re: Have you heard about the Dots' "screw in the gas pump" scam?

If two Pajeets talked to me that way especially out of shape ones like in that video I would would savagely KO them then pick their head up tilt it backward and put the gas nozzle in their mouths and start pumping. It is amazing that we not only allow but facilitate them to come here and start or buy business by giving them favorable loans and other programs to help them.

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I need an explanation as to exacty how this works.
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We hand out millions of H1-B visas to Dots.

They figure out ways to scam us.

.... and they put heart valves in upside down.

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I rarely use gas stations owned by them.

We have several around my neck of the woods and I will not spend a dime with those.

Even then, I go inside and pay with cash. I never use my credit card with a 'convenience' store.'

Our goobermint is giving them tax breaks which is shameful.

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Shell spokesperson Natalie Gunnell told Snopes, in part, "We are not aware of any reported incidents, described below, occurring at Shell-owned sites. 

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AI Overview
Less than (15% = 6,900) of the roughly 46,000 Shell-branded gas stations worldwide are owned directly by Shell. The vast majority (over 85% = 39,100) are independently owned and operated by franchises, dealers, and wholesale partners. Shell primarily supplies the fuel and licenses the brand rather than owning the real estate.

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There you go, sucking up liberally biased SNOPES drivel.
You'll fall for anything.

P.S. - the odds of your defense plummet drastically if only looking at domestic USA branded stations.

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Shell owns and operates less than 2% of its branded gas stations in the U.S. Out of roughly 12,000 to 14,000 Shell-branded stations nationwide, the corporation directly owns only around 200 to 250 sites.

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It's even worse for shell owned stations in S.C., which was the basis of the OPs claim.

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Nearly 100% of Shell gas stations in South Carolina are privately owned and operated by independent business owners or wholesalers. Shell does not directly own or operate the vast majority of its retail sites in the state. Instead, local owners purchase or lease the locations while licensing the Shell brand and buying fuel through supply agreements. [1]

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ETA - He wouldn't respond to this narrative destruction, but he did make 9 posts on his new narrative (it's an unrealistic scam and undoubtedly a hoax)

For the skeptics who do not believe this is happening....how do you explain the presence of a screw in that location? There is not normally one there that could interfere with the flap or handle replacement, so why is there one there? IF I am not mistaken, all pumps must be certified and inspected by the state, to modify a pump by placing said screw in place would invalidate that certification.
The attendants were not angry for no reason. They were caught red-handed.

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For the skeptics who do not believe this is happening....how do you explain the presence of a screw in that location?

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One possibility would be the person filming put it there to perpetuate/create the hoax.

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The attendants were not angry for no reason.

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Let's assume the above is true. This random guy walks up and slaps the device out of the worker's hand and starts yelling and talking shite

That's a reason to respond with anger to the filmer.

The full service station is also an excellent way to get those with some "issues" like some - err, I dunno how to say this nicely "dumbness", recovery from an addiction, former prisoners for non-violent things like writing bad checks, this is a job that can get them a small start into the "real" economy, Since we closed all the coal mines and factories down, that kind of opportunity has been missing.

If the station is full service that hurts the argument b/c the fact that the worker was filling up a car is supposed to be proof they were ripping off customers (the implication being that was his car).

The biggest issue with the scam is this doesn't make sense, especially for the owners. If it's criminals, maybe, but even then they do all of this for a tank of gas? And easily expose themselves b/c that screw wouldn't be taken out anytime soon and that customer's charges would be obviously fake. One report and a review of the transactions/cameras and the criminals are busted.

Again, if it's some teen gangs or something like that? Ok that would work, but the owners? Putting all that on the line for a tank of gas here or there? When the number of gallons used on the transaction would be larger than any consumer gas tank more than likely? It just doesn't make sense.

The combination of not making sense + no evidence + emotionally-charged subject is why hoax is the leader for now. This has all the classic earmarks of an internet hoax.

Can’t even fill a gas tank on one transaction anymore, so this probably isn’t as successful as it sounds.

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The attendants were not angry for no reason. They were caught red-handed.

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They were dot, not feather. So brown handed.