Yesterday, it was reported that the Petrol Dealers Association was seeking government approval to close all petrol stations (except those on highways) by 10.00pm daily. Today, they say they are closing at 10.00pm, with or without approval.
No need to bother about the people who may need to fill up late at night; we'll just let them run out of petrol. No need to bother about those working on night shifts; they don't need to fill up during regular hours. No need to worry about those running low on fuel who have emergencies in the middle of the night; that'll teach them a lesson not to fill up during normal working hours.
Escalating costs and security risk was cited at the reasons behind the push for shorter hours. I can understand about cost if you need to have a few attendants walking around. I know security risk is a factor - robberies might and can happen. But if you're a completely self-serve station (like all the stations I go to anyway), it eliminates the need to have a few workers working throughout the night. The customers can take care of themselves, the way I do. And the customers do know the security risk of filling up late at night. Plus, if it's a self-serve station, you can always make the ruling of no cash transactions after 10.00pm, just like how 7-Eleven does their little cash in the register policy.
And they want to pass on the 1% charge for credit card transactions back to the consumer. It's only 1%, and if I'm not mistaken other types of retailers are 3%. Who suffers? The consumer.
How Malaysian.
No need to bother about the people who may need to fill up late at night; we'll just let them run out of petrol. No need to bother about those working on night shifts; they don't need to fill up during regular hours. No need to worry about those running low on fuel who have emergencies in the middle of the night; that'll teach them a lesson not to fill up during normal working hours.
Escalating costs and security risk was cited at the reasons behind the push for shorter hours. I can understand about cost if you need to have a few attendants walking around. I know security risk is a factor - robberies might and can happen. But if you're a completely self-serve station (like all the stations I go to anyway), it eliminates the need to have a few workers working throughout the night. The customers can take care of themselves, the way I do. And the customers do know the security risk of filling up late at night. Plus, if it's a self-serve station, you can always make the ruling of no cash transactions after 10.00pm, just like how 7-Eleven does their little cash in the register policy.
And they want to pass on the 1% charge for credit card transactions back to the consumer. It's only 1%, and if I'm not mistaken other types of retailers are 3%. Who suffers? The consumer.
How Malaysian.
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