I've never been asked to remove my lid when filling up. If i were to be asked i would do so but then never return to that garage. I cannot understand what is rude or ignorant in not wishing to remove your lid to pay for fuel. That seems to be the main thing that people are saying to justify removing the lid but could someone please explain this? When i was commuting in all weathers on my bike it would be a royal pain to remove my lid, balaclava etc just to pay. It's total bollox, i am not going to rob them, they will have my plate on cctv in any case so as long as i've not nicked the bike they can trace me, if have nicked it then i'd probablt do a ride off in any case. It's all a lot of fuss about nothing. Just take my money and let me fill up. If the company states lids must be removed prior to filling up then you can make an informed choice... simples!
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Is it fuckers like.
Don't worry, you could post about planting a rose bush in your garden & someone will rant about how irresponsible you're being :-0)
163phil
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I can see both sides of this arguement, and Rick, got it in one@tu*
And I've better things do do with my life than to get all uppity and write to the company. (I haven't got anything better to do at this particular time than to write to inform you lot of where I stand though. As if you care anyway):-0)
c7u8This thread is a wind up right?
theres enough moaning about burkas and veils and not being able to see each others faces but we want to hold the moral high ground about our right to wear a face covering when buying fuel, fer fecks sake its just common decency to remove your helmet so people can interact with ease with you.
and to those who say they dont want to interact just pay for the fuel, bollocks, put yourself in their shoes just for one minute, why the fuck would anyone want to make anyone else whos just trying to do a job feel in the slightest bit uneasy.
what a shower of ignorant twats.
enjoy your sad lives riding to find a petrol station that will allow you to fill without removing your helmet and writing a stern letter to some faceless MD of a company that just wants to put the prioritys of its workers first.
the burka argument just doesn`t stand up until this country follows the lead of France or Holland (dont hold your breath)
Do any of you wear your lid when shopping just nipping in for a pint of milk or such, I`ve seen you wandering round tescos with lid on looking like a day release patient,
get a life.
rant over, and breath..... :-0)
theres enough moaning about burkas and veils and not being able to see each others faces but we want to hold the moral high ground about our right to wear a face covering when buying fuel, fer fecks sake its just common decency to remove your helmet so people can interact with ease with you.
and to those who say they dont want to interact just pay for the fuel, bollocks, put yourself in their shoes just for one minute, why the fuck would anyone want to make anyone else whos just trying to do a job feel in the slightest bit uneasy.
what a shower of ignorant twats.
enjoy your sad lives riding to find a petrol station that will allow you to fill without removing your helmet and writing a stern letter to some faceless MD of a company that just wants to put the prioritys of its workers first.
the burka argument just doesn`t stand up until this country follows the lead of France or Holland (dont hold your breath)
Do any of you wear your lid when shopping just nipping in for a pint of milk or such, I`ve seen you wandering round tescos with lid on looking like a day release patient,
get a life.
rant over, and breath..... :-0)
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Saffie
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BP has changed their policies about helmets and no longer asks bikers to remove their lids...why they listened to complaints if u just go with it do not cry if u lose another right and get discriminated against...some bikers need to find some balls.
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karlos2000
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yep, statistically you are unlikely to be one of the 6 people on the planet that I have to be wary of ;-0))
Pugwash
Registered User
How much interaction does it take to hand over the payment for fuel? You can see how much you owe, you don't even hand over your card. If you're lucky they will hand you the receipt instead of just putting it on the counter. Interaction is overrated.
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Saffie
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Interaction from cashiers? not all of them, today I put Diesel in the pick up went to pay & the obese mars bar munching Troglodyte hiding behind her seven chins grunted:
Trog) "Got fuel?"
Me) "Yes thanks, pump two.
Trog) "How much?"
Me) "Pardon?"
Trog) "How much did you put in?"
Me) "Sixty nine pounds & six pence"
I then handed her the cash, she rang it through the till then screwed the receipt up & threw it in the bin.
Now normally I don't take receipts but thought I'll abuse her ignorance on this occasion.
Me) "Can I have a receipt please?"
Trog) "What?"
Me) "I need a receipt otherwise I cannot claim my expenses from my company"
The Trog then grunted, shuffled her fat arse off her stool & bent down & picked up the bin, she handed me a bit of screwed up paper, I looked at it & said "Sorry this isn't my receipt, she looked a bit more then produced another bit of paper, this time it was my receipt, I looked at her & very politely thanked her.
Other than stuffing mars bars into her face I think that I provided her with the only exercise of the day.
Trog) "Got fuel?"
Me) "Yes thanks, pump two.
Trog) "How much?"
Me) "Pardon?"
Trog) "How much did you put in?"
Me) "Sixty nine pounds & six pence"
I then handed her the cash, she rang it through the till then screwed the receipt up & threw it in the bin.
Now normally I don't take receipts but thought I'll abuse her ignorance on this occasion.
Me) "Can I have a receipt please?"
Trog) "What?"
Me) "I need a receipt otherwise I cannot claim my expenses from my company"
The Trog then grunted, shuffled her fat arse off her stool & bent down & picked up the bin, she handed me a bit of screwed up paper, I looked at it & said "Sorry this isn't my receipt, she looked a bit more then produced another bit of paper, this time it was my receipt, I looked at her & very politely thanked her.
Other than stuffing mars bars into her face I think that I provided her with the only exercise of the day.
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bitontheside
Guest
Surely that's the point John. If you know that the garage enforces the lid off point, use it to prove the point. Pull up at pump. Stop engine. Take lid off and ear plugs out. Put fuel in and go and pay. Go back to bike. Put lid on. Take lid off again as you forgot your ear plugs. Put lid back on followed by your gloves. Forget where you put your keys and take gloves off again. Etc etc. See my point? Make a drama off it and keep the queues forming behind you. When someone behind whinges about it explain politely it is the policy of the comapny who own the garage.
As for the above - I can't be arsed these day - I use a flip front helmet now! :-0)
Let's take a step back here.
I would hazard a guess that the 'attitude' of a forecourt cashier is in many cases shaped by whether they have had someone sticking a knife/gun/crowbar/whatever under their noses while being threatened with nastiness.
Many many years ago a fella that I knew had a shotgun stuck in his face while he was working a till in a branch of Midland Bank. Certainly changed his attitude to many things.
I think it would have an effect on anyone.
Oh, by the way Derek, your 'police bike' post is ludicrous.h1d1ng2 as well as, I fancy, total fiction.;-0))
I would hazard a guess that the 'attitude' of a forecourt cashier is in many cases shaped by whether they have had someone sticking a knife/gun/crowbar/whatever under their noses while being threatened with nastiness.
Many many years ago a fella that I knew had a shotgun stuck in his face while he was working a till in a branch of Midland Bank. Certainly changed his attitude to many things.
I think it would have an effect on anyone.
Oh, by the way Derek, your 'police bike' post is ludicrous.h1d1ng2 as well as, I fancy, total fiction.;-0))
Get real Andy.
How many pump jockeys (Thanks Ian) have been threatened with a shotgun etc?:wank:
How many pump jockeys (Thanks Ian) have been threatened with a shotgun etc?:wank:
Are you saying Police don't need to put fuel in their bikes?
As I was using the totally plausible scenario as an example yes it was fiction.
you tell me as clearly you are the expert on every subject under the sun.
Double :wank: with bells on you.
I'm sure she served me a few weeks back! Seriously.
When she asked how much fuel I'd put in I told her then asked "can I have a Kit Kat Chunky?"
She grunted, lurched off her heavily reinforced stool and gave me one of those single bar, thick Kit Kats.
I said "No, I meant can I have a normal Kit Kat, you fat kunt."
But I could be 2 of the six people you need to be wary of (split personality see)
AND to paraphrase "it could be me"