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Then I'd have to do a tour of petrol stations to get enough fuel for the 400ish miles I have to do over the next 48 hours? What a daft idea.
Petrol tanker drivers to go on strike
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Then I'd have to do a tour of petrol stations to get enough fuel for the 400ish miles I have to do over the next 48 hours? What a daft idea.
Man of Honour
Harsh but fair I say. A kitchen for the love of god?
Well a womans home is the kitchen, so she's just doing what feels normal.
Soldato
Apparently she was doing it while her gas cooker was on!!
Deary me, have people lost their marbles.
Deary me, have people lost their marbles.
Soldato
I drove around last night at 12 and after passing around 8 stations with no petrol (one charging £1.60 still had fuel), I finally found a station with just one pump running. Oddly this station had no queue, however loads of diesel cars turned up to find no diesel.
I then drove home as smoothly as possible and got 42mpg, not all bad lol
I then drove home as smoothly as possible and got 42mpg, not all bad lol
Associate
Oh dear!
Went to BP last night as I was running on fumes, waited about 20 minutes to get to a pump and noticed a sign saying it was empty.
Had to wait another 10 or so minutes as there were only 2 pumps that had unleaded!
"Police are taking action, requesting petrol stations to close temporarily in order to keep traffic flowing."
Uhmmmmm? - I am aware that the queues may be obstructing traffic on the roads; but surely closing the station would mean people who really neded the petrol would soon run out, which would cause more harm than good.
what they really need is police in the entrance to the garage; they simply check how much you have in the tank, if they deem you to have enough they tell you to clear off. If you don't have enough fuel in the tank, they let you in. Simple as peas!
Went to BP last night as I was running on fumes, waited about 20 minutes to get to a pump and noticed a sign saying it was empty.
Had to wait another 10 or so minutes as there were only 2 pumps that had unleaded!
"Police are taking action, requesting petrol stations to close temporarily in order to keep traffic flowing."
Uhmmmmm? - I am aware that the queues may be obstructing traffic on the roads; but surely closing the station would mean people who really neded the petrol would soon run out, which would cause more harm than good.
what they really need is police in the entrance to the garage; they simply check how much you have in the tank, if they deem you to have enough they tell you to clear off. If you don't have enough fuel in the tank, they let you in. Simple as peas!
Man of Honour
Garage down the road is Open but has a big hand written sign saying NO FUEL !!! 
Good job I panic bought tuther day.
Good job I panic bought tuther day.
That sounds like a massive waste of police time.
Associate
I was not suggesting every station does this, it was simply my reply to the the statement I had quoted about the Police.
Associate
Self inflicted shortages caused by retards.
Yeah, and the country voted them in
I hope by Monday this has calmed down, I fill my 40l tank up every Monday after getting the weekly shop. The whole situation is ridiculous, the intelligence of some people amazes me.
I may join the call for no rise in the August fuel duty this time, since they've just had a windfall.
Soldato
Agreed.
Will the police be checking how much charge I have left on my phone before I can plug it in?
Or how much tuna I can put on my tuna sandwich?
Come on!
[TW]Fox;21583078 said:
Would stop people going out to fill the tank of every car they own though.
Plus instead of filling up once to do your trip and wait 20-30mins you can just top up again half way and waste what - 5mins?
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Associate
Again, I was not suggesting that they do this for every station. Simply the ones which they were proposing close temporarily.
Man of Honour
Mate at work says he was at sainsburys station last night, there were some pumps with out of order on. However, a sainsburys employee comes up, removes the out of order tag, and proceeds to fill his car, then puts the out of order tag back on.
I would be dumstruck if I witnessed that myself.
I would be dumstruck if I witnessed that myself.
Why? Fuel belongs to Sainsburys, if they wish to use it to ensure staff can get to work they can do.
[TW]Fox;21583402 said:
I remember when I worked at Tesco in my teens during the 2000 fuel strikes. It was/is a very large superstore one with a very big fuel station attached. We had "inside information" for staff when the tanker was due in so we could all go and queue up before it got there. The tanker was delayed until 4pm (was previously due about 10am) as the road network surrounding the area was gridlocked. A lot of staff literally left their cars on site and found other arrangements to get home. It was like being stuck on a island. I remember thinking how fuel prices were just riduclous and this was at about half the price they are now!
Soldato
Generally when a pump has a out of order or if they display out of fuel they do still have plenty left. We can't let the tanks run dry, they have to shut them once it reaches a certain level.
Still a massive waste of police time.
I may be wrong here but don't most supermarkets sell their fuel either at cost or just enough to cover running the station in order to drive customers to the supermarket (hence the low prices of supermarket fuel) so if everyone in the post code is coming to spam buy without using the store surely they may not like that.
Our tanks tend to automatically shut down when they hit approx 4k litres, I've no idea if the shutdown can be overridden.
Caporegime
A while back, we (Stobart drivers) were wondering why the company were investing in tankers to supply their own fleet, now, it looks like a very clever move.
No, we are not in Unite!!!
I would imagine if push came to shove, ESL would allow their drivers to buy company fuel, not much use to me with a petrol car mind you!!!
The lunacy of the woman decanting petrol in her kitchen (with a lit oven apparently) defies logic.
Natural selection indeed!
No, we are not in Unite!!!
I would imagine if push came to shove, ESL would allow their drivers to buy company fuel, not much use to me with a petrol car mind you!!!
The lunacy of the woman decanting petrol in her kitchen (with a lit oven apparently) defies logic.
Natural selection indeed!