Police: Customer used game tokens to buy gasoline

HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — It was a token gesture, but it only served to fuel frustration for a North Carolina store clerk.

The Hickory Daily Record reports police said employees at a convenience store discovered two rolls of quarters used to buy gasoline actually turned out to be rolls of game tokens. A news release from the Hickory Police Department said the tokens were taken from a local arcade.

Capt. Bryan Adams said the unidentified woman who made the fake payment had left the property by the time the coins were discovered. Adams said the woman is a frequent customer at the store.