If true and in Texas.......the station owner and the primary source of fuel (IE Union76, or Texaco, or whatever) need to be sued and hundreds of people should protest his station until people stop going.
Its all over the urban legends websites and has been for years.
There are hundreds of references on google search using title.
Apparently there was a protest and a sort of apology, then the owners had a neighborhood party.
The muslim owner needs to have his ass kicked at least as hard as a gas station owner who refused service to a muslim customer would.
I used to shop there all the time, but whenever I walked in this guy and his friends would stop talking and give me that 'hate stare' (african americans will know what that means) The previous owner used to greet you at the door and say "Hi Mike how's the kids?" - he was so nice
I stopped shopping there and I noticed the parking lot is almost always empty now
You mean the combustion engine has reached Bogalusa?
I think business owners should be able to refuse service to whomever they wish. Of course, the person who is refused has the right to inform the public, and the public can then react by not purchasing goods and services from that business owner.
Has anyone seen or heard of a 7-11 in Iran or Saudi Arabia?
This is an old story. It stayed in my mind because I know Bogalusa - a smelly mill town with lovely people.
Things get distorted. To start with:
1) The gas station is owned/operated by East Indian Hindus, not Muslims.
2) The rumor was begun by a woman who claimed she overheard a National Guardsman denied service.
3) The owner claimed he did not and does not deny service, except to those not permitted restricted items like cigarettes. He does not remember any such incident, except perhaps it was to inform the Guardsman that he did not have a particular brand of some product.
4) After considerable efforts and inquiry, nobody has been able to locate the Guardsman in question.
However, the effect on the gas station has been painful, in that it has had to change its name, been confronted by protestors, received threats and intimidation, etc.
So, until such time as some soldier steps forward, let’s not continue this urban legend.
These stories typically are spread by people who think that Indian Hindus are Muslim.
1. The store owner is a Hindu, not a moslem.
2. The National Guardsmen went into the store to buy a pack of cigarettes. He asked for his brand and was told they were currently out.
3. An onlooker misconstrued what happened as a service member being refused service by a moslem, and took it upon him/herself to raise hell.