I refuelled at Keetmanshoop where I turn west towards Luderitz.
On a long day in the saddle like this, I like short stops and to get riding quickly again, bear with me on this. So at the fuel stop I told the guy serving that I'd pay inside, as I was buying a drink, big mistake. I went in, picked a drink, queued up behind 2 other guys who were being served slowly. When they finished, the 2 ladies explained I needed to use the other counter to pay for fuel and I could pay for my drink there too. I walked over there was no-one serving, I waited, than went back to the other counter and asked them to get someone to serve me. The lady came, she saw my credit card and shouted over to the other counter for the credit card machine.
The card reader was brought over, she stared at in and inserted my card and passed it to me in an under the counter drawer. I put my pin in, gave it back to her in the drawer.
She stared at it again then, said it was declined. I asked to see the printouts. She reached for the stapler which had no staples. She filled it snd stapled the papers together and handed them to me. It said declined, but first said no connection, so declined for an off-line transaction. At this point I reached for my wallet and paid cash and left the place shaking my head. Sometimes you need to just smile.
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On a long day in the saddle like this, I like short stops and to get riding quickly again, bear with me on this. So at the fuel stop I told the guy serving that I'd pay inside, as I was buying a drink, big mistake. I went in, picked a drink, queued up behind 2 other guys who were being served slowly. When they finished, the 2 ladies explained I needed to use the other counter to pay for fuel and I could pay for my drink there too. I walked over there was no-one serving, I waited, than went back to the other counter and asked them to get someone to serve me. The lady came, she saw my credit card and shouted over to the other counter for the credit card machine.
The card reader was brought over, she stared at in and inserted my card and passed it to me in an under the counter drawer. I put my pin in, gave it back to her in the drawer.
She stared at it again then, said it was declined. I asked to see the printouts. She reached for the stapler which had no staples. She filled it snd stapled the papers together and handed them to me. It said declined, but first said no connection, so declined for an off-line transaction. At this point I reached for my wallet and paid cash and left the place shaking my head. Sometimes you need to just smile.
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