"Filling a car up using a petrol cap is against Tesco policy"

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p1RATE said:
Why do they remove the clip in the UK anyway?

When i have had the opportunity to put fuel in abroad they have always had a clip on the pump so that i haven't had to hold it.
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I find that frustrating too. It is not so bad if you are filling up a noddy car but a Land-cruiser takes 90 Litres! that takes quite a long time and if ones hands are getting a little arthritic (!) Holding the pump handle for that length of time is actually quite uncomfortable! :(
 
Quite aside from the possible earth issue mentioned above (good point, I hadn't thought of that), the pump is designed to turn off if no-one is holding it. What happens if for some reason you knock the pump or it slips out of the car for some reason? With something jammed in the trigger it may not turn itself off and you'd end up with petrol all over the floor and over you.

The OP is foolish for jamming something in the trigger and rude in dealing with someone trying to do their job. You are in the wrong on both counts.
 
Hades said:
Quite aside from the possible earth issue mentioned above (good point, I hadn't thought of that), the pump is designed to turn off if no-one is holding it. What happens if for some reason you knock the pump or it slips out of the car for some reason? With something jammed in the trigger it may not turn itself off and you'd end up with petrol all over the floor and over you.

The OP is foolish for jamming something in the trigger and rude in dealing with someone trying to do their job. You are in the wrong on both counts.
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In my experience:

Pumps shut off as soon as you move the handle past a certain angle.

Petrol exaporates really quickly, so what.
 
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atpbx said:
In my experience:

Pumps shut off as soon as you move the handle past a certain angle.

Petrol exaporates really quickly, so what.
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So you don't see a possible hazard with an open pump on a forecourt with petrol flowing out?
 
Hades said:
Quite aside from the possible earth issue mentioned above (good point, I hadn't thought of that), the pump is designed to turn off if no-one is holding it. What happens if for some reason you knock the pump or it slips out of the car for some reason? With something jammed in the trigger it may not turn itself off and you'd end up with petrol all over the floor and over you.

The OP is foolish for jamming something in the trigger and rude in dealing with someone trying to do their job. You are in the wrong on both counts.
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'Earth issue'? How is it an issue? It's not like there's a catherine wheel going off in the forecourt. We regularly have things operate that are as dangerous without having a human earth it? :confused:

Why do people have such a fascination with finding the potential safety flaw in everything. Do you realise that leaving your house could increase the damage done to you if a meteor lands on your head? Or that as lightning is attracted by water, you should immediately stop consuming it and never go near another drop?

There's a degree of safety that is usefully relevant, and petrol pumps that have no ability to self-fill is beyond that.
 
Can't you just stand there and hold the pump nozzle like millions if other people ?

I've had to tell people to stop using cards/caps in the past as I work for tesco also,there not designed to have cards/caps jammed in them.

Stop being a plonker and fill your car like everyone else.
 
schizo said:
I've had to tell people to stop using cards/caps in the past as I work for tesco also,there not designed to have cards/caps jammed in them.
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What aspect of the design makes a card somehow 'wrong'? Do you think the metal is going to be damaged by a plastic card?
 
pioneer2000 said:
Could you get anymore lazy...

Whoever can't hold on to a handle for a few minutes shouldn't be allowed to drive.
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Why hold on to a handle when they have been designed to hold on to themselves?

Do you have vacuum assisted brakes? Lazy, should produce the pressure with your own legs.
 
I get bored filling a 50 litre tank never mind 90 litres.

When did they do away with the clip? I seem to have a memory of putting it on by mistake and panicking trying to work out how to take it off. Maybe I made that up?
 
Maybe my post came over somewhat arrogant. No he was not a kid. He was a guy in his 50's and the way he talked to me asked for a response. He was very rude in the way he talked to me from the outset and his reasoning was poor saying the petrol would overflow which is incorrect.

Also how is it lazy not to hold the handle? In a lot of countries you have a clip to hold the trigger down. Sticking the petrol cap in replicates this. The auto stop function still works as it would with a hand. just instead of a hand it is a piece of plastic.

Maybe it's the fact that in other countries this is normal and I have become accustomed to it over there.
 
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I am lazy so always stick the cap in. Only been told off about it once.
I can't see the issue with the hose spraying everywhere, you only have to knock the nozzle a little bit and it will click off, never mind pulling it out completely.
 
PMKeates said:
'Earth issue'? How is it an issue? It's not like there's a catherine wheel going off in the forecourt. We regularly have things operate that are as dangerous without having a human earth it? :confused:

Why do people have such a fascination with finding the potential safety flaw in everything. Do you realise that leaving your house could increase the damage done to you if a meteor lands on your head? Or that as lightning is attracted by water, you should immediately stop consuming it and never go near another drop?

There's a degree of safety that is usefully relevant, and petrol pumps that have no ability to self-fill is beyond that.
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Non polar liquids flowing rapidly through tubing generate charge. This is earthed to some extent through the main pumping mechanism but as is is pretty non polar and your car is insulated quite well by tyres so charge may persist (and then slowly conduct away)

If you have an autofilling pump and with the possibility of people moving around and then touching the pump handle a spark can be generated in the proximity of a load of petrol vapour. When you hold onto the pump handle through out the filling any charge generated is the same on you and the car so no spark.

It is a low but real risk. Sure the petrol station grunt didn't know all of the reasons in this case. Not a particularly exciting example but see below

 
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