Ongoing fraud at various Bangalore petrol stations

Just saw this reported in our internal company mailing list.

Operators at various petrol bunks in Bangalore (and possibly in other cities), are cheating passengers by breaking up the delivery of petrol in two steps, and distracting them in between the steps. Most of us are conditioned to check only when the meter first starts running, and when it finally ends. If the petrol is given to us in two batches, some of us either miss (or are distracted) at the point when the meter needs to be reset to start the next batch. Operators take this opportunity to make a quick buck at our expense. Here are two such experiences.

http://community.livejournal.com/bangalore/276353.html http://codecritic.in/blog/index.php/bangalore/great-indian-petrol-pump-fraud/