So there I was at the Shell station at Victorville at around 1am. I decided it was probably a good idea to filler up at the halfway point. So I get ready at the pump, press the left-most button and am shocked at the trap I fell in. I had inadvertently selected the middle-grade fuel rather than the regular.

Now I thought that was brilliant on the part of that gas station (not sure if this is the way all Shells are across the board); however, not so awesome for me. I decided not to cancel out the transaction simply because I was too tired and did not want to run the risk of having the card not authorize the second time around. Plus, it was super cold that night and I didn’t have a jacket. Anywho, I felt a bit taken and had to document this event in the hope some other future traveler doesn’t suffer a similar fate, especially in these high-gas-priced times.