Filling up & Sig Change

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what the **** are you talking about?

 

Are you serious? I've never come across that, and I always sit on mine
whilst filling.

 

Some stations here insist that you pay up-front if you're on a bike, or
else leave your helmet at the cash desk. Completely illegal, of course,
but the general rule is that if you're audacious enough, you can get away
with most anything.

 

It's only happened to me once, & I've used the same petrol station many
times since without a repeat.

 

Not always though.

 

Why not ? It worked for others ...

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Once upon a time I worked in a petrol station and was told that it's
in case you lose your balance and the bike falls over. Instant petrol
spillage that could possibly mean the closure of the station.

That said I fill mine up while sat on it, but I put the stand down as
well just in case.

 

genuine_froggie wrote:

Yeh, I've seen that as well round here, but its the Scooter Scrotes that
pile in their 5 euros and then thrap-thrap-thrap their way off without
paying, who have caused it.

 

Ben secured a place in history by writing:

SWMBO got the tank in the Golf punctured in a car park a couple of years
back, whilst heavy with child and with my sis, even heavier with child, as
a passenger. That latter bit is only relevant if you feel, as I do, that
their general level of subsequent doziness should be attributed to hormone
imbalance.

They hear a clonk under the car. 500 yards later, they run out of petrol.
They make no connection whatsoever between the two events and persuade some
valiant youths to push them to the nearest petrol station.

SWMBO fills up the tank. £40. On waddling across to the till, is perturbed
to find small lake developing behind vehicle. Sis phones hubbie, whilst
sitting in car above lake, unaware of sky-high fatality potential in use of
electronic devices in afore-described circumstance.

Hubbie Rob, a fireman, engaged for advice. Advises pregnant pair to waddle
as fast as **** they can away from lake and have someone call 999 pronto.

But did they close the petrol station? Did they ****, carried on serving
in the other lane and put some manky cones out to divert customers around
lake. Fire service not impressed on arrival and chose to flood entire area
mightily in order to make point, resulting in heavily soaked BBQ briquettes
and wanton destruction of £2.99 floral offerings of apology. I arrived to
witness this last, which at least meant I had something to smile at.

 

Magic image, ta.

 

We closed a few times due to spillages but nothing huge. Drill was to
kick everyone out asap, even if they owed money. They had to leave
vehicles were they were and all the power had to be shut down plus
fire brigade called immediately.

 

Ben secured a place in history by writing:

Much what I would expect. And clearly what the fire brigade expected on
this occasion too

 

I think our actions where enforced by the fact that the petrol station
was attached to a very large car dealership and the insurance bill in
event of an accident would have been a tad large.

On the plus side, the local funeral director[1] was just over the
road, so clearing up would have been easier.




[1] He's usher at my wedding as well...

 

As opposed to the paltry cost incurred by replacing the petrol station
with a large crater.

 

That's Rover for you.