Petrol station question

[MikeyC]

When was the last time you went into a petrol station, filled up a tank of petrol, walked in to pay and came back out straight away? For as long as I can remember, whether it be BP, Shell, Tesco Express, Sainsburys, whatever, I always end up having to queue for a good 10 minutes, stuck behind people doing their weekly shop.

Why can they not create a till purely for petrol purchase? I have the cash to pay, serve me, i'll be 10 seconds max!

[iCraig]

Yeah, that annoys me, there used to be a decent petrol station where I could walk in and out of within seconds.

Now I am forced to use Tesco's or the Texaco 4 miles away both are full of people buying sweets and snacks and shit and no petrol.

[Bendy]

Sunday. Twice. Sorry. Even got a conversation out of the cashier in one of them!

What I can never grasp is the number of people who queue up to pay in Tesco when you can pay at the pump. Never see them coming out with a loaf or anything so what's that all about?

[iCraig]

I try to use the pay at pumps if there working.
Most of the time they reject my card do I have to go in.

[MikeyC]

Half the Pay@Pump services are out of order. And by out of order, I don't mean they start swearing at me

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[colin1]

i like pay at pump. if you card is a bit old it may not work. the ones near me used to be very fussy but they seems to be able to read my cards without hassle these days
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[Keith]

[Kickstart]

Hi

They only run the petrol station to drag you in and buy groceries at the same time .

Local Tesco station to work (opened about 2 years ago) does not have the facility to pay at the pumps.

All the best

Keith
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[mchaggis]

Having been a lazy student for the past three years and getting 350 km so far on this tank (2 gallons ) before reserve, I've been able to pick and choose when and where I fill up. I've not had to queue for as long as I can remember.
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[TOM M]

It annoys the fuck out of me, especially when they have an armful of snacks, they also want 20 lines on the lottery and are paying half in 2p coins and the rest on the credit card.


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[billy whizz]

normally fill up on the way to work (about 6am) no waiting and sometimes a free coffee! and not much traffic either!
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[mattsmith95]

I hate that, there is "suppose" to be a fuel and two items only lane but normally I get stuck for ages. I have wanted to have a go and ask why no express lane for fuel but I don't fancy getting banned or arrested for causing a fuss.

Anyway, I'm a courier, I don't have the time to bugger around waiting so I fill up on the way home from a hard days work, no fuss, saves me thinking about it next morning.

[Kram]

was a huge queue to the tesco's petrol station, on the way to work... found a mate that was filling up his car.... gave him a tenner, filled me up and i pissed off..


worked out great.. no queueing
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