Taped on the pump between a large warning that "Drive-offs Will Be Prosecuted" and a picture of the local sheriff who will suspend your license should you attempt to steal gas (just in case you didn't get the message that they were serious), was the following:
Due to high volume
Of drive-off's [sic] we
Please ask you to
Pay First!!!!!
Thank you
For understanding
The copy editor in me can't help but note the odd consistency with which the person who composed this note capitalized the first letter of each line.