I have visions of an old boy turning up to a fueling station with a flat cap on, hunting jacket and a shotgun throwing money out the sunroof of his 5 series now to clear the working class out the way.
Petrol tanker drivers to go on strike
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I have visions of an old boy turning up to a fueling station with a flat cap on, hunting jacket and a shotgun throwing money out the sunroof of his 5 series now to clear the working class out the way.
Soldato
But Ubersonic said there would be strikes, and he seemed to know something that the rest of us didn't ...
Man of Honour
Filled up a little earlier and it looked the housewives had started panic buying. A few pumps of fuel but no problems with super unleaded.
It wasn't really something nobody else knew, more something most people who read the news knew but you seemed deliberately oblivious too. And this hasn't averted the strike yet merely postponed it, the union has voted to strike and if these talks fail then that will still happen unless they are appeased in some other way.
Soldato
But we DEFINITELY now have a shortage!
True, the talks might fail but since they won't even start until Tuesday at the latest and they have to give 7 days notice of a strike, there won't be a strike this side of Easter and perhaps never.
Yup. Thanks to Ubersonic and all the panic buyers.
Thanks, Ubersonic.
The local BP ran dry on Tuesday, and Wednesday, its already out of unleaded today and it probably have issues tomorrow too. The thing is tho that the are tankers coming to refill it. If instead people had waited until the tanker drivers went on strike then it would have run dry once and only 1/3-1/4 of the people that have got fuel would have.
I stand by my "better to have and not need than need and not have" comment. If nuclear war broke out I would stockpile food, rather than stand around laughing at the panic buyers. Its not like fuel is going to go down in value anyway so even if the is no strike what I have is going to get used.
Soldato
So you now have more fuel than you need, but others who do actually need it now cant get it? Does that sound selfish at all?
Soldato
Well, I'm sure this hasn't distracted the populace from any bad news or anything like that.
And at least we've all forgotten that we were cross about the price of fuel, or were we, I can't remember what with being so cross with those nasty tanker drivers...
And at least we've all forgotten that we were cross about the price of fuel, or were we, I can't remember what with being so cross with those nasty tanker drivers...
Irony?
Soldato
I filled my car up with fuel but I am still panicking so now I need to buy another car so I can buy more fuel.
I hope they announce the end of the panic soon so I can stop panicking.
I hope they announce the end of the panic soon so I can stop panicking.
Not if he has to fill up due to being low, as I am. Hopefully it's not too stupid back at home, one of the girls at work here said she went to the local Sainsbury's and had to pay £1.50 a litre with £10 limit for normal petrol!
My local shell this morning was £1.40 this morning, hopefully there's only been peasants filling up and they still have V-Power in. My 100 mile round trip over Kielder on Monday night doesn't seem so clever now
Soldato
Until the human race becomes a Borg like collective then panic buying will occur in these types of situation, surely everyone has learnt that by now. The best thing for each individual to do is weigh up the situation and decide what is best for them be that sitting in a queue for 40 minutes or not bothering and not 'being a sheep'. But to say "FFS PANIC BUYERS MEAN I HAVE NO PETROL" tells me that panic buyers weren't necessarily the dumb ones if their wait at the petrol station meant they could get on with their life while those on their high horse are now stuck at home because they didn't realise this ALWAYS happens. Just a thought. 
Soldato
So what you're saying is when this happens, every single car in the UK should immediately go to the nearest petrol station and fill up. That would mean that petrol supplies would last around 6 hours and then there would be none left. Any further deliveries for the next week or so would only feed some of the remaining queue (some of whom would have been queuing all week). Sounds like a great idea to me.
The panic buyers are the ones saying "I must have petrol even if I dont really need it, and I dont care if everyone else has none".
The panic buyers are the ones saying "I must have petrol even if I dont really need it, and I dont care if everyone else has none".