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Depends...lots of places do not have card readers on the outside to promote shop sales.
So.. often you definitely will have to go inside and...wait.
I've never encountered such a gas station. I'd probably be completely confused and just leave.
Maybe I’m privileged for thinking it’s common knowledge that gas stations basically make no money from selling gas. I don’t want to provide income to that industry - so I never go inside. Like the other poster I would just drive 1 minute to the next station and never return to one that demanded going inside the markup store…