Got this off FB........... R.I.P

[SnowTigeress]

I cant believe some people.........

respect to the biker who was killed this morning.
knottingley lane was closed off this morning and only just found out why...
After hearing the sad news today about the motorcyclist who lost his life travelling to work I can only feel nothing but pure hatred to the scum that is those in the Jet petrol station on Pontefract road who CHARGED for a blanket to cover the poor bloke, out of respect to that guys soul.
Tell all your family an friends to boycott the Jet garage and lets put the disrespectful twats out of business!! RIP COLIN MILTON!

I thought they might have some common sense
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[johnsmith222]

You have to question whether they knew what it was for?

It seems silly to jump to conclusions. Even then, a blanket isn't bringing anyone back so it doesn't really matter. It doesn't sound like they needed it urgently to stop serious bleeding or something?

[Jayy]

^^ Agreed, I'm sure if you burst in to a petrol station and said, "Have you got a blanket, someone has been seriously injured in a road traffic accident" they wouldn't charge you for it.

Then again, the way society is these days, I'm wondering whether they did.

[G]

I rather suspect if the employee gave it away, it would be considered theft by the employee as far as standard company procedure goes.
So the employee would have to pay for it without going through a good bit of hassle.

If you're going to make the employee pay for it, why not the person wanting it pay for it?

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[P.addy]

Hmm, seems like a bit of a knobbish thing to do.

Years ago.. when I was about 19, a friend who had diabetes had a bad turn, I just ran into a shop, stole a lucozade saying my friend had just collapsed, they chased me to my friend laying on the floor while I aided her.

They said they thought I was just robbing their shop, but as it was for a good cause they let it slide

Still, I won't boycott Jet, I don't have one locally

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[Rogerborg]

Well, if it's on Facebook then I'd better fetch my torch and pitchfork. Anyone know where I can set fire to one of those filthy child molesting podiatrists on the way?
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[WannaBeDude]

Handtowels
Fireblanket
Bags of coal
Build a petrol can wall
Newspapers
Drive car over body

Or for extra moneysaving idea. light body job done.
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[Seb]

I wasn't aware Jet garages sold blankets frankly
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[Paivi]

Do people really believe everything they read on Facebook?
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[Raffles]

I'm very familiar with that area and I've never heard of Knottingley Lane. A quick search confirmed that no such lane exists. Whilst attempting to check the accuracy of the rest of the story, I came across this in The Pontefract And Castleford Express:-

''So sad to hear about another death on our road my heart goes out to his family, and It sounds like people are jumping on the band wagon about the petrol station a friend has posted this staement on facebook where the rumours are going around "The jet garage have confirmed that nobody came in and asked for a blanket for poor Colin yesterday and records show it was the jet garage that phoned the emergency services at the time of accident, a work colleague who was there with Colin helping the ambulance paramedics has just informed us that the rumours going round are not true." . The people that have started the rumour need to take a long look at themselves.''
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[Cheeseybeaner]

Rest in Peace Brother.

May you ride on in heaven for all eternity in the safety of God's Kingdom.

[Billtr96sn]

Upon reading this, quite frankly, upsetting story before the watershed I took it upon myself to phone the head of Jet in the USA.

As they are 5 hours behind us he wasn't that suprised to hear from thr UK, but he was suprised that I was the first to call and give him details as they were reported on facebook. His reply? "As it is on Facebook, it must be true and I will act on it straight away"

After talking for about 2 hours, throwing ideas between us, like every service station to carry a blanket for just such an occasion to keeping a turkey size roll of bacofoil to make a emergency reflective marathon blanket, we came to a final decision.

As from wednesday a memo will be sent to all Jet stations worldwide, in alphabetical order staing that ALL Jet filling stations will have to carry £10 (or local equivalent) for emergencies, so staff can buy a blanket, Lucozade or hot cup of sweet tea, maybe even some Werthers for the old people so this can never, ever happen again!

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