Pay for your fuel first!!??!!

thx1138 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :

a few rural places have a pay first for all vehicle policies

couple of places I fill up someone appears from under a car, wipes hands on cloth, unlocks pump and fills it up for me Laughing

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Whosthedaddy · Super Spammer Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Karma :

I stopped using my local station because of this.

Used them for years and all of a sudden a pain to fill up quick.

If a sign says to remove helmet I will, but don't see the need to pay first. Car drivers don't so why should a motorcycle?
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suburban myth · Spanner Monkey Joined: 13 Feb 2013 Karma :

Petrol station I worked in 15 years ago were doing this for all vehicles. Crime happens, and you can't just pick the ' odd' person to pay first - immediate discrimination - so it becomes a blanket policy.

Several punters took this as an inconvenience, to the point where they moved on to the next open station (night shifts, were spectacular). Two miles away for the sake of a 10 second walk.

We got the old ".........not spending my money here......." etc. Daft thing was that we (as in my employer) ran the two nearest stations as well so we were getting their money anyway. Moot point, really.

Margins are so tight in fuel sales that just one bilking (making off without payment), even on a bike, is enough to wipe out any profit made on fuel sales alone that day. You could fill your works van from bottom to top with Super Diesel or what ever its called this week, and still hand over more profit from the coffee you bought at the same time.

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DrSnoosnoo · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2012 Karma :

I went to the newly renovated Esso at Horsforth at the weekend.

It promoted the fact I can use my mobile phone to scan a code and pay via an app. Then the next sign below it advised that my phone should be switched off.

So if there was a spark and a 'splosion due to mobile phone use, how would this play out, liability-wise?
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Pukka · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Karma :

I've recently just quit my part time job working in a petrol station.

These ideas usally come from police 'advice' that they give out in a booklet about once or twice a year about how to reduce fuel thefts. Regarding motorcylists they always mention that a motorcylist keeping thier helmet on and still sitting on the bike are a obvious indication that they are gonna make a runner. However i can confirm that the almost four years i worked at that shithole not once did a motorbike ever leave without paying. There was one guy i remember that forgot his card and was back within half an hour (we had to fill out a form with your details if you leave the forcourt). Which is more than the majoirity that just use it as a way to get fuel with no money for a few days Rolling Eyes

It was a Sainsburys station by the way. They don't specifiy anything in there guff about leaving helmets on filling up/ sitting on bike. Although sometimes the managers think they can do whatever they want. The only thing they may need to do is ask you to remove helmet if you are buying restircted products and need to apply think 25. Actully thinking about it the only time someone would need to ask you to remove a helmet while your filling is to check your over 16 but most people would'nt give a shit about that anyway Laughing

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Progress?!

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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

They've gasted my flabber.

Thank-you-ever-so-much email sent to generalpublicenquiries-uk@shell.com

Of course, their... er, "Customer Service Champion" can still challenge you to prove your age by showing your face, presumably as a prelude to some form of duel.
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