sign out the front saying that you take Bankcard!"

"What?????"

"Yes. Come and see"

So they march outside and he shows them.

"Oh that!!! Hahahahahahahahaha...........Noooo mate!!. The other day a truck reversed into our window and when the fellas came from Adelaide to fix it they brought a second hand window with them which they had taken out of a bank which was being refurbished. We haven't got around to taking the sign off yet!!!"

They let him pay by cheque. He has fond memories of Innamincka and always calls there when he is in the vicinity.

Cheers

Unfriendly ?
I was on the Scottish border, and the car conked out in the middle of a snow storm. Luckily, I was on a garage driveway.
I walked inside. 2 german shepards were chained and growling.
"Gooday mate, can you tell me where the nearest phone is?"
"About a mile that a way"
"My family are out in the car. Do you mind if they come in here ?"
"Yes I mind !"
I left my sick wife and 2 year old in the car, and walked and slid through the waist deep snow to find a phone, which I eventually did.
When i returned, not sure what I'd find, my family were still sitting shivering in the car. They'd tried to go to the warmth of the garage, but the guy wasn't interested in letting them inside.
If the mechanic hadn't turned up at that time, dogs or no dogs I was going to go in and have a piece of him.
So we toddled off to find a decent five star hotel in Glasgow. As I walked in covered in dirt and bruised, they asked for full payment in advance.
In this five star hotel not even our door lock worked.
You can imagine my state of mind next morning, and I let it be known that I was not impressed.
My wife had to convince me not to return to that garage. It's not often I get really upset but I was on that occasion.
I hasten to add that this incident was overshadowed by the kindness and goodwill shown to us throughout the rest of our holiday.

Yeah know what you mean, Mobil servo in Pinnaroo SA. This grumpy old bloke use to run this place.
When you bought fuel you paid at one counter if you bought food you paid at another counter.
Well my mate filled his Cruiser up and his kids grabbed a few things to eat and met dad at the fuel counter,well Mr Grumpy cracked the sads and my mate told him to stick the food up his a$$ and Mr Grumpy just walked off and my mate jumped in the Cruiser and on the heat of the moment drove off and realised up the road he filled up for free.

Sure is a lot less stressful to go through life cheerful.

Cheers Scoof. :-) ..

Yes well be careful as some of us REALLY nice people live in country towns and I tend to relate the crappy service and dont give a stuff attitude about shops in the city LOL
But know what your on about and yes there are some terrible souls around in much to public a jobs

Cheers Pesty

on the other side of the coin,

I stopped in Windorah years ago after a few days stuck in the mud and had used every skeric of fuel that I and on board. After filling up I went to the gentleman at the counter and noticed his eyes were quite unusual to say the least.

Handing the old guy my plastic card he handed it straight back to me and asked me to swipe it myself (in a nice manner)!! In doing so he proceeded to guide me through the steps to complete the transaction. In total amazement I asked him what the go was and to my total astonishment he replied " I am totally blind". I couldn't bloody believe my ears and asked " how the hell do you know what number I am punching into the puter thingy then, I could have entered anything", he simply replied "I can hear the tones of the buttons and I counted the time the pump was running and I know exactly how much you have spent, and besides most people mad enough to be passing through here in this bloody rain must be a reasonably good character".

I chatted to the old guy for quite a while and he described that he did all the repair work, changing tyres, mechanical repairs etc etc and had been doing so for years.

What an excellent encounter. This was back in the 90's and often wonder if he is still there.

Toytruck.

I have encounted the kind man at Windorah. And was very recently too. He made me a coffee and microwaved me a pie also. This was in June 04. I found it very inspiring to everybody that this man could perform the Job he does. I went through there again last year but did not need fuel this time and did not stop there.