How many have done this at a petrol station?

GlasgowTitan said:
I work in a garage and frankly this sort of thing happens far too often. Dude comes to the counter after putting in £45 of Optimax and says he has no wallet, so I ask if there is anybody they can phone, as I can can take their card number over the phone. Before I've even finished the question I get "NO", ffs man try harder next time. Also at the moment shell gor rid of the chip and pin systems (coming back though) and the number of retards that aren't even using their own card is ridiculous. They even try to sign for it when the card says Mrs A Smith and its a bloke standing signing the name Alison. When I say why are you signing for it when its not your card, all I get is "but you should have chip and pin". NO, you should use your own money you tard.

/rant at petrol station ******* :mad:
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you realise how absurdly illegal that is, and the fact that as a retailer you should be refusing usage of the card and confiscating it?

I've had it happen a few times in previous jobs, the Banks always support retailers doing it, and usually are rather peeved off at the customers for being so dam stupid.
 
I don't, and haven't for the past six months, have a front number plate on my car. I've had no problems at petrol stations (although the pumps do take longer to initialise if I park front-on to the cameras) nor any trouble from the police, even driving past officers on foot directing traffic.

edit: Amusingly, in a red Ferrari, I was stopped within five minutes for not having a front number plate on. Odd, that :).
 
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agw_01 said:
Interesting. When I got my new front bumper, I drove around without a front plate for about 2 weeks. Went to numerous petrol stations and didn't have any problems at all actually.
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Each car that tries to get fuel in my work has to be authorised by the cashier. I never start the pumps for cars with no registration plate displayed, and this has often resulted in an argument as apparently "the registration plate on the windsceen behind the wipers is good enough for me" - erm no.

agw_01 said:
Will the spikes come up and stab them through the foot? Or what if you pay for petrol, but the pump doesn't update. Spikes through your tyres even though you didn't do anything wrong.

Would the petrol station pay out for damages?
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True - also what about the customers who move away from the pumps to make room for others (I hate customers who do this). Or what about if the driver goes into the forecourt, jumps the queue and throws £10 or whatever at the cashier (also frequently happens).
 
Never not paid but I did have someone else pay for my fuel once. They must have given the wrong number and not noticed that they were paying £4x.xx when their fuel (which I ended up paying for) cost £3x.xx :D
 
lol not done that. The only time I have done it I already knew I had no money but needed fuel even more so had to pretend to my mates I hadn't realised... :o Luckily we got paid in cash the next day so I could pay them straight back.
 
Nozzer said:
I don't, and haven't for the past six months, have a front number plate on my car. I've had no problems at petrol stations (although the pumps do take longer to initialise if I park front-on to the cameras) nor any trouble from the police, even driving past officers on foot directing traffic.

edit: Amusingly, in a red Ferrari, I was stopped within five minutes for not having a front number plate on. Odd, that :).
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rules vary but pumps are not computer operated as i said. It's down to the cashiers to turn your pump on.

SteveB_NI said:
Each car that tries to get fuel in my work has to be authorised by the cashier. I never start the pumps for cars with no registration plate displayed, and this has often resulted in an argument as apparently "the registration plate on the windsceen behind the wipers is good enough for me" - erm no.
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It should be enough for you, as long as they make it clearly visible.
 
james.miller said:
LOL thats no problem... people forget things, its only human. quick phonecall = job done, no worries. But how can anybody say they have no family or friends with a bank card. their boss doesnt have one, their work collegues dont have any ect ect. That's what gets me.
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Wow, arn't you full of yourself :p

Some people don't have people they feel they can call out of the blue and ask for money like that and frankly it's quite ridiculous of you to expect them to do that. You have set proceedures in place for dealing with this sort of situation, I suggest you use them. I certainly wouldn't want to call my boss and ask her to pay for my petrol becuase I didnt have a card and I get on very well with her!
 
they are harder to make out yes, thats why i said clearly visible.

Our rules only state that the front plate should be visible, not that it's bolted to the front bumber.

[TW]Fox said:
Wow, arn't you full of yourself :p

Some people don't have people they feel they can call out of the blue and ask for money like that and frankly it's quite ridiculous of you to expect them to do that. You have set proceedures in place for dealing with this sort of situation, I suggest you use them. I certainly wouldn't want to call my boss and ask her to pay for my petrol becuase I didnt have a card and I get on very well with her!
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that is the set procedure fox :o do you really think people out there have absolutely nobody who they can ask to pay a tenner? put it this way, ive never seen a DPA actually paid off.

I'm not full of myself fox, but i can name 10 people of the top of my head who'd do it for me. Everybody else i've asked can do the same thing. But customers who dont bring a method of payment with them....can't, for some reason...
 
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mrk1@1 said:
I have done before, just poped back to pay later afer clearing it with the sales assistant.
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Me too.

I never travel anywhere without my wallet either and it always has my cards in it. Apart from the times when I forget to move my wallet when changing my trousers, just like Thursday as I went away for the weekend with only quarter of a tank.

D'oh.
 
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that is the set procedure fox :o do you really think people out there have absolutely nobody who they can ask to pay a tenner?
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Yes, there are simply thousands of people who would not be able to do this. What if everyone they know is at work? etc etc.

put it this way, ive never seen a DPA actually paid off.
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Then you have proceedures for that as well. Your set proceedure does not involve 'Make customer stand like a lemon in shop for 4 hours until they eventually find somebody in their phone book to beg for money'.

When my card wouldn't swipe at the petrol station a few months ago and they didn't accept my alternative method of payment, I simply filled a form out and paid 3-4 days later. Had the assistant even suggested I call my parents or friends and ask them for money, I would have found it difficult not to laugh.
 
My girlfriend did this to me the other day, she offered to pay this time to fill up, got to the till and realised she'd left her wallet at home...
 
No, i always have my wallet on me.

I once nearly put diesel in my car, but the nozzle didn't fit... luckily!
 
I quite often turn up with my wallet but no bank card because I have taken it out to buy something online. Luckily there is always a credit card in there!

Morrisons number plate recognition never gets my plate but I get fuel ok, it is readable to the eye though (and cameras I guess)
 
Conanius said:
you realise how absurdly illegal that is, and the fact that as a retailer you should be refusing usage of the card and confiscating it?
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Yes I know, thats why I don't let them do it!

Nozzer said:
If I don't have my wallet I just drive off.

Haven't been caught yet.
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Congratulations you prat, you realise that when you do this, you are not stealing from Shell or Bp or whoever, but the owner of the individual franchise. Also if the cashier (me) has not managed to get any details of your car then the fuel you stole comes out of my wages. THAT is something I do not appreciate and if I ever see any car that has done this to me on the road I will bloody well let them know about it. :mad:
 
Also @ Fox, if people do not have a way of paying, it IS our procedure to ask if they can phone somebody, if they can, that saves a lot of hassle as the fuel is paid for, there is no outstanding debt to be repaid and I can get on with the day. I agree that not everybody can phone somebody and I make sure they think about collegues/friends/family first before considering the L.O.I. (Letter of Intent - I assume this is like the dpa u speak of?). The letter of intent to pay is a LAST RESORT, this is not a service that is offered.

Also if it happens to be an old battered G reg Astra thats filled up with £50 Optimax then I will also make sure I get proof of Identity, if not, they wait for the police to arrive. The condition of the L.O.I. is that you provide the proof that the name and address you write on it is correct, generally I sympathise with most of these people and use my judgement to determine if they have no identity and I believe who they are, but some others take the biscuit and have been made to wait untill police arrive.
 
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[TW]Fox said:
When my card wouldn't swipe at the petrol station a few months ago and they didn't accept my alternative method of payment, I simply filled a form out and paid 3-4 days later. Had the assistant even suggested I call my parents or friends and ask them for money, I would have found it difficult not to laugh.
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If your card doesn't swipe can't they just type the number in manually?

Mine never swipes at Shell since they had their chip & pin machines confiscated.
 
DannyDan said:
If your card doesn't swipe can't they just type the number in manually?

Mine never swipes at Shell since they had their chip & pin machines confiscated.
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Not many do!! Even a lot of the Shell fuel cards dont swipe, they suck! Does my head in too.
 
GlasgowTitan said:
Also @ Fox, if people do not have a way of paying, it IS our procedure to ask if they can phone somebody, if they can, that saves a lot of hassle as the fuel is paid for, there is no outstanding debt to be repaid and I can get on with the day. I agree that not everybody can phone somebody and I make sure they think about collegues/friends/family first before considering the L.O.I. (Letter of Intent - I assume this is like the dpa u speak of?). The letter of intent to pay is a LAST RESORT, this is not a service that is offered.
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I am aware that is proceedure, but what the other guy was saying is that he often makes somebody stay in the shop for HOURS. How is that proceedure? Smacks of jobsworth behaviour to me.
 
DannyDan said:
If your card doesn't swipe can't they just type the number in manually?
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Nope, becuase it was chip and pin. I offered to sign but NOOO, if it didnt work in the reader that it was it apparently..
 
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