So recently, my wife and I stopped by a Maverik for a quick Icee (never a bad idea). The total came to $.84 after tax, but me, being a dufus, didn’t have any cash on me. Feeling bad about making a company pay credit card processing fees on a < $1 order, I used my debit card. Big mistake.

My wife points out a couple days later that we were, in fact, charged $20.84, as if we got $20 cash back. This means the lanky guy ripped us off $20. Anyway, I called Maverik corporate to find out who the store owner was and they gave me his Cell #. He was actually really good about getting back to me promptly. He was very apologetic and said we’d get our $20 back. I said that the money wasn’t as big a deal (not that I mind getting it back) as making sure he got fired so he didn’t do it any more. The nice guy (Ross, I think) said, “Oh no, I’ll check out the security tapes and we’ll get him arrested.”

“Wow,” I thought. That’s pretty tight. Ross then goes on to explain:

“Yeah, this happens about once a week at Maverik.”

The lesson - don’t swipe your Debit card as a debit card at a Maverik.