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United Uptime: Aug 17, 2026, 8:30:01 AM
The regional ops director had a binder full of vendor promises and a dispenser that had been out of service for nine days. Three phone calls in,...
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United Uptime: Aug 10, 2026, 8:30:00 AM
The mail comes in with the fuel invoices and a plain envelope from the state. Inside is a Notice of Violation from your last inspection. There is a...
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United Uptime: Aug 3, 2026, 10:45:10 AM
June gets the attention because the season officially starts. But ask anyone who has run fuel sites on the Gulf or the Southeast coast: the storms...
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United Uptime: Jun 29, 2026, 9:30:00 AM
Late June. The inspector schedule for July is already filling up. You know they are coming. You think you are ready. You will probably find out in...
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United Uptime: Jun 22, 2026, 9:30:00 AM
July rolls in. The inspector schedule starts filling up. Somewhere across your sites, a vapor recovery boot has gotten just a little too soft in the...
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United Uptime: Jun 10, 2026, 9:15:00 AM
It is a busy Saturday on the forecourt. Cars are stacked three deep at every island. A week later, a regular customer calls, upset, because his bank...
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United Uptime: Jun 2, 2026, 9:30:00 AM
United Uptime Services has been recognized with the 2025 Gilbarco Circle of Excellence Award and the 2025 Veeder-Root Circle of Excellence Award....
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United Uptime: Jun 1, 2026, 10:54:59 AM
June 1 is the official start of Atlantic hurricane season. For operators along the Gulf, the Southeast, and even up the mid-Atlantic, the first named...
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United Uptime: May 26, 2026, 8:45:00 AM
The work is done. The technician's truck is pulling out of the lot. Your dispenser is running, your alarm is cleared, your sump is dry. And then a...
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United Uptime: May 18, 2026, 9:18:00 AM
Bad fuel almost never announces itself in a way that gives you a head start. By the time a customer calls back about a stalled vehicle, the fuel has...