You think gas is expensive here? Over in Germany it costs 1 friend

German woman left her friend as a deposit at a gas station because she did not have enough cash to pay for her petrol, police said Wednesday.

“She didn’t have enough money to pay the bill, so her friend stayed behind as a human deposit while she went to withdraw cash,” said a spokesman for police in the southern town of Muenchberg. “Unfortunately, the woman did not return.”

Am I crazy, or is the gas station owner supposed to KEEP the deposit? Isn’t that what a deposit is good for? I give you a deposit for say an apartment, if I don’t show up to rent it later, you get to keep the deposit. I don’t get my deposit back, do I?