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Yeh great as long as us people that need to buy fuel for commercial use can get plenty.
How are we suppost to prove it? Bring in tax books to show the well educated person behind the desk?
It's funny how (fuel shortages)
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How are we suppost to prove it? Bring in tax books to show the well educated person behind the desk?
Soldato
Earlier in this thread, I mentioned the 2000 fuel shortage due to lorry drivers blocking the roads from oil refineries. I did remember some petrol stations letting in certain people jump the queue such as NHS workers, teachers etc. Stewards were there being shown IDs.
Soldato
Those who bought 512 loo rolls, 87 bags of pasta, 32 bottles of bleach and 200 eggs 18 months ago.
Those who fill up their car plus several petrol cans past 48 hours
MUST be the same selfish idiotic fools and they should be ashamed of their actions.
This pandemic has brought out the worst in most people, though there are exceptions. As a supermarket worker, I have experienced more of the former. Idiots like this have caused anxiety to be an issue with many workers. Myself and my colleagues are thinking we are the forgotten key workers.
Those who fill up their car plus several petrol cans past 48 hours
MUST be the same selfish idiotic fools and they should be ashamed of their actions.
This pandemic has brought out the worst in most people, though there are exceptions. As a supermarket worker, I have experienced more of the former. Idiots like this have caused anxiety to be an issue with many workers. Myself and my colleagues are thinking we are the forgotten key workers.
Soldato
If there’s a £30 limit imposed. What stops them just doing another pay at pump transaction?
Soldato
You can’t. If anyone wants to spend an hour queuing up at one then drive a few miles to repeat the process, has more time to burn than the rest.
It’s similar to buying paracetamol. I can’t stop customers doing the ‘painkiller crawl’ - buying two packs in the various shops around my work that sell painkillers. As I have done this myself a few years ago when I was full of cold. Thought I had plenty of painkillers in. Wasn’t the case.
Soldato
Has the world ended yet.
Soldato
Indeed.
The funny thing is, these people won't be able to get their loo rolls, pasta... soon because all the people that need fuel to get to work to do jobs such as supermarket workers and those in the supply chains, won't be able to get to work.
It's like no one has any brain cells to realise that panic buying fuel causes a huge ripple effect.
Soldato
i have missed the news for weeks and i was shocked to see many panic buying petrol? why what happpened?life's much better when you miss the news for weeks
Soldato
2022
Soldato
1 fuel truck driver phoned in sick, so 1 BP garage had to close for the day, Grant Shapps opens his mouth, mass panic ensues.
Wow
Govt needed a little $$$$ boost and asked people to buy, everyone is helping out #brexitSpirit an all that
varies. Govt figures say up to 2% less mpg, real world tests by what car shows some cars lose up to 10% mpg so all depends on the make and model.
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Wait till monday the news media is strangely asleep at the moment "OMG everywhere is empty haulage/NHS can't get any fuel! What are we going to do?!"
Soldato
.......................................https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...s-car-waiting-fuel-petrol-stations-close.html
It's not a hard limit either you can still spend what you like. I'll just be ignoring it, I fill up once a week and I'll continue to do that, they can bugger off of they think in making 3 or 4 trips instead of one a week.
They should get a couple of extra staff members in and fill up for people, like in the old days. Then idiots can't fill up boot fulls of cans.
