More Idiocy All Round....

Gaijin · 17 Feb 2006 at 20:37

As many of you may well or may well not know I work for a larger supermarket. Well yesterday I had the great priviledge of throwing away around about 400 litres of oils and additives. Why? Because of a legal case against our store regarding the oil. So obviously we should throw it all away. Stupid.

Heres where it gets REALLY stupid.

Me: So whats the court case about?
Boss: Some guy used the oil on his car and claims it destroyed it
Me: Oh right, what car did he have?
Boss: Porsche 911 i think
Me: Erm......
Boss: What?
Me: You do realise what all this oil we're throwing away is right?
Boss: No, what?
Me: It's Castrol GTD
Boss: So?
Me: What the **** is he putting Diesel oil in a Porsche for?
Boss: Ah, must've been this stuff then...
Me: Hope not.
Boss:Why?
Me: You see that's two-stroke scooter oil
Boss: Ah.

We dont have any petrol oil in and this oil was clearance. Some idiot dumps diesel oil in his porsche and blames us when it gets car-AIDS. Then as a precaution we destroy 400 litres of it.

Gotta love supermarkets.

[TW]Fox · 17 Feb 2006 at 20:46

Have you considered the possibility your manager might not have a clue what car it was?

Guybrush · 17 Feb 2006 at 20:55

Still stupid to dump 400 litres of the stuff because someone claims it killed their car, whatever car it was...

Simon · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:01

Lol, are they never ever gonna sell oil again either - As a precaution of course.

How did you dispose of the oil anyway?

benjo plz. · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:03

Dump it? Sell it tbh

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The guys a spanner, but how the hell does a guy that dumb end up being able to buy a 911?

Pajeh · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:07

no more fish near brighton then?

Adz · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:18

Phnom_Penh said:
Dump it? Sell it tbh .

The guys a spanner, but how the hell does a guy that dumb end up being able to buy a 911?

I'm more dubious about the fact that someone capable of performing an oil change could make such a ridiculous error. Scooter oil only comes in tiny bottles for starters

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benjo plz. · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:25

Adz said:
I'm more dubious about the fact that someone capable of performing an oil change could make such a ridiculous error. Scooter oil only comes in tiny bottles for starters .

Sounds a bit spurious tbh.

Ev0 · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:26

Adz said:
I'm more dubious about the fact that someone capable of performing an oil change could make such a ridiculous error. Scooter oil only comes in tiny bottles for starters .

Maybe he bought loads of them?

Simon said:
Lol, are they never ever gonna sell oil again either - As a precaution of course.

How did you dispose of the oil anyway?

Down the sink, just don't tell anyone

Could be worse, my company decided to dump 10 gallons of diesel somewhere it really really shouldn't have

Managed to effect 3000 houses, nice going

Lopéz · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:51

Flood ebay with Castrol GTD - £5 a Gallon "Buy It Now"

minidan · 17 Feb 2006 at 23:35

wow, honestly get it in ** boot and take it away! even sell it to a garge for the oil burning heaters

zain · 18 Feb 2006 at 00:56

duh lol

Zip · 18 Feb 2006 at 01:07

Keep it for your selfs

lordrobs · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:10

Lopéz said:
Flood ebay with Castrol GTD - £5 a Gallon "Buy It Now"

Just what I was thinking

I used to love doing the skip run for the Garden centre I worked for, some of the stuff they threw away was crazy. Examples were: packs of brand new batteries, small full butane gas canisters, spray on snow in a can, stacks of stuff from the giftware department, new tins of paint/wood stain etc etc. The skip rat in me couldn't stop myself helping keep the skips empty by disposing of some of it in the boot of my car

Gaijin · 18 Feb 2006 at 15:09

[TW]Fox said:
Have you considered the possibility your manager might not have a clue what car it was?

Definately was a 911 - i've spoken to the store manager since.

Adz said:
I'm more dubious about the fact that someone capable of performing an oil change could make such a ridiculous error. Scooter oil only comes in tiny bottles for starters .

Scooter oil was a suggestion made only by my manager, it was the GTD. You obviously havent worked in a supermarket - the amount of people who didn't know GTD was for diesels is outstanding. Just because people have a a bit of money doesnt necessarily mean they are any less stupid than anyone else, any idiot can change oil with a manual.

I'd love to have thrown it in my boots but the store does a wonderful policy of not letting staff have any goods it decides to waste whether they are fine or not.

It's also tricky trying to get all that oil out the door under your shirt!

Simon · 18 Feb 2006 at 18:33

What did you do with the oil then?

Oblivious · 18 Feb 2006 at 19:00

He said he poured it down the sink.

Which is outrageous.

Trickle · 18 Feb 2006 at 19:11

Did you take it to the local council tip so at least it gets recycled?

Gaijin · 18 Feb 2006 at 20:32

I merely put it onto several cages ready for disposal. It will more than likely have gone down the compactor though.

lordrobs · 19 Feb 2006 at 01:10

Couldn't they have a little warning flash up on the till like when you serve someone with booze or paracetamol (sp?) but saying "Confirm customer drives a diesel"