America Is Bee Pee'd Off, Part 2

This story out of the Scranton, PA Times-Tribune shows that BP is hurting at more than just  the macro public relations level.

Mohamed Ahmed stopped selling BP gasoline at his convenience store on Birney Avenue in Moosic in December, but never got around to removing the BP sign and green and yellow flower logo.

After the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the outrage from customers, he's made removing any BP association from his store a priority, as are several other area retailers.

Though none of the retailers said they had canceled supply contracts with BP because of the spill, the BP logo is being wiped from the roadside landscape as filling stations and convenience store operators apparently attempt to cover up any association with the company.

Mr. Ahmed covered up the large BP sign with black tarp. He put duct tape and office paper over BP logos on the pumps.

So many people, including loyal customers, complained bitterly about BP that Mr. Ahmed said he keeps his most recent gas purchase receipts to show he is now buying from Shell and Sunoco. He keeps the receipts near the register and shows them to customers to defuse tense situations. "People are very much pissed off about this," he said. "A lot of people." 

There's at least four BP stations around here on the I-71/75 exits heading into Cincy from the NKY.  It's not gotten this bad yet with them, but I'm sure it will be.  I know I refuse to stop there anymore.  Somehow, I doubt I'm the only one around here.